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Hcas'onChronide com - TT~.e ~r~ms'.ane E3attles - http ~Miwvo, n com'conten'Jchrcnfde/nab~~tn °,n.,.N,,, , A[ a scientific conference. at the L:ni~ersity ofHawaii-fliio in April, he explained the rationale behind his symptom sutley "lt's r?othing very much more than a physir;an taking a medical history so he };Wows where to gu It's a springboard tix a nu,rc tutu;c,', study." 5onte attribute the Vona District illnesses, u• the isfard's naturally occurring volcanic Graffiti painted on Pahoa-Pohaiki Road nc~t [o the Bases Puna Geothermal Venttue smtx>li~es the feelings oC mam of the plant's neighbors. Residents of the Lcilant °Emis;ions front the volcano n?a4e e ~ try Estates subdis ision blame their illncsxs on hydrogen other artthropvger:iC SUUrCC pale b; sulfide relwses from the faciht} comparison," Andes-son said Le~~utur, howe~ror, noted that these gates consist primarily of sulfur diuside, which affech t1<~_ body differently than hydrogen sulfide. The former tends to cause respiratory distress, the latter disrupts the central nen~ous system A 199t> report by~ U.S. Environmental Protection Agency suggested that P(iV was a signiucant source of hydrogen sulfde The agency published a list of 19 releases from the welts and the plant between February 1991 and May 1993, among these was a monstrous blac~out of well KS-3 that began on.lune 12, 1991, and lasted 31 bouts Goddard, the consultant, concluded that the blowout was PG1"s doing, not an unavoidable act of nature. and well ILS-8 was plugged Donna a 30-minute cleanout ofwcll KS-9 on Peb 8, 1993, hydrogen sulfide levels again soared- sickening nvo plant workers and five ponce officers off stte In its report, the EPA criticized PG V's air monitoring and emergency plarming :end thi state Health Deparunent's supenisiori of those activities. h noted that the EPA's San Francisco office had lodged a complaint against PCiV for darling tc report the 1991 acrd 1993 releases to ;he National Response Center, and that state and local officials had not reeeiced timely inConnation about these incidents- 1n an intcrsicu at hi, otlice in Hii;?, Ha?~aii County Civi! Defense _Adminisuauir 11am~ Kirn expres,ed regret and re~.ulsion over what he charac!erized as a go~er?unent debacle "SVhen i lca~ ~ this job, the lowest hn~ trill be our Cailure to protect the people ith n-~;.ud tc geuthcrmaL" Kim said The I')91 blowout "shoald nut hose happened, would not have happened ift;o~~crnmcnt Isad fo!k~.tcd up on its resportsibili?ie,." kim said "7 his sti~as a life-threate!ung :iu?atiun, nut ;i mcnm.enienc~ "