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nearest well, or over 355' from Mr. Hughes' shallow well, which he assumes is 80' to 100' deep. The monitoring well will be watched by the geologist, the hydrologist, and SJRWMD, and he felt sure that if anything went wrong, they would cease the operation. While he was not a geologist or hydrologist, he was familiar with the principles of water filtering. Next, Mr. Luethje addressed the noise and air quality issues. He reminded the Board that the PZC had restricted the operating hours to 5 days a week from 7 AM to 5 PM. He recalled that Mr. Jenkins had, at the PZC meeting, given air quality information as required by OSHA for the truckers and watering equipment to keep the wind from blowing the silt. In conclusion, Mr. Luethje restated the PZC's findings, that the permit was for a temporary use, renewable annually. He agreed the land use was agriculture with agricultural zoning, but it bordered immediately north of the Oslo Road commercial industrial park. If it had to be put into an industrial classification, he guessed they could rezone it and put it into the industrial area. They have met all the rules, have all the permits from the County - the County's right-of-way permit for access onto 82nd, the wetlands permitting, the site plan approval, SJRWMD rules and permits - and have received unanimous approval from the PZC. Finally, he asked the Board to consider allowing the project to be constructed and stood ready to respond to any questions. Responding to Commissioner Adams question, Mr. Luethje described how the slurry goes down the v -shaped ditch. She asked the hours that the hydraulic pump would operate and Mr. Luethje advised it fell under the PZC's restrictive hours of operation. Commissioner Adams asked if there would be a public hearing every year for renewal purposes, and Director Boling advised it was done administratively to make sure they were complying and the bonds were still good; it could be renewed until the mining operation was completed. Chairman Macht offered that it could be terminated only for cause, and Director Boling advised there had been a few occasions in the past where permits were not renewed. Commissioner Eggert inquired what the thinking was in recommending 82nd versus 74th for traffic, and Mr. Luethje responded that they definitely planned to use 5th Street SW to not affect the immediate neighbors and it was the closest. Mr. Jenkins also operates another pit at Corrigan Ranch, NW intersection SR -60 and I-95, and all north customers would be supplied from that pit. I&A March 14, 1995 HOOK u ( PSG