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Fr- I <br />APR 2 1966 BOOK <br />F'AGE .3-s <br />John Brandon of Cobb Coin came before the Board, displayed <br />maps, etc., and explained the thousands of pages of documentation <br />they are required to submit to the state, which goes into detail <br />re their work, the specific site delineation, the overburden, <br />type of bed rock, etc. He did not understand why the state is <br />asking the county to make a recommendation when they already have <br />all this voluminous data. He realized that the county can't do <br />anything but recommend denial, but would hope the county could <br />ask the state to make the information they already have available <br />to county staff so they can make a good logical recommendation. <br />Commissioner Bird noted that our main concern is damage to <br />the environment, and he asked if the salvage company is closely <br />scrutinized by the DNR, etc. <br />Mr. Brandon assured him that they are working with the <br />department of state; they have been scrutinized at all times; and <br />they have produced as much as 15 volumes of data for one case. <br />He stressed that they have done 22 years of salvage work out <br />here, which has been monitored continually, and you can dive over <br />the reefs which have been worked and those which have not been <br />and see that there has been no change. <br />Commissioner Wodtke felt if they were required to do an <br />environmental impact study for the state that our staff should <br />have an opportunity to see it as he believed that should address <br />every issue we want to look at. <br />Commissioner Lyons believed that all we are saying in the <br />letter is that these are the kind of things we are worried about. <br />He did not think we have to go into a detailed study as that is <br />the province of the DER; we are just telling them this is what we <br />worry about and be sure it is taken care of before you issue a <br />permit. <br />Director Keating noted that we are actually asking for three <br />specific pieces of information. The applicant is going to tell <br />us where he is going to conduct his operation, how he is going to <br />do it, and its potential impacts on sea turtles. If he can get <br />38 <br />