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McClure, and I suggested to him that this ought to be one of his top priorities. Because once, as pointed out in the Findings of Facts, Conclusions of La is negatively impacted, the chances of it, itÓs a cascade effect, and the chances for reparations is too late already. So IÓm not coming here singling out these folks. IÓve come before you on numerous occasions with the same concern. And Director Yuen says, ÐWell, you have to do it in systematical way.Ñ Well, every one of these that gets passed, the cumulative impact is going to be that some day we wonÓt enjoy what we enjoy today; and thatÓs my point, with no offense intended or hope taken. I think itÓs just really important. YouÓre the last arbiters of this. I canÓt do any more than come to you here. I canÓt take care of it at the Council level now. You are the ones that are granting the SMA. The whole premise of the SMA permit is to protect the Coastal Zone Management Area and, in particular, the SMA which is even more discreet, and an important area nearer to the coastline. So thatÓs the reason I keep bringing this forward; and I will continue to do so until we have some way of addressing this. It has to be taken care of. You know, when I go to the mainland to National Association of C meetings, throughout the nation people just canÓt believe that we allow drywells next to the shore. They canÓt believe we have cesspools next to the shore. They thought this was paradise. Well, it wonÓt be paradise anymore if we continue to allow these kinds of things to be injected into the near-shore waters, which is where theyÓre going to go. You know, whether itÓs 4 feet high, 10 feet wide, whatever it is, where do you think the water goes? It flows by gravity and it goes right into the ocean. So I urge you, please, to pay attention to this. Thank you. GALDONES:Thank you, Mr. Tyler. Commissioner Springer? SPRINGER:I wonder if the Director has any response to Mr. TylerÓs comments, and especially if he could address the recommendation, rather than addressing specifically this case the notion of addressing the issue systematically. Do you have any guidance for us? YUEN:What we have before, we have a one-and-a-half acre SMA permit application here. And even cumulatively, looking at, say, Kailua-Kona over a period of a decade, youÓre still talking about, if theyÓre done on a case-by-case basis, youÓre still talking about an area where thereÓs, the whole area is highly developed using these kinds of disposal, this kind of a disposal system. If this isnÓt good enough and there is a better solution, it should be implemented, that should be implemented, there should be a law passed that requires that to be done on a more general and wider scale. The authority that handles this right now is the State Department of Health. The County could also pass an ordinance, if the County wanted to handle storm water runoff differently. But I donÓt think it should be done on a permit-by-permit level, particularly on a rather small project in an already highly developed area. If weÓre talking about a large project in a relatively undeveloped area, then I could see taking a more, taking a look at it on a, on the whole of that project, but not on an individual project on Alii Drive. 17