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APPROVED 10/13/2014 <br />OC Board of Adjustment – 8/27/2014 Page 16 of 64 <br /> <br /> <br />Mark Micol: You have specifications on the Cardinal pipeline 24 inch as far as depth and age in your 1 <br />information on the Cardinal. 2 <br />Rob Priester: Depth of cover, I don’t have any age, it was put in 1999 but we are working with the 3 <br />Cardinal Pipeline as part of this project to makes sure we have all our bases covered with them. 4 <br />Mark Micol: Mr. Harvey was an SUP required in 99 for that pipeline? 5 <br />Michael Harvey: We have no record of one, sir. 6 <br />Mark Micol: How about other projects that PSNC has done in the County, have they been required to 7 <br />have an SUP? 8 <br />Michael Harvey: PSNC recently did a project expanding an existing pipeline from the regulator station in 9 <br />Carrboro where this line will terminate along North Highway 86 through Eubanks, Millhouse, Mt. Sinai 10 <br />Road toward Durham County. That pipeline was located primarily and solely within North Carolina 11 <br />Department of Transportation right of way as such we did not require the special use permit because we 12 <br />don’t regulate development within the right of way. 13 <br />Jeff Schmitt: When you were talking a few minutes ago about testing, there was a comment you made 14 <br />about wells in the field. You said something about wells in the field. What does that mean? 15 <br />Rob Priester: When the pipeline is shipped, it is going to be shipped in roughly 60 foot joints, sticks of 16 <br />pipe. You weld each of those pieces together with qualified welders. 17 <br />Jeff Schmitt: Welds. 18 <br />Matt Rhoads: He has the South Carolina draw, not the North Carolina. 19 <br />Jeff Schmitt: I am sure a lot of the testimony we will hear from folks will relate to the safety issues about 20 <br />this. Could you sort of speak about the safety record of PSNC across North Carolina, across South 21 <br />Carolina where you have existing facilities? In general, you don’t need to give specific instances, but 22 <br />what is your record, how does it compare to other people. Piedmont Natural Gas? 23 <br />Andrew Moore: I would say PSNC’s safety record is as good as or better than any other pipeline 24 <br />operator. 25 <br />Jeff Schmitt: Have you ever been cited by the Public Service Commission of North Carolina for any 26 <br />violations for safety? 27 <br />Andrew Moore: Safety violations, no. 28 <br />Jeff Schmitt: None. 29 <br />Andrew Moore: None that I am aware of. 30 <br />Jeff Schmitt: The pipe is being built to provide for future demand, I would presume. How do you go 31 <br />about forecasting the demand in a market like this for additional gas? What is the basis? 32 <br />Matt Rhoads: Just to clarify I think he said it was existing demand because that existing 10 inch is at 33 <br />capacity but that it is going to be a 16 inch to cover the existing demand that needs more gas right now 34 <br />but also projected in the future is why it is need now for existing demand but I think they are designing it 35 <br />to also encompass future demand. 36 <br />Jeff Schmitt: Existing demand means there is an inventory of either new or will built commercial or 37 <br />residential facilities where natural gas is going to be used to service the area, is that right. 38