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February 4, 2003 <br /> David Drury <br /> <br /> To: Fred Holschuh, Hawaii County Council P.O. Box 206 <br /> CC: Bobby Jean Leithead-Todd Honomu, HI 96728 <br /> 909 963-5151 <br /> Hawaii County Council daviddrurvCa~hiloba <br /> 25 Aupuni Street, Hilo 96720 <br /> From: David Drury <br /> Subject: Some comments in opposition to the proposed change in the <br /> County General Plan relating to added heavy industry at the HCPC site on <br /> Pepe'ekeo Point <br /> 3rting the proposed waste incinerator plant at Pepe'ekeo Point would violate several of <br /> <br /> the standards in the December 2001 draft General Plan. <br /> <br /> There are at least three standards in the plan that relate directly to this project (in bold, <br /> below). They appear in the Land use-Industrial element, p. 381 of the Dec. 21 2001 <br /> draft. <br /> 3T~ANDA~2DS <br /> • Industrial development shall maintain or improve the quality of the present <br /> environment. <br /> • Industrial activities may be located close to raw materials or key resources. <br /> • Topography of industrial land shall be reasonably level. <br /> • Industrial development shall be conveniently located to its labor resource. <br /> • Buffer zones shall be established between industrial and adjacent <br /> [noncompatible] incompatible uses of land. <br /> • The direction of wind patterns and the absence of tradewinds shall be <br /> considered in the siting of industrial areas. <br /> Plan language is always designed to be a bit vague to allow for flexibility,' but the intent <br /> of these standards is clear: <br /> (1) Don't site a polluting facility upwind of inhabited places, especially if there are <br /> alternatives. <br /> (2) Don't site it in places where there is no adequate buffer zone. In thinking about buffer <br /> zones, the Council must take into consideration the new developments coming up in <br /> Onomea Bay and on both sides of the road near Pepe'ekeo. Quite a bit of residential <br /> housing is coming in to that area, and will be built just before the plant is built. The <br /> County will have a lot more angry citizens on its hands when they sniff and discover who <br /> their new industrial neighbor is- but by then it will be too late. <br /> (3) Lastly, the Plan's standards say it is preferable to locate facilities near their sources <br /> of raw materials, to reduce road congestion, fuel use, and reduce the chances of toxic ~ <br /> Comm. No. <br /> File No. <br /> 1 _ <br /> Ref. To: FE <br /> Q <br /> Ref. Date <br /> <br />