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they’re going to have to find some other partner. You see? So I think in the end, yeah, everybody is regulated to some degree. And you’re right it doesn’t have to be Stanford Carr Development that they’re going to dump the effluent to, but they’ve got to get rid of it some place; and it has to be treated to an acceptable level somewhere. IWASHITA: I guess my concern, Mr. Chair, is that on the prior testifier talking about the injection wells, and what’s possible now, and perhaps that might have adverse effects on shoreline water because R-2 might be, possibly be injected in these wells without, you know, and that might conform to current regulation and we don’t have any monitoring, you know, any process in place to prevent any adverse effects from it. You know, if that is in fact the case, and I don’t know that it’s not, then obviously I want everything to work out right. My concern is that, again, if these are private parties, they all have their separate interests and there’s an agreement or whatever but, you know, we have no control over that, granted. Right? So my concern is, I understand now that everybody is tying to make their best effort. My concern is – and I don’t know if there’s any realistic way to address it, you know, with only the applicant before us – if there is somehow a falling out and you don’t get what you need, you know, or to use it on this open space area for irrigation, then, you know, what do you do? Because it may end up with adverse effects that you don’t want. WATANABE: Yeah, to some degree it’s being addressed in the South Kohala CDP. They do talk about the level of effluent that’s being inserted into those injection wells. LIM: Well, let me make a point. The R-2 treatment and the effluent we use as irrigation water is a step over and above what the requirement is. I believe, and Mr. Nance he knows better and he can confirm, but I believe if Hawaii American Water wanted to take all the effluent from Mauna Lani Resort and put it into those two injection wells, that complies with the Department of Health’s regulations. Now I know Mauna Lani Resort Association, Puako, they don’t like that. But I believe that’s technical compliance with DOH regulations. So this attempt by us to reach this settlement agreement to use R-2 in irrigation is a step above what is normally required. WATANABE: Ms. Bowman? BOWMAN Just a quick question maybe. At the end you say “if,” the end of your condition, “it’s if it’s not cost prohibitive.” Can you read just the last part, please. LIM: Okay. WATANABE: Commercially reasonable. LIM: It’s “providing that the R-2 treated effluent of an acceptable quantity and quality so as to enable applicant to use such effluent within its subsurface drip irrigation system without incurring unreasonable expense or liability.” BOWMAN: And if it appears that it is going to work, that there’s a happy medium for everyone, can you just leave that off then, the last part? EXHIBIT C 20