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their technical support man there and I just asked him questions; and the questions that I asked him were developed from the information that I had gathered from Shawn and just listening to people. And in my research I’ve actually resolved that if that unit was put in two doors down from me that we would not know it was there. There were two issues that had come up, and I discussed them with Michael Burwell; and he agreed with me that they were issues and he was not aware of them. And when I spoke to Susan and Penny at A Hui Hou Funeral Home, they were just very cooperative. They weren’t aware of the issues and said that they would address the issues. In my opinion, the thought of having a crematory down the street, well, that’s just a bad thought. I just, I mean, none of us want to deal with death. But as far as impacting the community, from my research I don’t see that it’s going to impact me or anyone else in the general area; and I thank you, gentlemen. WATANABE:Thank you. Any questions for Mr. Fine? Mr. Salavea? SALAVEA:Can you give us examples of some of the, your concerns and the questions that you asked? FINE:One of the main concerns was the fact that during a cremation what would happen if the electric went out, and we all know in Kona the electric goes out. So, and it was actually suggested by Shawn, he says, “You know, they really should have a backup generator.” And when I expressed the fact to Mr. Burwell from the American Crematory Equipment that the electric went out, I didn’t even suggest the generator. He said, well, they need a generator, they can’t have that, that machine will not work properly. And the company actually has a backup generator that is integrated into their machine so when the electric goes out, this generator automatically turns itself on; and thereby there should be no smoke, there should be no pollution, there shouldn’t be anything. And they agreed it was going to cost them some extra money, but Penny and Susan weren’t aware of it and they agreed that they’re going to have that option to purchase of their equipment. The other thing that I found out was that the taller the exhaust stack, the more pure the air quality of what comes out; and their machine was designed to work with a 10-foot stack. But if the Planning Commission would allow them to put a bigger stack, then it would be a little bit better as far as the emissions that would be coming out of the stack. Although the machine will work with 10 feet, if they would allow them to 15 or 20 feet, which again would cost them more money and they are in agreement to do that, they would do that and the byproduct that would be coming out of the stack would be more pure and more, you know, would, they call it retention time, what comes out would be cleaner and better for the environment. SALAVEA:Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you. WATANABE:Mr. Graham? EXHIBIT D 5