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<br /> _ 9PR-23-97 WED 22:47 HAWAII DIVERSIFIED TECH. 808 966 6977 P. 01 <br /> AprtJ 74, I!lri7 ' <br /> Aaron Chuna;, Cllair <br /> $pcrial nnP.ettng. Committee on Finance Cr'~~ <br /> County Council ~I-~-' <br /> 2ri Aupuni titrPr.t <br /> Hilo. Hawaii 9a7~o ~97 APR 24 R~1 7 26 <br /> (7rCAn , <br /> HCRl Bus 41 1 G COUN ( ` ~ <br /> ISPTR,1, Hr oti74o COUNTY yr HAWAII <br /> KU7 "recttmany AgAinst bath Resolutions 62 and 71. <br /> Alul,a Mr. Cl,u,lk, <br /> Rcccutly, there have hecn many statements mgarrling the rcanamics tend <br /> uve,all impacts of an irradiation facility. 1 believe (_:nuncilmTn Chung iq carrcat fn <br /> stating that we "have not seen a mal-ketin~ study that Clr.manciratr.a A Armand far <br /> irradiated produce, and a recent cost-benefit analyci.a ahmving hrnv thr. fArtlity <br /> AJOLlld benefit the COTr,mUntty.° 'I'hts .4tatP.R my l,avitian AgAtnAt t.hc expenditure of <br /> :~'L million to C:annty fnndv far cirhrr thr. fttcihry or marketing/research into <br /> promating irradiatcA rrarlnrrv fram Hawaii. <br /> I''mm an ccanantir paint of Wrw thr. nan91ACTAt1an of b1111A1ng An 1YCAA1At1an <br /> fa~-ility is at 1,rAt prcmArurc, AnA At wargt faming A dactAtan nn An unauppartcA <br /> flnanatal analyslA. This does not even take tnto consideration any ncgattva <br /> economic.:,ocial and health lmpacta of a potential accident (or even a "rumor" of <br /> one) at a facility on our Island. Are the benefits worth the risk of plactng an <br /> economically uncertain facility In our community when there are better choices <br /> Ylere nuw7 <br /> "hnpurt replacement", which 1s the selective production of local fruits and <br /> vebetuble~ Lu replace presently Import ones, has shown to be successful. This is <br /> all cuuuuu~iually pruverl ~ulutiuu compared to the present export marketing <br /> stratet(y, suppultccl Ly au,ue. I yuute from the Summary of the Economic Fact <br /> Sheet #7 fol' the Delial t,uc„t of Abrlculture and Resource Economies. College of <br /> T7opical Agrlcullurc, UHM May 1990 - "The ana),ysle eetlmates maximum potential <br /> eco,tolulc ln,pacta of iu,pvrt replacement of selected vegetable3 and fruitq.... <br /> lmpo,t rcplacenrellt hay a„ iu,pact not only on the diversified agriculture industry <br /> grctnr, bttt on the state's entire ccunuzny through Indirect and induced effects." <br /> We arc avrrlaaki„~r otu- Isla,ld'a a„d State's al,lltty to produce its o~vn <br /> products to replace impartv_ We have overlooked tills provcu acutur fur our <br /> diversified agriculture 1nduAtricv in ~ rttth to support a process that !s <br /> Cotnn. Dla 2 •,?•1 <br /> ~b xo. FNS C1P <br /> ?of Presented F(~i <br /> Ref. T1nte ~ <br /> A~_.~,-Q --19'7 <br /> <br />