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7581ots mostly 20,000 square feet or less in size innmediately mauka of Highway 130, the DHHL Maku'u Makai parcels consisting of approximately 500 acres primarily mauka of Beach Road and SE of Hawaiian Paradise Park, amd the DHHL 100-acre Keonepoko Nui parcel makki of Hwy 130. This restriction would also impact the State's Keonepoko Farm Lots north of Kahakai Blvd. This proposal in the CDP would significantly increase the cost of building a home in these areas because the owner could not use a cesspool or a typical septic system, which has a holding tank and a leach Feld. The owner would need some type ofself-contained mini treatment plant. It is very unlikely that a centralized wastewater treatment system will be developed in this area, and this type of system is also very costly. The necessity of such requirements to protect drinking water is questionable. Current DOH rules do not allow new cesspools and septic systems within a 1000' radius of wells used for public drinking water. DWS has several wells, however, dating from before these DOH rules, which are surrounded by homes on cesspools, such as a well near Gilbert Carvalho Parkin Hilo. The water in these wells is regularly tested and has not Shawn any microbial contamination. It is possible to create a similar aquifer protection area that would protect the source of water for the current DWS wells be#ween the Ainaloa subdivision and Pahoa, and more wells that might be drilled in this general area, without causing problems for homebuilders on DHHL land. The DWS wells are located just mauka of Hwy. 130. Irrunediately mauka of these wells is a 5,127-acre State parcel that is part of the Puna Forest Reserve, and Wao Kele O Puna, owned by OHA. Under current plans, both would remain as nahiral areas. The Planning Director therefore recommends amending §2.3.3.d. to read as follows: By agency agreements and control of zoning and building permits, ensure that a corridor of the Puna watershed at Least two miles wade ~J}::cc~ including the Wao Ke.Ie O Puna forest area and~~e-Qe~ean ~e t-h~a~~re~a~ State Lands mauka of Highway 130 between the Ainaloa subdivision and ' Pahoa is protected from uses that might contaminate -7-