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State Department of Health and the Army Corps of Engineers. So Id just like toget this <br />clarified. <br />BAIL:Ill do my best to answer your question. There are different water <br />quality standards applicable to different types of water. So for example, theDepartment of <br />Health -. <br />SIRACUSA:Im specifying anchialine ponds. <br />BAIL:Anchialine ponds do not currently have their own water quality <br />standards, which is why we are overseen in all the monitoring work we do by the Department of <br />Health and the Army Corps of Engineers. <br />SIRACUSA:Thank you. My second question, if I may? <br />GRAHAM:Commissioner Siracusa, go ahead. <br />SIRACUSA:We read that there had been € in the University study € an increase <br />in-,over300percentofincreaseindegradationintheanchialineponds.SoImwonderinghow <br />you can say there was no substantial impact. <br />BAIL:I believe there has been an impact on the anchialine ponds. And <br />its unfortunate you were not here for the last hearing where Mr. Yuen provided the Commission <br />additional information in that regard. I want to be sure that we are not confusing impacts based <br />on water quality standards, for example nutrient levels, and monitoring that we do, which is more <br />biotic monitoring of the various native species that live in those anchialine ponds. We have seen <br />significant impacts in our biological monitoring in those anchialine ponds that is primarily due € <br />as Mr. Yuen described to the Commission at the last hearing € to the unfortunate introduction of <br />alien species in those ponds that was not something that we caused and something weve been <br />using our full power to try to eliminate € unfortunately € unsuccessfully. And due to the <br />introduction of those alien species, the ponds have been severely impacted. <br />SIRACUSA:Thank you. I just want to assure you that I did read the entire <br />transcript, and Im aware of the fish and their impact on the Opaeula. Thank you. <br />BAIL:Excellent. Thank you. <br />GRAHAM:Commissioner Watanabe. Do you have a question? <br />WATANABE:Id just like to comment that I appreciate the fact that youve make <br />it hopefully easier for us to make a decision by volunteering to amend Condition 14 in this. <br />GRAHAM:Thank you, Mr. Watanabe. Any other questions for the applicant <br />from the Commissioners? Mr. Yuen? <br />C. YUEN:Yes, I just need to make sure of this. Does Waikoloa Development <br />th <br />agree to the amended Condition in Mr. Yuens letter of March 14? <br />6EXHIBIT B <br /> <br />