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<br /> Page 1 of 2 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Murashige, Laura <br /> - - - - <br /> From: rivaut@netscape.com ) <br /> E i.::u n n <br /> Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 5:21 PM ` <br /> To: counciltestimony@co.hawaii.hi.us; Me <br /> Subject: OPPOSING COMMENCEMENT OF HAWAII SUPERFERRY IC <br /> <br /> DEAR COUNCIL COMMITTEE OF HUMAN SERVICES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, <br /> <br /> I OPPOSE COMMENCEMENT OF THE HAWAII SUPERFERRY UNTIL ENVIRONMENTAL <br /> CONCERNS ARE PAINSTAKINGLY ADDRESSED. HOW EXACTLY DOES ANYONE <br /> PROPOSE TO KEEP INVASIVE SPECIES, INC. FUNGAL AND VIRAL PATHOGENS <br /> AFFECTING PLANT AND FISH LIFE FROM BEING TRANSPORTED VIA PERSONAL <br /> VEHICLE? <br /> MANY INVASIVE SPECIES HAVE TRAVELED TO THIS STATE, AND ALSO INTERISLAND, <br /> IN PLANE AND SHIP CARGOES WHICH ARE SUBJECT TO REGULATION. IF WE CANNOT <br /> SUCCEED ON THAT SCALE, HOW ARE WE GOING TO INSURE THAT CARS COMING <br /> FROM <br /> AN INFINITE VARIETY OF ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURES ARE NOT CARRYING <br /> PERNICIOUS <br /> ELEMENTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL HAVOC? THIS IS A HUGE RISK COMPOUNDED BY <br /> FOLLY. <br /> WHAT PROGRAM EVEN APPROACHES ANYTHING EFFECTIVE FOR THE LEVEL OF <br /> SCRUTINY AND KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED TO SCREEN OUT DANGEROUS ORGANISMS <br /> AND SPECIES? SHOW ME THE PROGRAM ANYWHERE THAT ALLOWS SUCH FREE <br /> ACCESS INTO A FRAGILE AND UNIQUE ENVIRONMENT WHERE RISK IS ADEQUATELY <br /> MITIGATED. <br /> <br /> HOW CAN PERSONAL VEHICLES BE THOROUGHLY INSPECTED WITHOUT CAUSING <br /> INTOLERABLE DELAY, NOT TO MENTION INTERIOR INSPECTIONS AND BACKGROUND <br /> QUESTIONING, (WHERE HAS THIS CAR BEEN LATELY?),THAT PEOPLE WOULD BE <br /> ENTITLED TO CONSIDER AN INVASION OF PRIVACY. EACH VEHICLE THAT ROLLS OFF <br /> THE FERRY ONTO THE BIG ISLAND IS A PRIVATE UNIVERSE OF UNKNOWN RISKS TO <br /> OUR PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT,E.G. AIR CONDITIONING BORNE <br /> ORGANISMS, UPHOLSTERY AND CRANNIES AND NICHES INFILTRATED WITH SNACK <br /> CRUMBS, SCUM, SLIME, ALGAE, MINUTE LARVAE AND EGGS, FUNGAL SPORES, <br /> TRACES OF PET EXCREMENT AND HAIR CARRYING FUNGUS AND MITES, <br /> ETC.,BEYOND CALCULATION. <br /> WHY IS THIS EVEN BEING CONSIDERED? OUR FRAGILE ECOSYSTEMS WILL BE <br /> EXPLOITED AND EXHAUSTED BY "EASY ACCESS" FOR VISITORS WITH CARS. TO <br /> ATTRACT VISITORS LONG TERM, IT IS NECESSARY TO PROTECT THE RESOURCES <br /> THAT ATTRACT THEM. <br /> <br /> I OPPOSE COMMENCEMENT OF THE SUPERFERRY UNTIL ENVIRONMENT ISSUES <br /> ARE <br /> EXAMINED IN LIGHT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PRECAUTIONARY <br /> PRINCIPLE RESOLUTION THAT IS SUPPOSED TO APPLY TO STATE OF HAWAII'S <br /> <br /> Comm. No• l0ZA0-'s <br /> Ref. i~ressdud <br /> 10/17/2006 Ref. L`a+A TT l 7 <br />