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W. YUEN:Thats correct. <br />RHO:My question is whether or not you can explain to me what <br />currently is taking place versus what will take place based on your underlined amendment. <br />GRAHAM:Mr. Yuen? <br />W. YUEN:Basically the current monitoring is essentially only for nutrients € <br />inorganic nutrients in both the groundwater, ocean water and anchialine ponds. And the West <br />Hawaii Study recommended additional substances be monitored, and we are proposing to <br />increase the scope of the monitoring to take into account both the bacterial substances as well as <br />sediment analysis on a periodic basis. And then also develop mitigation plans to address any <br />untoward effects, should the levels of these substances increase above a certain point. <br />RHO:Whichisnothappeningnow? <br />W.YUEN:Well,thereispresentlynomonitoringforthebacterialeffectsor <br />for periodic sediment analysis. <br />RHO:I have a follow-up. <br />GRAHAM:Follow-up, Mr. Rho? <br />RHO:On the plans submitted by the University, on the summary, the last <br />paragraph € its a pretty long paragraph € and I think this subject matter was brought up at the <br />last meeting, which is basically that we really € in my view, anyway € we really dont have a <br />monitor or enforcer. And I think I used the phrase that what we were doing is having the fox <br />guard the hen house. And that comment passed; I mean there was no real reaction to that <br />comment. So Im assuming that we are going to go down that same road again. You are going <br />to increase your monitoring under that amendment 14. But we really dont have state, federal or <br />county enforcement powers. I guess what Im looking for is a double-check. So I just want your <br />comment about that. <br />W. YUEN:Well, the Department of Health does have enforcement powers. <br />And these monitoring results are transmitted both to the Department of Health, well, the <br />Department of Health, the Army Corps of Engineers in the case of the anchialine ponds, and the <br />County Planning Department. So there are guards to the hen house, if you will. <br />RHO:So maybe Im mistaken in thinking that we dont have <br />enforcement; we do have enforcement, but we dont have standards. Is that what the problem is? <br />GRAHAM:Mr. Rho, could I just try to offer clarification on that? Are you <br />referring to enforcement that the water quality monitoring is being done as its supposed to be <br />done? Is that what you are speaking of? <br />RHO:Thats one, yes. <br />GRAHAM:Thank you. <br />8EXHIBIT B <br /> <br />