11-06-2025 Meeting Minutes EIAC
Environmental Issues Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes
Person County Senior Center Social Hall, 87 Semora Road, Roxboro, NC 27573
November 6, 2025
Voting Members Present: Bob Brauer, Holly Emerson, Holly Forester
Other Attendees: Nancy McCormick, Brandy Lynch
The monthly meeting was called to order at 5:30 p.m. by Bob Brauer, Chairperson.
A quorum of voting members was not present.
BUSINESS DISCUSSION:
● Meeting Minutes Approval: October 2025 minutes approval deferred to December meeting.
● Guests/Special Announcements: Brandy Lynch who is the director for Person County Economic
Development was in attendance.
● Book Distribution: No updates.
● Logo Shirts: Item for discussion at a future meeting.
● Solar Projects: The BOC hearing on changes to county regulations limiting utility solar
installations to 100 acres or less has been deferred to February 2026.
● MEC Project Update: No further updates. Partial answers to questions sent to Enbridge
concerning water usage at the MEC site were received on September 12th:
○ MEC site well water will only be used for employee facilities and to refill the firewater
storage tank in the unlikely event it is used for fire suppression.
○ LNG tank testing is expected to happen no earlier than Spring of 2026 and requires
approximately 16 million gallons per tank.
○ There are currently no plans to build a water pipeline for municipal water.
○ Enbridge will adhere to all North Carolina DEQ approved erosion and sediment control
regulations when releasing water used in tank testing.
● Microsoft Megasite: Brandy discussed the following points which are known about the project:
○ Brandy is the single point of contact for Microsoft and is under confidential disclosure.
She continues to be in active discussions with Microsoft.
○ Microsoft policy is to perform all needed/required environmental studies in-house
regardless of what has been supplied by the county.
○ The site plan for electronics manufacturing completed by the Timmons Group is strictly a
placeholder used to get Army Corps of Engineers approvals and should not be viewed as
Microsoft’s plan.
○ City water service is available to the site at a rate of 3 million gallons per day on average,
with a peak availability of up to 5 million gallons per day.
○ City sewer service is available for the site.
○ Microsoft has requested access to Duke electric power. Four 230 KV lines are available
to the site.
○ Person County has requested emergency services access to the closed road across the
property. The road closure is currently in a temporary configuration and will need to be
upgraded to meet DOT standards.
○ Microsoft has started doing some fencing work at the site.
○ Alpha Craft, which is a known Microsoft electric contractor, has announced a new
location in Person County.
● Hyco Coal/Gas Conversion: NC Dept of Environmental Quality (DEQ) approved the water
permit for the T-15 pipeline. However, DEQ did include some of the requirements community
members asked for to protect their drinking water & farms. They required a well water testing
plan and plan to hold Enbridge accountable for any well water contamination.
● Personality Festival 2025: Event completed successfully with good community interaction.
● 2025 CT article plans and status: Discussion on ideas and plans for future articles for the CT
newspaper.
○ January - Clean Water Act (Published)
○ February - 2024 NC Climate Report (Published)
○ March - Responsible Pesticide Usage (Published)
○ April - Adopt a Highway in Person County (Published)
○ May - Earth Day 2025 (Submitted but not published)
○ June - Person County Timber Harvest (Published)
○ July - Pollinators in Person County (Published)
○ August - Book Distribution and Fall Litter Sweep (Published)
○ September - Benefits of Utility Solar (Published)
○ October - Invasive Species in North Carolina (Published)
○ November - Protecting our Ground Water (Drafted)
○ December - Christmas Recycling (?)
There being no further business the meeting was adjourned at 6:30 p.m. Next meeting is December 4, 2025 at
the Senior Center Social Hall at 5:30 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Bob Brauer
Chairperson EIAC
Approved 12.4.2025