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Page 27 . opportunity to review their objections with the MWCC, Met _ Council and PCA staff. Bob Searles stated he would be available to appear the next day and testify on behalf of Orono if I wanted him to do so. Thereafter, I spoke on several occasions to John Tomaselli, who is the 201 Facilities Plan P�anagement Coordinator , and explained to him all of our objections . fle stated he had assumed that all of our prior objections, had been satisfied because the P�IWCC had amended its recommendation to provide for a force main interceptor instead of a gravity interceptor across rural Orono. I indicated to him that the city objected to the construction of any interceptor for the reasons outlined previously in the P4arch 6, 1980 letter. I told him that although we had asked for answers to several questions from the PCA and the MWCC, the answers had not been given to us and therefore we felt that our substantive and procedural due process rights were being denied. I informed him that . based upon the facts available to us to date, it is the city' s position that we will do anything to prohibit the construction of the interceptor because of the adverse effect it will have on the environment and land use policies of the City of Orono. Tomaselli was very upset that there had not been a previously scheduled meeting with the MWCC, PCA, Met Council and Orono staff. He indicated a willingness to postpone any action on that portion of the plan having to do with P4aple Plain. He stated that the federal government will not fund a pipe that induces any growth, and will fund only if the pipe takes care of an existing pollution problem. He stated that he will be glad to design the pipe in any way to guarantee that it cannot be used for expansion. I indicated to him that unfortunately once the pipe is in the ground, those s�rt of guarantees are not effective. I also called Sal Adams, who is the chairperson of the MWCC, but was not able to get together with him until immediately prior to Thursday' s meeting. On Thursday morning, April 3, 1980, I met with John Tomaselli , Ray Odde, Ray Payne and Paul Deitz of the MWCC to explain my objections and to ask for the tabling of that portion of the plan relating to Orono. At that time, Tomaselli said he would make the staff recommendation that the action be tabled until after the staff ineeting scheduled for Monday.