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COBLENTZ, PATCH, DUFFY &BASS LLP"~ Honorable Pete Hoffman, Chairperson May 31, 2007 Page 3 downstream areas would be choked off from free passage. All ephemeral streams would then be eliminated from the entire Kona region. The 100's of millions of gallons of additional infiltration and "aquifer recharge" on these subdivided lands would also be highly unnatural, to the point where there may well be reasonable concerns voiced by these same makai residents that nobody actually knows or can predict where the tens of thousands of acres of retained rainfall is in fact going to end up. In a landscape of lava substrates, the down-slope effects of the containment of such a massive amount of water would be unpredictable. The rain indeed has to go somewhere and although to say "to the acquifer" may sound like a positive thing, it does not guarantee that it will not find its way in sign cant quantities to other properties through the soil, lava tubes, etc. This is to say nothing of the scope stability issues created such mega-scale retention areas, which will introduce massively hydrated (and/or extraordinarily heavy) land on soils above these urban areas. Indeed, subparagraph (g) may create "severe flooding consequences" despite its intention (or at least claim) to be providing that protection. Next Steps: I believe that a considerable amount of investigation needs to be conducted on the wide-reaching effects of the proposed provisions in Bill 51. An ad hoc group should be formed to conduct such investigation and make meaningful recommendations for improvement of the proposed legislation. 1 would be happy to participate with others in such an effort. Very truly yours, V G~~sm~i~'~G~-- Grego~D. Hendrickson GDH i ~ ~