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15 MARSHALL COUNTY COURTHOUSE
16 GUNTERSVILLE, ALABAMA
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19 HEARING OFFICER: DON ANDERSON
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National Reporting Agency
24 1255 Market Street
Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402
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WES LONG . . . . . . . . . . 7
4 STERLING PHILLIPS. . . . . . 16
LOUISE PARKHILL. . . . . . . 21
5 JIMMY LOU HORTON . . . . . . 22
STUART WHITAKER. . . . . . . 25
6 DAVE BUTLER. . . . . . . . . 29
AMY EPPS . . . . . . . . . . 32
7 PETE LEPERTE . . . . . . . . 38
JUERGEN PAETZ. . . . . . . . 43
8 LAWRENCE HARMON. . . . . . . 47
KATHY LEPERTE. . . . . . . . 50
9 ROGER SCHLITTLER . . . . . . 53
BRUCE EPPS . . . . . . . . . 55
10 ROBERT EPPS. . . . . . . . . 59
DAVID NAST . . . . . . . . . 62
11 IRENE WISNER . . . . . . . . 67
JENNY GOSHHORN . . . . . . . 72
12 CAROLINE BRUMMITTE . . . . . 75
WILLIAM HOGAN. . . . . . . . 76
13 BRIAN BENTLEY. . . . . . . . 79
ALICE BENTLEY. . . . . . . . 81
14 DAVID STANBOROUGH. . . . . . 83
HUGH FLANAGAN. . . . . . . . 89
15 JIM CAUDIL . . . . . . . . . 90
JIM BARTLETT . . . . . . . . 91
16 STEVE ISTONEZE . . . . . . . 94
HINE PAETZ . . . . . . . . . 95
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1 PUBLIC HEARING
2 DON ANDERSON: Good evening, ladies
3 and gentlemen. I would like to call this
4 meeting to order. My name is Don Anderson
5 and I'm the TVA designated hearing officer
6 for today's hearing. The hearing regards
7 a proposal by Mr. Wesley Long to construct
8 water use facilities in Jagger Branch in
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10 residential properties.
19:34:24 11 The only pending action is the 26a
19:34:26 12 permit for water use facilities. It does
19:34:32 13 not involve the scope of any TVA land or
19:34:32 14 land rights. The scope of the hearing is
19:34:34 15 the Wes Long application only. As many of
19:34:36 16 you know, there's another proposal pending
19:34:40 17 in the same vicinity, that of Mr. Lewis
19:34:40 18 Crowder. On October 16th we held a
19:34:42 19 hearing on that proposal and I know many
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19:34:44 20 of you were in attendance at that time.
19:34:48 21 I want to point out a couple of
19:34:50 22 things. We have fire exits to either end
19:34:52 23 of the hall in the event of emergency.
19:34:54 24 Rest rooms are down this end of the hall.
19:34:56 25 I'd like to ask you at this time to turn
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19:34:58 1 off your cell phones, check that they are
19:35:00 2 off or on silent here for the duration of
19:35:04 3 the proceedings. Thank you.
19:35:06 4 Tonight's meeting has been
19:35:08 5 designated as a Section 26a hearing within
19:35:10 6 the meaning of TVA's regulations governing
19:35:14 7 regulations governing 26a permits. It
19:35:16 8 differs from other meetings you may have
19:35:16 9 attended in one very important way. This
19:35:18 10 hearing offers participants the
19:35:20 11 opportunity to become parties of record to
19:35:22 12 any decisions regarding the disposition of
19:35:24 13 the permit application. The party of
19:35:26 14 record has certain appeal rights when TVA
19:35:30 15 decides to grant or to deny a permit to
19:35:32 16 the applicant. This hearing has the same
19:35:34 17 status as the one in October, if you
19:35:36 18 participated in that one.
19:35:38 19 To become a party of record, you
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19:35:40 20 need only identify yourself to us and
19:35:42 21 indicate your wish to become a party of
19:35:46 22 record by marking the box on your
19:35:48 23 registration card. I'm sure you were all
19:35:50 24 informed of that when you came in. You do
19:35:50 25 not have to address the group in order to
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19:35:52 1 become a party of record. You do not have
19:35:54 2 to submit comments. Of course, you
19:35:56 3 certainly may. It is important on your
19:35:58 4 registration card that you provide us
19:36:00 5 accurate contact information. If you give
19:36:02 6 us a street address and you don't receive
19:36:04 7 mail at that address, it will be
19:36:06 8 impossible for us to contact you and keep
19:36:08 9 you apprised of developments regarding
19:36:10 10 this decision.
19:36:14 11 I would like to now introduce
19:36:16 12 Barbara Martocci. Barbara will serve as
19:36:18 13 the moderator for the remainder of the
19:36:20 14 meeting. She'll help us stay on topic and
19:36:22 15 within the allotted time. The agenda is
19:36:24 16 simple. It's the same as we had last
19:36:26 17 month with the previous hearing.
19:36:28 18 Mr. Wes Long will provide an
19:36:30 19 overview of the particular proposal, after
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