2022-06-02 Windward Exh B (Public Testimony re Item 2 Yamada PL-SPP-2022-000012)

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GALIMBA: Thank you. Please begin your testimony with your name and the town you live in. DOUGLAS: My name is Bob Douglas and I live in Pana`ewa or Hilo. GALIMBA: Please go ahead. DOUGLAS: Okay. So, Yamada is scheduled to reimburse the State at sixty-five (65) cents a ton when base course is being sold on the open market at twenty-five (25) dollars a ton. My question is how this price has been determined and shouldn't the taxpayers be protected from price increases instead of relying upon a ten (10) year revisit of this price. The price should be tied to the commodity index or to inflation on an annual basis not a decade basis. Second point, as this lease is on DHHL land (Department of Hawaiian Home Lands). Well, it's not really a lease it's a contract on a lease from the State. There should be a stipulation added that no materials, minerals that are extracted from the DHHL lands be used for TMT (Thirty Meter Telescope) or TIO (TMT International Observatory, LLC) contractors or subcontractors to the construction of TMT. These are Hawaiian lands and allowing TMT to use minerals from these lands is adding insult to injury as most Hawaiians are against TMT. If TMT must use those materials, it should be put to a referendum to the residents of DHHL lands. So, any pre-existing contracts with TMT and TIO must be cancelled for delivery of materials. On operational hours, operational hours must be curtailed between 7:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. For the simple fact that if TMT does get their way, that they will have to have an accelerated production schedule and they will force Yamada and Sons into an extended schedule impacting the residents of the DHHL Hawaiian communities. FRENZ: Mr. Douglas, one minute remaining. Please summarize. DOUGLAS: Next point is the Hawaiian Hoary Bat is an endangered species and they must respect the lighting, the quiet times, and no use of barbed wire and that includes on pre-existing facilities. In regard to the previously mined area DHHL or Yamada and Sons must ensure that the areas is maintained free of Albizia trees and the property must be restored to the prior Pana`ewa natural endemic species that grew there. FRENZ: 30 seconds Mr. Douglas. DOUGLAS: The Hilo air quality station monitoring is located across from the hospital it is too far from this area to make accurate measurements. Furthermore, the current station does not measure particulate composition. We need air monitoring closer to detect and measure the basalt and silica dust. Basalt is a Class 1 carcinogen. Silica causes silicosis. So, these are health issues. FRENZ: Mr. Douglas? DOUGLAS: The next point is — 2 EXHIBIT B