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Page 95 1 One of the -- 2 MS. RUDIN: What is a BMP? 3 THE WITNESS: It's a best management 4 practice. It's what the N.J.A.C. code provides. 5 MS. RUDIN: So this -- 6 THE WITNESS: It gives you various 7 options -- 8 MS. RUDIN: -- pertains only to stormwater 9 management. 10 THE WITNESS: Correct. 11 MS. RUDIN: Even though we know that trees 12 maintain millions of gallons of water, you're 13 removing trees and then increasing the stormwater 14 management. 15 MS. PORTER: Objection. This is a 16 comment. And he specifically addressed the question 17 three times in relation to the bioretention and its 18 purpose and what statutory requirement it's 19 fulfilling. 20 ACTING CHAIR SCHWARZBAUM: Ms. Rudin, I 21 concur. Are you a detention basin expert? 22 MS. RUDIN: No, I'm a resident who's 23 concerned about maintaining trees. 24 ACTING CHAIR SCHWARZBAUM: Okay. 25 MS. RUDIN: And I see a correlation