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APPROVED 10/13/2014 OC Board of Adjustment – 8/27/2014 Page 18 of 64 Jeff Schmitt: Is this pipeline as it is constructed, will it go down existing roads or is it going to cut across 1 fields and pastures? 2 Rob Priester: We are within the private easements and it is a cross country route. We can cross many 3 roads. 4 Jeff Schmitt: So when you dig through somebody’s farm that has cattle on it, you will have to do 5 something to keep the cattle in abeyance during the time period when this is done. What would that be, 6 2 weeks, 1 week? You start digging and putting this pipe in, what is the time horizon from when you 7 begin putting this in to when you cover it up and put grass seed on it? 8 Rob Priester: Construction for a project like this is… 9 Jeff Schmitt: Not from beginning to end. Let’s say one quarter of a mile or something like that. I guess 10 you do this in a linear basis. 11 Rob Priester: The construction for a project like this is typically an assembly line fashion where you have 12 crews out front that do your clearing and grading and you lay your pipe out along the route, then you 13 weld it and dig your hole, so it is not one crew moves through and you are done on that particular 14 property. Right now, in talking to our contractors, we are proposing a couple of month’s window or they 15 are proposing a couple of month’s window to complete this project. 16 Jeff Schmitt: The entire project. 17 Rob Priester: The entire 16 miles. Depending on what they run into and what they have to work around 18 with the effective land owners, it may impact some more than others. 19 Larry Wright: May I ask a question, then Mr. Schmitt can continue. So you put a 10 inch pipe, then you 20 put a 16 inch pipe so how much easement do you need to expand? Any? Is it all within the same 21 easement? 22 Rob Priester: It is within the same easement. 23 Larry Wright: So you are not increasing the easement? 24 Rob Priester: Right. 25 Larry Wright: Can I ask another question? So you have the pipe at various levels, some are four feet, 26 some are 30 inches, whatever and I am a property owner and I want to put a fence so what do I do, I 27 don’t know how deep it is. 28 Rob Priester: We work with landowners all the time with fencing and other issues … 29 Larry Wright: Who do I call, do you have a fencing….I mean I would not know who to call. 30 Rob Priester: You would call NC811 for a utility locate and they would notify us of your intention and we 31 would contact you regarding… 32 Matt Rhoads: That is state law, you are required to do that before you do any digging. 33 Larry Wright: So it is just like the power. 34 Matt Rhoads: Exactly. When you call 811, they call the power company, the gas company, etc. 35 Larry Wright: How responsive are you? 36