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a problem, for example, you know, you have all these paved surfaces that are used by cars, and if runoff from these onto the ground is not sufficiently cleaned by going through lava rock before it gets to groundwater or goes out to the sea, then we have a problem that is of a, you know, magnitude of thousands of times greater than any of the individual applications that we have before us. ALAMEDA:Commissioner Graham, I want to give you an opportunity to respond. GRAHAM:Yeah. And so, you know, I don’t want to put your application -. Maybe the only thing I can really do is when it comes time to make motions, I can make a motion that we continue it for a period till you guys can research it more. But since I’m doing this as a question to you, do you have any insight as to anything that you might, could do between now and the next meeting that would help bring more specificity other than what the Planning Director is saying towards a belief on my and our part that there will not be a problem on water going towards the ocean through the drywells? SUEDA:Well, I think the normal direction that we would do is that, assuming we get an approval on the SMA and assuming we’ll go in for a permit, Public Works at that time that’s their job and their responsibility to resolve this issue. Isn’t that it, Chris? At that time if they decide, whatever the reason may be for right next to the ocean, decide to put a filter in, that’s their decision. I don’t think it’s the Applicant’s decision at this time. I think we’re just trying to get an SMA approval at this time; and I think all the detailed things will get resolved during the permit process. COUSIN:If I can add, the one thing that I can, rest assured from my perspective as a General Manager and speaking for our owner is it’s bad business for us not to be a good community citizen. So we would not want to do anything that would give us bad press because it’s bad business. And we’re about to invest $2-1/2 to $3 million in a facility; and it would all go to waste if on the front page of West Hawai`i Today somebody said that, you know, we were having all kinds of bad runoff into the ocean or creating environmental problems. So it’s in our best interest as a business, not just to comply with the law for legality’s sake or to comply with policies of the Public Works for that, but for the purpose of good business and to be a good community citizen. So although I’m not a technical adviser on this, and I depend on Lloyd for that from the prospect of business, there’s nothing that we wouldn’t do to make sure that this was right and met all County standards. If we couldn’t do that then we just wouldn’t do the project. It’s that simple for us. ALAMEDA:Okay. Commissioner Siracusa? SIRACUSA:Yes. I know that there’s some kind of material that’s used when there are oil slicks on the ocean that are sort of like a foam that they spray on the surface and all the oil sticks to it. I don’t know if that’s ever used in drywells, in situations like this to keep the oil separated from the rest of the water that’s going out. But I noticed on Condition No. 6, it says, “All development-generated runoff shall be disposed of on-site and shall not be directed toward any adjacent properties,” but it does not say, “shall not be directed towards the ocean.” YUEN:Well, that’s the on-site, that’s the on-site part. And then it can’t get to the ocean without going through an adjacent property because the property, this property is not on EXHIBIT C 7