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Minutes - Regular Meeting <br /> Solid Waste Advisory Board <br /> May 3, 2007 <br /> Approved June 7, 2007 <br /> sense to build a gas collection system . All the three plans at Carolina North show a <br /> power generation station . The recommendation is that the County eonfinuecontinues <br /> discussion with UNC on using gas at Carolina North . It is about break even . <br /> Sassaman adds the social and environmental benefits need to be added in. <br /> Bowerman states that you could bring the gas line down the tracks to the cluster of <br /> schools as it runs right near there . <br /> Pollock notes that it is hard to site even a greenway on top of a pipeline . <br /> Sassaman adds that there is a much higher quality steel required for gas pipelines due <br /> to the excess pressure and when they blow up, it' s significant. <br /> Bowerman asks if the report can be made more public so that the questions about <br /> using the gas don t continue to arise ? People ask about it all the time . <br /> Pollock mentions that it' s public information now but we could do more to publicize <br /> it through our articles in the paper . <br /> Sassaman states that looking at table 3 annual average cost, were they incorporating <br /> future energy costs and on page 2 did they just guess at the BTU value or is there <br /> some real knowledge of what our gas is ? <br /> Pollock replies that I don' t know the answers to that. We can find out. We have been <br /> sampling the methane for the past few years . <br /> Vickers asked if the County looks at fueling its own fleet of trucks from the <br /> compressed natural gas ? <br /> Pollock replies that he doesn' t know but it' s not a bad idea to look at CNG fuel . <br /> Norwood asks how much does it cost to refit a truck and then figure out if there are <br /> any real savings or are you doing it more for the environment and is it worth it? <br /> Pollock says perhaps if the County trucks, school buses, and UPS do it, perhaps there <br /> is enough replacement for diesel fuel . There is every reason for us to respond to this . <br /> 5 . Options for Extending Life of Landfill Sassaman asks do we have the estimates for <br /> the remaining life as stated in the memo at this meeting . <br /> Pollock states that if Gayle were here, he would have those . We can have them for <br /> you next month . <br /> 6 <br />