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SICHTER:Thank you. The photo is oriented in the same direction as the plot plan. The easiest indicators are these 2 large fuel tanks. They appear as items number 1 in the lower left corner of the plot plan. So the 2 figures are oriented in the same direction. Before I get to your question Commissioner McCall, I wanted to explain the additional map that was circulated to you by Planning Staff. We have-, Im the author of the Environmental Impact Statement as well, it went along with this application. The Environmental Impact Statement was prepared for the Land Use Classification action, which began in 2004 and ended in 2005. The plot plan was prepared as part of the draft Environmental Impact Statement, which was dated October 2004, hence the date on that. And at that time all of the facilities that were identified in blue were under construction but construction had not yet been completed. The plot plan was replicated in the final EIS, which was approved by the Land Use Commission and the figure that we presented to you is simply an update of the plot plan that now identifies that all of the items that were previously identified in blue, the construction has now been completed. So the only remaining items are those identified in the light green and those are the items that constitutes proposed facility.Soyourquestionabouttheitem26,whichisthebrackishwellpump.Item26is immediately to the left of the fire water storage tank and the service water storage tank identified as items number 7. ALAMEDA:Commissioner Watanabe follow up? WATANABE:No. Thank you. ALAMEDA:Thank you. Commissioner Siracusa? SIRACUSA:Thank you. Chapter 2, 2.9.5 and thereon. Naphtha, you have Naphtha down as an alternative fuel. Im concerned about that because of the flash point because about the possibility for explosions, ignitable gases that sort of thing. That you need to add stability by adding an alternative fuel. Could you tell me, is there a certain formula that you use to determine how much of this alternative fuel and what it might be to add stability to any given amount of Naphtha? SICHTER:May I direct your question to Mr. Lee who can-? SIRACUSA:You may. SICHTER:Thank you. ALAMEDA:Mr. Lee? LEE:Yes. Presently the, let me start with some background information. Presently the plant, which has existed since 1972 and added on successive years, burns diesel. Now in our EIS the question, part of the EIS says are there any alternatives to what we plan to do? And we listed Naphtha as an alternative. For, for those that are not familiar Naphtha is pretty much what someone characterized as white gasoline, that what you use in say your Coleman lanterns. So, Naphtha certainly is a more flammable fuel than diesel and there are brought, there are protective measures for Naphtha. For example if we did convert the plant to EXHIBIT G 6