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presentation. Because she is working with the national caucus, she might be able to <br />answer questions. Chair Adams agreed to work with Vice Chair Gaffney to invite Rep. <br />Lowen to the August meeting. <br /> <br />Chair Adams also had a question about the fish processing. Is there any function or a <br />not anything that the <br />Commission needs to do at this time. One of the realities is that fish waste turning into <br />compost does not smell particularly nice. If we are going to prevent that, the solution is <br />to filter the air from an enclosed building, but that <br />have sun for free, and that is an important part of the process. So likely it should be <br />done where smell is not going to be an issue. The door has been opened and we have a <br />good citizen who is very, very interested in sustainable infrastructure and is willing to <br />provide the equipment to process this fish waste, and to turn it into what we need. <br /> <br />Chair Adams encouraged the Commission to continue to be vigilant for similar issues in <br />which EMC can step in. <br /> <br /> Commissioner Fulton, after first thanking the Vice Chair for his work on those three <br />fronts, said that her District 7 had a couple of significant rain events, followed quickly by <br />Brown water advisories from the Department of Health on June 21 in Kailua Bay, and <br />June 29 in Hlualoa Bay. Of course Kailua Bay is a favorite for locals and Native <br />the impact to the coral. She started some investigations and reached out to the Three <br />Mountain Alliance. They pointed her to Erica Perez, senior program manager with the <br />Coral Reef Alliance, who does water quality testing. The bottom line is she would like to <br />combination <br />know what is generating the problem, we cannot begin to speculate about solutions. <br />But it is something of interest to her because it looks like a preventable problem and she <br />would like to continue working on that. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Vice Chair Gaffney wanted to bring u <br />The r <br />the wastewater system at that facility is very close to the ocean. And the proposal for <br />the upgrade is to continue the use of a septic system. The apparent thinking of the <br />? That thinking has to stop. He wants <br />OK to do things like restroom upgrades and not do the right thing with the wastewater <br />systems. There is a proposal that has been made to use the technology that has been <br />4 <br /> <br /> <br />