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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting <br />Minutes – March 19, 2019 <br /> <br />KO: Well, again, I’ll say that, you know, we got our president – Warren Lee – he is <br />from the Island, X-HELCO president – and, you know, I think that, you know, <br />he’s... <br /> <br />GH: I wasn’t talking about paid staff, I was talking about the owners. <br /> <br />KO: I don’t know the owners. <br /> <br />GH: OK. Thank you. <br /> <br />GD: Referring to several concerns that my constituents have in my district, um, <br />and this is also cycled the Island media – newspapers and such I think maybe <br />a month ago – there was a spill from what I gather and this spill occurred <br />before Hu Honua or Honua Ola or however you guys have re-branded – this <br />spill has occurred on the site before you had any permit to even contain or <br />process this type of material so... <br /> <br />KO: It was an unauthorized discharge \[unclear if he’s saying unauthorized or an <br />authorized\]. There was a fine but as of right now it – Hu Honua or Honua Ola <br />is going back and forth with the Department of Health. <br /> <br />GD: So there was a discharge that was unauthorized? <br /> <br />KO: That is correct. <br /> <br />GD: And so when you talk about renewable energy and when you talk about not <br />polluting the groundwater – and all these different benefits that this plant is <br />gonna have – and then even before it starts operating there’s a spill like this <br />on your property that was unauthorized – how do you think the community <br />would see something like that? How do you think the community would feel <br />about something like that? <br /> <br />KO: We went through a lot of training with the staff – put measures in place so this <br />doesn’t happen again. <br /> <br />GD: Do you know what Honua Ola is – like what that means in Hawaiian? <br /> <br />KO: I had it in the presentation. <br /> <br />NP: Our concern as GMAC – is for the fishermen or the fishing resources. <br /> <br /> The fishermen are feeling they can’t trust this area – they can’t trust the fish <br />there – they’re worried about the fish count, opihi, and such – like Corey <br />mentioned – wouldn’t it be – how could you build a bridge back to the <br />community to convince them that this plant isn’t polluting the water – it isn’t <br />13 <br /> <br /> <br />