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Mr. Kraft advised that with regard to the issuance of a permit, he doesn't preclude appeals of any affected parties. Most of the burden will lie with the County. He didn,'t want to minimize the possibility of a hearing which sometimes can go a year or more and carry a great deal of expense. Commissioner Adams inquired about the time frame for obtaining the permit, noting that Mr. Woodruff took the full 30 days to reply to us. Mr. Kraft explained that through the normal process we still would be arguing completeness. He thought one of the issues for completeness is the experimental test plan, and he would suggest that we endeavor to try and solve that within 30 days and schedule the permitting. He felt that he could commit to assuring the time for him and his staff to get together to work that out. As soon as that is done, it would take another 30 days to get out the necessary intent to issue in order to provide the public notice. Commissioner Bird asked about the test plan, and Mr. Kraft explained that the design of the test plan is accomplished before the permitting. The monitoring goes forward after construction. Commissioner Bird understood from Paden WoodrufffIs letter that the County would not be allowed to add sand during the monitoring stage without jeopardizing the project, and Mr. Kraft confirmed that to be the case. He recalled that after last year's huge storm the DEP did allow sand to be replaced on the beach in order to protect the public's investment along the shore. The addition of sand will alter the monitoring results. If there was a mechanism by which we could account for that addition of sand, he would be glad to consider that because he felt the County would like the flexibility of adding sand under certain circumstances. He would have to rely on his staff to see if they could come up with a plan that would allow us to alter that variable. He rather doubted that there is a possibility, but he is open to considering it. Commissioner Adams noted that we already have submitted a test plan and that Mr. Kraft's staff is in disagreement on just a few items for one reason or another. She believed that could be settled in 2 weeks rather than 30 days, if, in fact, the D.E.P. is willing to work with the County. County staff has worked hard in an effort to have a quality monitoring plan, and if money means quality, we certainly have a quality plan. 31 eo®K 94 KUL 713 MARCH 28, 1995