06-27-2022 Applicant Statement for Consideration

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Mr. Dennis Lin, Chairperson and Members of the Windward Planning Commission Page 3 of 9 June 27, 2022 Also note that Condition 23 of the Land License also requires a "closure plan", which is recited below: "23. Closure plans for the License Area shall require that the remaining quarry face will be stepped back, with a maximum twenty (20) foot rise at 1/4: 1 slope and a minimum ten (10) foot wide benches between each rise. This bench is provided to break up the vertical drop of the pit wall, provide safe access for quarry activities, and to control rockfall. All sides of the quarry shall be required to be left as a clean stabilized slope face without any protruding or perched rocks that may contribute to a rock fall problem." 2. Applicant shall confine all activity and access to the licensed area within normal quarry operation hours, Monday thru Friday, 7:00am to 3:30 pm only. No activities shall be permitted during weekend hours. Applicant's Response: The Applicant has no objection to restricting the days and hours when noise generating activity will occur within the licensed area. However, the Applicant would like to retain the ability to access the licensed area to conduct low-noise activities during the licensed hours of 6:00am to 6:00pm, daily such as planning, surveying, staking, mobilization of equipment between permit area and Applicant's processing facilities, etc., as specified in the revised Condition No. 4. 4. [Q YiRg]Active quarrying activities, described as the extraction and handling of rock or soil material, including its transport, shall be restricted to that period from Monday through Friday, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.. All non-active, low-noise generating quarry-related activities, such as site planning, surveying, staking, mobilization of equipment between permit area and Applicant's processing facilities, etc. shall be limited to the hours of 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. daily. 3. Clarification language is required for "Transport Between Quarry and Baseyard" so that it is aligned/consistent with the permit application. This condition requires specific and unambiguous language regrading rock hauling. This condition shall include no transport on Railroad Avenue that borders and/or is adjacent to HCCA communities. Applicant's Response: The Applicant has no objection to restricting the transport of quarried material to Ho`olaulima Road, as specified in the revised Condition No. 5 below, that also addresses the Director's recommendation regarding the use of