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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting
<br />Minutes – October 24, 2016
<br />risks to water – what are risks to human health and at this point in – from
<br />receiving any questions that we have to address – I think we’ve gotten
<br />some really strong comments that we as agencies need to address – the
<br />key thing right now for us is we need to sort through the comments and
<br />think about them on what the path forward is – so I don’t think it’s, it’s, it is
<br />too late for people to, to, to have input. I think a key point in the process
<br />is when we come out with the draft EIS is looking at what are directions
<br />the agencies are going in that and if they’re directions that you folks
<br />disagree with or there are things that we’re missing – and I think that’s
<br />key – is making sure to get back to us on it. Ah, having done and worked
<br />in the NEPA process over years – the one thing I would suggest is if
<br />there are concerns that people have and like something’s missing – it’s
<br />really helpful when people say, “Well, what should replace it,” um,
<br />because that sort of dialogue where there’s, you know, a problem and
<br />then here’s what we suggest doing – helps us figure out what is really
<br />needed, but I think at this point in the process, um, you know, the
<br />agencies are internally trying to determine what to do, um, and, ah, the
<br />questions were extremely broad that we got from the public – which is
<br />what we anticipated, ah, but...
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<br />PC: And the other part of it is, well, what, what the disclosure was – is that we
<br />are doing this drafting of this document and beyond that this is actually a
<br />document that says – this is the kinds of things that could be done on
<br />future projects, so, ultimately, this is a planning document and there’s
<br />actually – not actually anything that will be done by this document per se
<br />– there will be other projects that will come, you know, after, ah, from
<br />other people other than us necessarily that, um, will look at this document
<br />as the – a potential – to say, oh, these are things that I could use, ah, in
<br />order to deal with rodents and mongoose in my area, ah, when I do this
<br />project, so every one of these site specific projects will have to go
<br />through a similar process as well. So this is even – even before these
<br />projects might be considered – that this document is coming out, yeah...
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<br />TL: Um, before I lose my train of thought and...
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<br />TN: One question...
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<br />TL: ....Mr. Singer, um, has a question. Is there a question in Kona, as well?
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<br />TN: Yes.
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<br />TL: Go ahead ask you question.
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<br />TN: I have a question. Um, it was made mention that currently, on a small
<br />scale these experiments were being done just exactly where on what
<br />island and what is the outcome of the small scale projects?
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