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ATTORNEY COLLINS STATED THAT THE LEGAL NOTICE WAS PREPARED BY <br />THE APPLICANT, FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT, AND STATED THE TIME AND PLACE IS <br />CORRECT BUT WILL DEFER THE FORM TO THE APPLICANT. <br />ATTORNEY GEORGE MOSS, REPRESENTING FLORIDA POWER & LrGHT, <br />STATED THAT THE PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN CALLED UNDER THE DEVELOPMENT OF <br />REGIONAL IMPACT (DRI) FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A POWER TRANSMITTING LINE. <br />HE INTRODUCED TOM FAIR, WHO WILL MAKE THE FORMAL PRESENTATION OF WHAT <br />FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT PROPOSES TO DO IN THIS MATTER. <br />TOM FAIR, SENIOR ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNER WITH FLORIDA POWER & <br />LIGHT OF MIAMI, APPROACHED THE BOARD TO GIVE THE BACKGROUND AND REASON <br />FOR THE PROJECT. HE CONTINUED THAT TWO 500 KV TRANSMISSION LINES, IN A <br />SINGLE CORRIDOR, ARE PLANNED TO BE BUILT FROM THE MIDWAY SUBSTATION IN <br />ST. LUCIE COUNTY TO THE FUTURE LAKE POINSETT SUBSTATION SITE IN ORANGE <br />COUNTY, ABOUT 96 MILES, WHICH CROSSES OVER FOUR COUNTIES. MR. FAIR STATED <br />THAT THE INITIAL LINE IS PLANNED FOR OPERATION IN 1983, THE SECOND LINE, <br />WILL BE IN THE 1990S AND WILL BE IN A SINGLE CORRIDOR, WITH THE RIGHTS- <br />OF-WAY BEING 330' IN WIDTH. HE CONTINUED.THAT BY PUTTING THEM IN SINGLE <br />CORRIDORS, LAND WILL BE SAVED INSTEAD OF PUTTING THEM IN SEPARATE CORRIDORS <br />OF 200' WIDTH EACH. MR. FAIR DISTRIBUTED SOME PHOTOGRAPHS OF STEEL H <br />FRAME STRUCTURES THAT SUPPORT ,THE CONDUCTORS AND WHICH WILL BE SIMILARLY <br />BUILT IN THIS PROJECT. MR. FAIR THEN DISPLAYED A MAP OF THE ELECTRIC <br />SYSTEM OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND EXPLAINED WHY THIS TRANSMISSION PROJECT <br />IS NECESSARY. HE CONTINUED THAT IT WILL ESTABLISH A CONNECTION BETWEEN <br />THE NORTH CENTRAL AREA OF FLORIDA AND THE SOUTHEAST AREA, ENABLING FLORIDA <br />POWER & LIGHT TO REINFORCE AND SUPPLEMENT THEIR CAPACITY IN A NORTH - <br />SOUTH DIRECTION. MR. FAIR STATED THAT IN THE MID-1980S FLORIDA POWER & <br />LIGHT FORESEES A SERIOUS SHORTAGE OF CAPACITY TO MOVE SUFFICIENT POWER <br />THROUGH THESE LINES - THERE COULD BE A SERIOUS PROBLEM AND WOULD AGGRAVATE <br />POTENTIAL BLACKOUTS. MR. FAIR THEN STATED THAT THE DRI PROCESS CALLS <br />FOR A REGULAR REVIEW FOR IMPACT, AND THEN SUBMITTED THE REPORT OF THE <br />TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL, WHICH IS ON FILE IN THE OFFICE <br />OF THE CLERK. <br />25 <br />FEB 21979 <br />BOOK 39 PAGE 106 <br />