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m Pacific Gas and Electric Company 2151 S.Orange Ave. ' Fresno,CA 93725 2. Failure to grant Flood Variance would result in exceptional hardship to the applicant. As stated above, PG&Es primary objective with this project is to eliminate the life safety risk to employees working at this site as soon as possible. Moving employees offsite will create other operational risks and slow response times in the case of an emergent issue at the site. Therefore, if a flood plain variance is not approved, an exceptional hardship will be created, as PG&Es ability to solve for this life safety risk will be delayed substantially, as alternative construction solutions will take considerably longer to implement than the BRM solution proposed in this project. 3. The Flood Variance will not result in increased flood heights, additional threats to public safety, extraordinary public expense, create nuisance, cause fraud on or victimization of the public, or conflict with existing local laws or ordinances. The proposed project does not result in any of the above. The existing light wood trailer will be replaced with BRM buildings of approximately the same square footage and heights. In addition, installing these BRMs at the site will help PG&E to maximize not only public safety, by ensuring our onsite personnel are on hand to address emergent issues, but also the safety for our employees working at the site. 4. The Flood Variance is the minimum necessary, considering the flood hazard,to afford relief. The proposed flood variance is only necessary for a small portion of the land where the BRMs will be placed and not for the entire site. The proposed BRMs would be installed at close to the same elevation that the existing trailers are currently located at. 5. Granting of the Flood Variance will not constitute a grant of special privileges inconsistent with the limitations on similarly situated properties subject to the County's flood regulations. To our knowledge, this is the only natural gas storage facility in this area. Therefore, we do not believe there are any similar properties or operations to compare to. "PG&E"refers to Pacific Gas and Electric Company a subsidiary of PG&E Corporation. 2 of 2 ©2016 Pacific Gas and Electric Company.All rights reserved.