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WATANABE: Okay. Thank you. ALAMEDA:Any other questions? Jeff, my understanding is once theres a Contested Case request, then that, basically, kind of like a, anybody has a right to, well, you have to be able to be within 500 feet. Or is that, who has the right to contest? DARROW:If I can refer that to our Corporation Counsel. ALAMEDA:Just for the publics . TORIGOE:Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Your Rule 4-7 talks about Contested Case procedures. People who want to have a formal Contested Case have to apply no later than seven calendar days prior to the first meeting on matter upon receipt of a written request to intervene. The Commission, at the first meeting on the matter, shall hold a hearing on the written request. Ifthemovantcandemonstratethathisorherinterestisclearlydistinguishablefromthatofthe general public, or if its a government agency whose jurisdiction includes the land involved, or if the Petitioner has some property interest in the land or lawfully resides on the land, or No. 4 that the proposed action, they can show that the proposed action will cause them actual or threatening injury in fact, or No. 5 if there are persons who are descendants of Native Hawaiians who inhabited the Hawaiian islands prior to 1778, who practiced some kind of customarily and traditionally exercised rights on the land, then people with those kinds of special interests can be admitted as parties to the Contested Case. And the Commission shall grant or deny such written request prior to any further action on the matter. And, of course, if you grant standing to any of these parties who requested a Contested Case, then the Commission will then decide also whether to hear the Contested Case itself or whether to refer the Contested Case Hearing to a hearings officer, who will then hold the Contested Case Hearing and present a report and a Proposed Findings of Fact, Conclusions or Decision to the Commission. ALAMEDA:And so, Jeff, all these four parties that were granted or petitioning for standing, they all meet the qualifications that Mr. Torigoe just shared? DARROW:Theyve all received the letter from the Applicant so that would let us know that they are within the 300 feet. ALAMEDA:Okay. DARROW:I want to make one correction. Apparently, the Director is looking at me kind of funny so this reference to a temporary access was not from Alii Drive; and I apologize for that. That was a temporary access that was to be granted from Kuakini. So, if you could disregard that. That was not referencing this access off Alii Drive. ALAMEDA:Okay. DARROW:Thank you. ALAMEDA:Any questions for staff? So, Mr. Torigoe, do we decide on whether or not to grant standing before we allow the Applicants to come up, or could you review the procedures? 4EXHIBIT E