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Page 1 of 1 <br /> pi PC <br /> Murashige, Laura Ccy11m.S4 3 <br /> From: Beth McCormick[hawaiibeth @earthlink.net] <br /> Sent: Monday, September 17, 2012 1:47 AM <br /> To: counciltestimony @co.hawaii.hi.us <br /> Subject: Please abolish the PLDC; support Resolution 303-12 <br /> Re: Resolution 303-12 : about abolishing Public Land Dev. Corp state program, Planning Committee, <br /> Introducer: Ford <br /> Dear County Council Members, <br /> I support the resolution 303-12 introduced by Brenda Ford. <br /> Every geothermal development needs to have an EIS,as well as a complete economic analysis. <br /> I too have been concerned about energy supply issues,but the more I have looked into the different types of <br /> geothermal development,the more I understand the potential for disaster in drilling geothermal wells, <br /> particularly in a Lava Zone 1 or 2. The toxicity of emissions,the contamination of toxic wastes,and fouling <br /> of air and ocean make the potential for degrading our environment a real hazard. The potential for accidents is <br /> ever-present,and in other places in the world, massive land subsidence and swarms of earthquakes have been <br /> the result of geothermal drilling. In some cases,geothermal plants have been shut down and abandoned. <br /> We need to understand if this course makes sense before such a costly investment is made. <br /> The Public Land Development Corporation needs to be abolished.Any execution of its potential actions at <br /> this time will only create a tangle of legal issues that will be very costly to litigate. The community is deeply <br /> opposed to geothermal because of the history of the PGV well in Puna, and since their property values are �; <br /> likely to suffer,they will be quite likely to seek compensation from the state and county. e-? <br /> Aloha pumehana, <br /> Beth McCormick <br /> The Permaculture Foundation of Hawaii <br /> Comm. No. y.3. 3 L_ <br /> Ref. To: c PC <br /> Ref. Date SE 8 2012 <br /> 9/17/2012 <br />