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SMITH:Okay. If Im correct, no concrete, I mean, cement willbe manufactured at the site? HARLAN:Oh, no, no. I think it comes out of Hong Kong or -. SMITH:Thats what Im worried about because -. HARLAN:Oh, no, they dont even make it in Oahu anymore. SMITH:Cement is a different animal. It is very fine, and it can carry further than two miles. HARLAN:Yes, cement is a completely different animal. They used to make it in Portland or there used to be Portland Cement who used to make it and they used to bargeitovertoOahu.Theyevenstoppeddoingthat.ItcomesfromHongKongorsome place -. SMITH:Thank you very much. SPRINGER:Thank you, gentlemen. Thank you for the question, Commissioner Smith. Is there anything else for Mr. Harlan? Thank you, sir. HARLAN:Thank you. SPRINGER:Question for Mr. Fuke. Commissioner Graham? B. GRAHAM:Mr. Fuke, I know one of your strong points in the community over the years has been going out with an outreach and kind of working with the community to find what the concerns are and how they can be helped or dealt with. In this case it seems like the benefits are, really, to the Ka u area, of not having to bring in high-priced concrete and all, but the detriments are also right in that area. So it seems like its a good place to try and have the community work it out since theyre the beneficiaries, as well as any who might suffer from adverse effects. Do you see any future in having some kind of public get-together down there to discuss this in Ka u? And if we put this off a month or something so that afterwards we could kind of find out how that went, or does that not seem too productive to you? FUKE:Well, consensus building is always productive. Itll entail time. And to that extent, can I have one minute to discuss with the Applicant? SPRINGER:Members, why dont we take a five-minute recess while Mr. Fuke confers with his -. SMITH:I have another question for Mr. Fuke. He probably could confer with his client, too. 23