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FERRIDA : Any other questions from the Commissioners; a move <br /> to close? <br /> Is anyone here from the public that would like to make a <br /> comment on this project? <br /> LOPEZ: I have one quick question, all the mechanical <br /> machines, do you have some kind of a quick plan for any kind <br /> of clean-up if something happens? <br /> DI LUNA: It is a food grade o i l and under the law, food <br /> grade oil is comprised of white mineral oil pursuant to the <br /> provisions provided in the Federal Code Register and is <br /> exempt as a hazardous material . This material is mineral <br /> oil, a natural type oil and to enjoy the use of it, it has to <br /> be this grade. It is not a contaminant. <br /> CA US : I would just like to make one comment relating to the <br /> drainage issue and disease because that is my area of <br /> expertise, plant diseases, plant pathology. The disease that <br /> would be of the most concern, if the drainage was to b <br /> questionable, would be a disease which is present in probably <br /> o of our acreage in Massachusetts, or has been at one time. <br /> It is a devastating disease caused by a fungal pathogen that <br /> resides in the soil but is spread around very readily in the <br /> water from bog to bog and there are other infested pieces of <br /> bog adjacent to the Santuit pond that could easily feed into <br /> the lake and could easily end up in the bogs in question <br /> here, It would really cause serious damage to the <br /> production. It is a disease we can control very easily but <br /> drainage is one of the important components of controlling <br /> the disease; you have got to have good drainage. <br /> DI LUNA: Would it be safe to say this process of providing <br /> this type of drainage is necessary for the bog to reduce the <br /> amount of the pathogen? <br /> AU : I was over there yesterday taking a look at the <br /> drainage and it is in pretty good shape. <br /> I LUNA: So the drainage, in fact, is part of the success of <br /> this project, <br /> AFUSO: If it was not dredged out, there would be some real <br /> problems, <br /> DI LUNA: If this were not dredged out, what would be the fate <br /> f the bog? <br /> CARUSO: It wouldn't be a happy fate. The fact remains that <br /> the cranberries, although they are wed., they do not like <br /> their feet wet and they do not produce a very good crap. <br /> DI LUNA: In your opinion, would that be a normal maintenance <br /> procedure? <br /> AU : Absolutely. <br /> FERRIDA : As long as our trout agree. <br />