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Page 44 1 equipment on the site? 2 A. I have no knowledge of that at all. 3 Q. Okay. And you had previously mentioned 4 before that in your expertise, you believe that the 5 current tree ordinance is one of the strictest that 6 you've seen. Is that correct? 7 A. That's correct. 8 Q. And are you aware of the reports that 9 were issued by the Township forester, Mr. Kipp, in 10 connection with PSE&G's application? 11 A. I am only aware of his report to the 12 extent that he reported that it fulfills the 13 requirement of the ordinance, which is bean counting. 14 You know, if you take down a 30-inch diameter tree, 15 you're replacing it with seven or eight trees, 16 whatever. 17 So from an -- adding up the total, I'm 18 aware that it fulfills the ordinance from that 19 extent, but not from the intent of protecting 20 existing specimen trees. 21 Q. Are you aware that Mr. Kipp indicated 22 that he reviewed and found everything consistent with 23 the tree ordinance? 24 A. I haven't seen his -- seen his report, 25 so I can't really comment on it.