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(1~ ' . c ~ f~.. , ~ - ~ Pb~ - - . , Planning CoI1Lm~Ssion s~ K Alucu ~ ~y~.: 25 Aap~i Strect, llm. 109 • Hilo, Hawaii %720 • (808) %1-8288 CERTIr^IED MAIL October 3, 1989 Maurice A. Richard, Hawaii Regional Development Manager Puna Geothermal Venture 101 Aupuni Street, Suite 1014-B Hilo, HI 96720 Dear Mr. Richard: Geothermal Resource Permit Application (GRP 87-1) Puna Geothermal Venture - 25 MW (net) Development Rapoho, Hawaii TMK: 1-4-01: por. 2, 3, por. 19, ~ 58 The Planning Commission, at its duly held meeting on September 19, 1989, considered this Geothermal Resource Permit Application and based on the following findings, approved the project consisting of 10 integrated back-pressure steam turbine and air-cooled binary cycle turbine power generating modules; up to 30 geothermal wells drilled from 6 well pads; brine and steam pipelines, pollution control equipment; a brine surge tank and holding pond; a sraitchyard; an office, warehouse, workshop, and control buildings; access roads; and auxiliary facilities such as air compressors, fire protection equipment, etc.: 1. The proposed geothermal development activities would not have unreasonable adverse health, environmental, or socio-economic effects on residents or surrounding property.. The project will occupy approximately 25 acres of surface area within a dedicated 500-acre project area located within the Rapoho Section of the Kilauea Lower East Rift Geothermal Resource Subzone. Approximately 2.75 acres of land will be cleared and.. leveled f.or. each of 6 drill pads. Each drill site will be engineered to support the drilling equipment and to keep drilling effluent contained onsite and separate from any natural drainage. Each well pad will have drilling mud pits; sumps with gently sloped walls used to temporarily store drilling wastes which typically consist of rock cuttings, waste drilling mud,