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APPROVED 10/13/2014 <br />OC Board of Adjustment – 8/27/2014 Page 9 of 64 <br /> <br /> <br />Rob Priester: I believe that was a scoping letter. 1 <br />Matt Rhoads: North Carolina Department of Transportation. 2 <br />Rob Priester: That permit is pending. We have a separate permit for Alamance and Orange County. 3 <br />We have communication with NCDOT. As of now, we don’t foresee any issues with what has been 4 <br />submitted. 5 <br />Matt Rhoads: Erosion and Sedimentation Control Plans with Orange County. 6 <br />Rob Priester: Yes sir. Again, we have one in Alamance and Orange County we have multiple permits 7 <br />there. 8 <br />Matt Rhoads: And will any of the proposed facilities require sewage disposal or solid waste disposal or 9 <br />provisions of water? 10 <br />Rob Priester: No. 11 <br />Matt Rhoads: And you have submitted proof of insurance as required by Section 5.95? 12 <br />Rob Priester: Yes. We submitted that as part of the application. 13 <br />Matt Rhoads: Can you just talk a little bit about the purpose of the line. . Why PSNC is proposing this 14 <br />line. 15 <br />Rob Priester: We are proposing this pipeline to serve the public. We are proposing the project in order 16 <br />to serve the Chapel Hill/Duke/Durham and the surrounding areas of …. you have probably noticed 17 <br />additional pipeline projects along many of the roadways. The project will feed some of those distribution 18 <br />systems that are in the area. 19 <br />Matt Rhoads: And is the high demand due to growth in the area? 20 <br />Rob Priester: It is. 21 <br />Matt Rhoads: Environmental concerns, cleaner burning natural gas. 22 <br />Rob Priester: Natural gas is one of the cleanest burning fossil fuels so there is a demand based on that. 23 <br />Matt Rhoads: The relative low price of natural gas. Is that also driving demand? 24 <br />Rob Priester: Yes. 25 <br />Matt Rhoads: And if this project is not completed, will there be an adequate supply of natural gas in the 26 <br />area? 27 <br />Rob Priester: No. We need …. PSNC needs this pipeline to be able to serve its customers. 28 <br />Matt Rhoads: Will the pipeline serve the public convenience then? 29 <br />Rob Priester: Yes. 30 <br />Matt Rhoads: And the public necessity would be served by this pipeline? 31 <br />Rob Priester: Yes. We serve residential, commercial and industrial customers in this growing area. 32 <br />Matt Rhoads: If we inquire a little bit about the route of the pipeline, why did PSNC choose to run it 33 <br />parallel to the existing 10 inch line for most of the way, the 24 existing line? 34