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to warrant notification of the presence of hazardous material to local fire and safety authorities, per EPA regulations. Regarding the need for proper ventilation, battery rooms and cabinets are notorious for explosions when hydrogen' created by electrolysis and mixed with oxygen is ignited by a spark. The proliferation of backup batteries at communications sites has spread the hazard from the private concern of the battery users to the public at large. Battery cabinets, vaults, and rooms are now scattered like time bombs all around the world, many where an explosion could injure or kill unaware bystanders. Many vaults have exploded and recently a communicatiOns shelter in Yuma, Arizona blew up, shattering the windows of a neighboring house. Regarding structure fires at electronic equipment, rooms, more than 1000 structure fires are reported each year to US fire departments in electronic equipment rooms. See Attachment D, Battery Hazards. EC 9.5750(6)(b) Construction of Transmission Tower. 'EC 9.5750(6)(b) 2. Current code requires the applica~nt to state "The general capacity of the tower in terms of the number and type of antennas it is designed to accomodate." We propose that this provision require the applicant to provide the following information: exact location, in longitude and latitude; ground elevation; height of tower; type of antennas; antenna gain; height of antennas on tower; output frequency; number of channels; power output and maximum power output per channel. ECg.5750(6)(b) 3; Regarding NIER standards, we have the same comment as above in section (6)(a)2. EC9.5750(6)(c) Site. Review and Conditional Use Permit Applications. EC 9.5750(6)(c) 1 .If there is residential property near the proposed site, we propose ~that the required visual study should include views from residential areas, and that the visual study include a balloon test, as follows: Within 35 days of submitting an application, Applicant shall arrange to fly, or raise upon a temporary mast, a three foot (minimum) diameter brightly colored balloon at the maximum height' and at the location of the proposed tower. The dates (including a second date, in case of poor visibility on the initial date), times, and location of this balloon test shall be advertised, by the Applicant,' at 7 and 14 days in advance of the first test date'in the newspaper with a general circulation in Eugene. The Applicant shall inform the Eugene Planning Department, in writing, of the dates and times of the test, at least 14 days in advance. The balloon shall be flown for at least four consecutive hours between 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM of the dates chosen. For model of enacted ordinance which requires a balloon test, see Attachment A, p 210. Prior to submitting application, applicant shall hold a public meeting which area property owners and residents will receive notice of. Lane County's recently adopted code on construction and placement of telecommunications fadlities requires this type of neighborhood me ting. For further details, see Attachment G, IV-77