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4. In the presentation, some uncertainty was mentioned concerning the agreement with Duke University for use of some of their property adjoining the Eubanks Road Site as administrative buffer. What is the basis of this uncertainty? Duke University has indicated that they are willing, in principle, to consider such an agreement. The Attorneys General Office of the NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources has also informed the Chapel Hill- Orange County Department of Waste Management that an agreement to include leased buffer property into the facility boundary could be worked out in a manner that is acceptable to the State. However, the Attorneys General Office emphasized that such an agreement would be the first of its kind, and that it would need to be crafted as an agreement among three parties: the landfill owner, Duke University, and the State. The details of the agreement need to be worked out. 5. What are the distances between each of the two sites and the nearest downstream surface drinking water supply intakes? Drinking water supply intakes serving the City of Durham, on the Little River Reservoir, are approximately six miles downstream from the proposed Guess Road Site. Drinking water supply intakes serving the Town of Cary, on Jordan Lake, are approximately twenty -six miles downstream from the proposed Eubanks Road Site. 6. What is the scale for the figures? Revised Figures A and B are attached with the scale indicated 7. Is there a monitoring network for Eubanks Road? It is not shown. Revised Figure B shows the well network proposed for Eubanks Road. 8. Report is misleading with respect to traffic impacts. Design capacity of access routes is not the issue — report does not address the aesthetic impact of 90 additional vehicles per day. It is true that approximately 90 additional vehicles per day would be traveling the roads leading to the Guess Road site. They would be using a variety of different routes, including some not shown on our figures, as each load would originate in a different location. It would be difficult or impossible to determine the additional vehicle loading on any given thoroughfare, except to say that it would be less than the total of 90 vehicles. If the Guess Road site were developed, some residents could experience discomfort and/or inconvenience from truck traffic passing in front of their homes. These effects were not ignored in an attempt to mislead the reader, but were not discussed because aesthetic impacts such as these are difficult to measure or quantify. Responses to Questions 2 Joyce Engineering, Inc.