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This other one it says over here under Article XI, Section 9. It says, ÐEach person has a
<br />right to a clean and healthy environment as defined by laws relating to environmental
<br />quality, including control of pollution and conservation, protection and enhancement of
<br />natural resources. Any person may enforce this right against any party, public or private,
<br />through appropriate legal proceedings, subject to reasonable limitations and regulations
<br />as provided by law.Ñ You know, itÓs limiting, you know, this kind of growth. ItÓs
<br />protecting whatÓs now there. Article XI, Section 7, ÐWater Resources,Ñ and it says, ÐThe
<br />State has an obligation to protect, control and regulate the use of HawaiiÓs water
<br />resources for the benefit of its people.Ñ
<br />Okay. ÐThe legislature shall provide for a water resources agency which, as provided by
<br />law, shall set overall water conservation, quality and use policies; define beneficial and
<br />reasonable use; protect ground and surface water resources, watersheds and natural
<br />stream environments; establish criteria for water use priorities while assuring appurtenant
<br />rights and existing correlative and riparian uses and establish procedures for regulating all
<br />use of HawaiiÓs water resources.Ñ You know, what we have here, we have to protect; and
<br />when we use, we got to make sure itÓs replenished.
<br />I donÓt know, all I see is IÓm looking at paren -, and practice, not what the Statute is
<br />saying we have to do -.
<br />IÓm going to talk a little bit about one fisherman Òcause in Article XI, Section 6, it talks
<br />about marine resources. This project fronting the coastline, not too far, they have this
<br />thing called Ðcumulative,Ñ yeah. The problem Hokulia had, one of the problem was they
<br />when clear too much land too fast. Well, letÓs look at whatÓs over there. Are we doing
<br />the same thing, are we clearing too much land too fast? You know, sometimes I think
<br />about my self interest and I try to put that on the side. So that, itÓs hard, yeah, because I
<br />fish, you know, I love eating fish. I hunt, I love catching, you know, food. In my back
<br />yard I get my farm, yeah, I love pick coffee. ItÓs good stress release. But when I go
<br />down here to this place, you try taste the water. The water no taste like the way it when
<br />taste before. Cumulative, yeah? All these things building, building, building, not
<br />meeting any of these numbers I just referred to. There are some explosions going on
<br />down there. All of a sudden, where I used to suck water out of the stone, no more, gone.
<br />Whenever we level off one parcel of land so we can build our project, what you do with
<br />the underground waters? ItÓs not coming out. Never need take water before Òcause we
<br />used to pound opihi, whatever, up and down over there. No need put water, you can just
<br />suck the rock, and people laugh when we say that. ThatÓs what we used to do, Òcause the
<br />water come right out of the rock. Now no can.
<br />We need to make that known, Òcause IÓm concerned about that coral reef, the habitat
<br />replenishment that we trying to accomplish and fishery replenish
<br />It says Article XI, Section 6, ÐThe State shall have the power to manage and control the
<br />marine, seabed and other resources located within the boundaries of the State, including
<br />the archipelagic waters of the State, and reserves to itself all such rights outside state
<br />boundaries not specifically limited by federal or international law. All fisheries in the sea
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