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Page 77 1 of PSE&G that many of the trees on the property are 2 not in fact facing the substation itself. 3 How important is that environmentally 4 in your professional opinion? 5 THE WITNESS: It's easiest to preserve 6 trees that are around the perimeter of the property 7 and like right at the perimeter of the property. 8 One of the -- the problems with these 9 -- these large trees is that they're in the interior; 10 in the interior, whereas the needs of the public 11 expands and their -- their need for greater 12 quantities of electricity expand, you know, and they 13 want to increase the size of the facility and its 14 productivity. 15 These -- these trees, I wish they were 16 at the perimeter of the property, but they're on the 17 interior of the property. 18 And -- but they do presently screen the 19 height of -- of the facility. 20 I mean, you can see them as you're on 21 the sidewalk on Prospect looking down in there, you 22 can see the size of these London plane trees and 23 these horse chestnut, you know, they're just -- 24 they're at the prime of their life, you know. 25 So when they're gone and there's new