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IWASHITA:Dr. Bergin, did you go to any of the same meetings that Ms. Wille talked about where the Route D was discussed? BERGIN:Yes. IWASHITA:So is Route D, would that be in your experience, meet the Federal guidelines? BERGIN:We should give credit to a fellow named David Gomes who came up with that and he had a list of 8 or 9 different reliefs that Schedule D would create; and I think thats a very logical document. Where the community of Lalamilo Farmlots Association drew concern was that at the very tail end of it where it would begin to approach what we called the Waimea Transfer Station area, it intersects one Lot 27, a very productive intensive lettuce farm. And to thatdegree,wantingtobepureinourdefinitionofprotectingagriculture,itwassmarterthatwe not necessarily take a position. Now, now with that said though, that if that tail end, the last few hundred yards of that leg which does provide relief could be moved in an easterly direction, north and easterly direction, that would certainly be something that I think, provided it falls within the buffer zones allowable by the Food Safety Act, I think that could be a digestible resolution. There is also too a former military road that goes even further east that goes right through Parker Ranchs Puu Opelo, and I think that was C. So many ideas have come forth, but some of them are more viable than others. IWASHITA:Well, thank you for coming and expressing your very important views. And it really sounds to me like we ought to be able to come out with some protective language so that your concerns can be addressed and still maintain, make it clear that this connector road should, is going to be done. ALAMEDA:Thank you. Thank you, Commissioner Iwashita. Commissioner Siracusa. SIRACUSA:Yes. Do the guidelines for the Food Safety Act get into any details specifying how wide a buffer zone should be, or (inaudible), or what type of materials should be used in a buffer zone? BERGIN:Yes. SIRACUSA:Could you give us a little information about that, please. BERGIN:I have to go purely by memory so I stand to be correct. Some of them were at a minimum 300 feet, some of them were 300 yards. So depending on the nature of the farming operation with wind density, with wind in particular, particulate matter taken under consideration, that would quantify and define what the buffer zone would be. But they were greater than I had imagined it would be. SIRACUSA:Thank you. And I imagine it would also vary whether it was a dirt road or a paved road, because with a dirt road you would get the additional problem particulates. BERGIN:Correct. 12EXHIBIT C