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Page 118 1 A. No. So presently -- because we are 2 installing equipment in new areas of the site, the 3 site currently is protected by 14 separate 4 lightening masts. We are taking out two of them and 5 we are adding in six new masts to protect our 6 equipment that is located in new areas where there's 7 not currently equipment that exists. So we are net 8 increasing four lightening masts for the overall 9 station. 10 Q. Does anyone keep track of how many 11 lightning strikes per year take place at this 12 site? 13 A. I do not know that data; however, there is 14 a National Lightning Detection Network that puts New 15 Jersey in the four flashes per square kilometer as a 16 state. So that is, I guess, across the State of New 17 Jersey. 18 Q. Is that high or low? 19 A. New Jersey is on the lower side compared 20 to, say, the southeast; however, it is higher than 21 when you get out west into, say, Montana, Colorado, 22 et cetera. 23 Q. Now, you said that the placement of this 24 equipment had to be where it is proposed. Is that 25 right?