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20 miles of roads on my ranch. I got 2,500 acres. Ill pay the extra money for concrete. Thats why I moved to Ka u from Hawaii Kai. They had a man named Henry J. Kaiser. They talk about him being a genius. The man is like, to him -. You know, so when we start to look at this kind of proposal, the main need for it is its not so much as finding it as filling it. Were looking for developments to take these materials and we utilizing them more. The Hawaiian Homes bought 84 lots in Discovery Harbor, theyre going to build homes there. Theyre going to need concrete for their foundations, theyre going to need gravel for underneath the foundations. I need stuff for my house, which Im working on right now. I got roads that Im working on right now. I work with Soil Conservation, Farm Service Agency, these other avenues. Im a member of the Rural Community Development. But in 2004, going into 2005, this present quarry, if the quarry is down at the bottom tip ofSouthPointRoad,Imightconsiderit.Butwhereitssittinghererightnowisa concern to me, and we all have nothing to gain by having it being there because its an adverse impact on my neighbors and the people of Ka u. And, you know, its an agricultural area. You know, Im a person that likes to perpetuate agriculture. Both the County and the State have an obligation to perpetuate agriculture. The matters that are received from the County continuously has an attack on agricultural lands to rezone for some odd reason. I understand some of the bigger pictures with the retirement funds and all these things, that you need to put our County share of our monies, that they have to go in that. So, gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, looking at how can we derive revenues so that we can meet these demands, I would think that these kinds of projects are conclusive to our current in 2004 and tomorrow, this quarry should not be here. And this is going to be headlines because it is indeed a health problem. And when we start talking about drilling, were talking about Naalehu School with trucks running with 40 tons, 30 tons, something goes wrong, the kids are crossing the street and they get killed. Then how are we going to feel if we let something like this go? From coming out of Tommys pasture, coming, heading towards Pahala, youre looking and approaching one hazardous area on the highway already. And Im interested to find out what the State Department of Transportations input, input is going to be on this. Because I think it should go to Land Use Commission, to the State level. Were talking about environmental impact statements, current environmental impact statements, not based on 1972, not based on 1992. Were talking about today, what problems could this proposal be at the current time, not when the first similar use a permit was acquired in 1972. I was only 10 years old then. But I thank you for your time in letting me testify. I ask for your patience in having a small part of your brain to have a room of understanding of where Im coming from. Ag is my bag. The district of Ka u has been an agricultural area. And this kind of stuff being put in agricultural areas under the State Agricultural Land Use District is not appropriate at all. So I thank you again for your time very much. 7