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over and over again, you know, it'sit compounds itself You know, whether you're talking
<br />about Mauna Kea, whether you're talking about PGV, whether you're talking about, you know,
<br />Pohakuloa. It all compounds itself, and this is just one more, one more piece of the, you know,
<br />being inflicted. So, I guess that's my testimony. Thank you. Thank you for your service.
<br />MAHI-HANAL Aloha, my name is Shelley Mahi-Hanai, and I actually used to work for the
<br />County a while back under County Councilman Bob Jacobson and Emily Naole. I wanted to
<br />also request that the County wait until the report comes out, the Water Resource Management,
<br />and the Water Resource Protection Plan. I also wanted to bring up the issue of the
<br />HRS 174C-101 that was mentioned before. It's concerning the Public Trust Doctrine where
<br />Commission on Water Resource Management failed to render the requisite findings of fact and
<br />conclusion of law with respect to whether applicant has satisfied its burden as mandated by the
<br />State Water Code. It violated its public trust duty to protect the Department of Hawaiian Home
<br />Lands reservation rights under the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, the State Water Code, the
<br />State Constitution, and the Public Trust Doctrine in balancing the various competing interests in
<br />the state water resource trust.
<br />So, I also wanted to bring up the issue of concern for the language by Piilani trust, that they want
<br />to obtain a foundation of data and this is sort of a red flag for possible use of either dye or
<br />radioactive isotopes that they put into the water source to see where it flows, how much and what
<br />not. And, I want to put a cease and desist on that. I think the community would also agree that
<br />they don't want any such things added to the public trust waters.
<br />Also, that on the verge of stopping the use of Styrofoam and water bottles and what not, a band
<br />on personal use items that we should not be having and encouraging a water bottling facility with
<br />plastic water bottles.
<br />I wanted to also bring up the issue of the Mauna Kea Aquifer. Right now, up on top Mauna Kea,
<br />there are 13 observatories. They have what they call French drains which are basically this open
<br />gravel pits into the aquifers. And, the—the blueprints and what not are at the Department of
<br />Planning in archives. I think they should be brought out and examined and that either these need
<br />to be decommissioned or the French water drains, `cause of the run-off from the mercury that the
<br />lens floats on, that's a big problem there. So, we need to protect the aquifer.
<br />And, so, in general, I just wanted to, to also say that we need to preserve as much as we can the
<br />ambience from between the kahiko to the `auana [sic] of Hilo because this, a bottling plant that's
<br />going to make noise and possibly fumes. I'm not sure if they are actually making the bottles
<br />there, if there's fumes coming off, but I know the noise particularly from the trucks could have
<br />an effect on Merry Monarch and the whole cultural, what goes on in that vicinity, and I just think
<br />that it should be considered on that level. And, also that there are what they call appurtenant
<br />water rights inside the ahupua`a and
<br />CLARKSON: Please, please wrap it up, please
<br />MAHI-HANAL All righty. And, so basically, I am opposed to the Piilani water bottling plant,
<br />and I hope you will be, too, and that we look forward to a better future protecting our oceans and
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