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Approved 10.18.2023 <br /> 1 <br /> 2 Victoria Hudson: Yes, sir, I have. <br /> 3 <br /> 4 Leon Meyers: Good. Thank you. If you'd just identify yourself as you come forward, please. <br /> 5 <br /> 6 Victoria Hudson: My name is Victoria Hudson. I serve as the Director of Environmental Health. <br /> 7 <br /> 8 Nathan Robinson: Victoria, will you, and I did read through the packet here, and I saw that it was, I saw the soil borings, <br /> 9 and it showed it was good for the equivalent of five bedrooms. Regarding the concern about the water quality in <br /> 10 adjacent properties, how would you respond to that? <br /> 11 <br /> 12 Victoria Hudson: First I think there might be some misinformation. <br /> 13 <br /> 14 Nathan Robinson: Okay. <br /> 15 <br /> 16 Victoria Hudson: We haven't evaluated it. We've just recently received our first part of the application for 2,265 gallons <br /> 17 per day, which is like four or five houses. So, we've just now received that. It's been assigned out. Mr. Tucker has a <br /> 18 lovely proposal. The soil scientist that was used is a highly reputable company. And we have every reason to believe <br /> 19 that it should be able to be designed and installed the way it is supposed to be, according to both the administrative <br /> 20 codes of North Carolina and the local rules for Orange County wastewater. And how that affects the groundwater, is <br /> 21 that the question? <br /> 22 <br /> 23 Nathan Robinson: I don't know if he was concerned about groundwater or surface water to the reservoir. It sounded <br /> 24 like he was more concerned about reservoir water. <br /> 25 <br /> 26 Victoria Hudson: Surface water concerns us all, always. <br /> 27 <br /> 28 Nathan Robinson: Of course. <br /> 29 <br /> 30 Victoria Hudson: This would be horrible in any kind of capacity. <br /> 31 <br /> 32 Nathan Robinson: Sure. <br /> 33 <br /> 34 Victoria Hudson: But the point that, from what I've seen from the proposal, Mr. Tucker's diagnose, along with AWT's soil <br /> 35 work, ensures that there is enough early. He said something a little bit earlier like saying we're not sure what the <br /> 36 design's going to be, but we gave ourselves plenty of room. And you've already asked the question earlier, sir, about <br /> 37 the repair area. They must have 100 percent of the repair area, without any reduction in the linear length of it. So, yes, <br /> 38 this won't be permitted by Orange County if they can't meet those standards. <br /> 39 <br /> 40 Nathan Robinson: So, you feel comfortable with the engineer's proposal based on what you see from the— <br /> 41 <br /> 42 Victoria Hudson: I feel comfortable proceeding with the proposal. No permits will be issued at this time. <br /> 43 <br /> 44 Nathan Robinson: Sure. Sure. Got it. No more questions. <br /> 45 <br /> 46 Beth Bronson: Do we need to ask questions to the applicants before we close public hearing? <br /> 47 <br /> 48 Leon Meyers: And I'm sorry, I thought we'd covered those, but yes, we do need to do that. If you have more questions <br /> 49 for the applicant. Thank you. <br /> 50 <br /> 31 <br />