CPUC PUBLIC MEETING COMMENT SHEET

19 SEP 1998
BRUCE KANESHIRO, PROJECT MANAGER
C/o ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATES
225 BUSH STREET, SUITE 1700
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94104

AFTER REVIEWING THE EIR REPORT AND ATTENDING THE CPUC PUBLIC MEETING ON COBB MOUNTAIN, CA., I HAVE SOME COMMENTS TO MAKE:

1. THERE SEEMS TO BE ABSENCE OF ANY REVIEW OF THE IMPACT TO OPERATIONS WITH ALTERNATE FUELS, IE., NATURAL GAS, CRUDE OIL, PRICES. SOME OF THE FACILITIES ARE ALREADY SETUP FOR ALTERNATE FUELS.

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2. AS A GOOD DEAL OF THE TIME, THERE IS A TEMPERATURE INVERSION AT APPROX 3000 FT MSL, NOISE VALUES CAN CHANGE IN AMPTITUDE AND BE TRANSMITTED SOME DISTANCE. IN ADDITION, WHEN A CLOUD CONDITION ALSO IS AT THE APPROX SAME ELEVATION, NOISE OVER 50 Db CAN TRAVEL SOME DISTANCE. WHEN STACKING OCCURS, THIS NOISE CAN IMPACT MUCH OF THE COBB MTN AREA. IN THE PROPOSED EIR AND THE PUBLIC MEETING, NO MENTION WAS MADE ON THIS SUBJECT.

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3. VERY LITTLE WAS MADE OF THE 50+ WEEKLY SEISMIC ACTIONS WE HAVE HERE ON COBB MTN. THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED MORE.

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4. THE ONLY DISCUSSION I COULD FIND ABOUT REINJECTION PROGRAMS WAS THE PROPOSED TWO PROJECTS PLANNED BY SANTA ROSA, NOTHING ABOUT THE CURRENT LINE FROM THE CITY OF CLEARLAKE, CA. SEEMS IT COULD HAVE AN IMPACT.

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5. LASTLY, BUT NOT THE LEAST, IS THE SUBJECT OF BANKRUPTCY AND/OR ABANDONMENT OF POWER SITE AND THE RESTORING OF THE LAND TO THE ORIGINAL NATURAL CONFIGURATION, IE. PROFORMING BOND TO INSURE THE RESTORATION. MANY RESIDENCE HAVE HEARD RUMORS OF A SALE, AS BEING THE CHEAPEST WAY TO GET OUT WITHOUT THE COST OF RESTORATION, THEN BANKRUPTCY. WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS SUBJECT COVERED IN DEPTH.

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IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT ME.

REGARDS,
/s/
E.J. (ERV) GALLAGHER, Fed P.E.