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APPROVED 10/13/2014 OC Board of Adjustment – 8/27/2014 Page 19 of 64 Rob Priester: We have 48 hours to respond. 1 Larry Wright: Any other questions from the Board? 2 Mark Micol: Did you look at alternative routes that did not require an SUP? 3 Rob Priester: The route for this project, since it is within an existing easement, it is really, I don’t want to 4 say the no brainer but it is within an existing easement, picked immediately parallel to an existing, the 5 existing is almost a straight line from where our source is to where the supply is needed. 6 Mark Micol: Mr. Harvey mentioned that some of the earlier projects were in the DOT easements that 7 would not work with this project? 8 Michael Harvey: Mr. Micol, we clarified DOT right of ways 9 Mark Micol: Okay. I am just saying what is different about this project than all the other projects. 10 Matt Rhoads: The distribution lines, much smaller lines, and DOT can live with those, I think, but this is a 11 larger line that requires a lot more width and protection honestly. 12 Jeff Schmitt: Are you going to have anyone else speak tonight? 13 Matt Rhoads: Mr. Priester is the only one that I planned to do a direct examination of but with Mr. Moore 14 here, if you have questions for him as well, that is fine. 15 Jeff Schmitt: On page 141 of the docket that was given. It says that property owners have expressed 16 concerns that PSNC will not re-stabilize their property once they installed the pipeline. I presume that 17 means that once you put the pipeline in, put the dirt back, if there is any sinking, leveling, whatever goes 18 down, settlement, you will not return to fill that in. Is that a correct statement? 19 Rob Priester: No. We typically return the property to as good or better condition that what we leave it in. 20 Matt Rhoads: The grading and reseeding would be covered by your environmental…. 21 Jeff Schmitt: The continuation of the statement says they have also expressed concerns that PSNC 22 officials had indicated they will not repair, replace portions of driveways, roads, etc. disturbed as part of 23 the project. 24 Andrew Moore: I’ll be glad to comment. Anything that we damage during construction, we will repair or 25 replace. 26 Jeff Schmitt: So this statement is incorrect? 27 Andrew Moore: Yes. 28 Michael Harvey: Page 141 of the abstract obviously provides the Board with what we have heard. We 29 have a staff comment basically saying there are notes in the site plan that we believe address these 30 concerns so we are obligated to inform the Board of what we are hearing but we also in the abstract what 31 we believe the answer is. 32 David Blankfard: Why could you not use part of Cardinal’s 24 inch to collocate or use some of their gas if 33 they have it to meet demand? Could you use some of their gas that they are providing? 34 Andrew Moore: We do use some of their gas. We do get gas from Cardinal but we are not their sole 35 user. They also supply Piedmont Natural Gas which serves the entire eastern half of North Carolina so 36 we have a certain allotment we are allowed to take off the Cardinal Pipeline but it is capped. 37