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do it or you donÓt do it. You know, if you want to do a Gold, y you start planning. If you want to do the Silver, youÓve got to start before infrastructure starts, constructing infrastructure. So itÓs not, that should be tightened up the way thatÓs written. Now I have a recommendation on how to re-write it, how to write the Gold in the language, ÐApplicant shall enroll its golf course with Audubon International at the Audubon GoldÓs sustainable development level prior to designing the project,Ñ which you have to do if youÓre going to do Gold, Ðand retain its certification in perpetuity.Ñ Second part is when the SMA permit and Audubon Gold golf course requirements conflict, a more stringent condition shall apply. Because whichever way you go, there might be a conflict between what the standard is, or what Audubon says and whatÓs already in the condition, so you want to make sure that doesnÓt become an issue. Okay, going on to other conditions relating to the golf course. Condition 67 refers to the Department of Health Guidelines for Golf Courses. And No. 1, A, relates to the baseline groundwater quality, but it gives no timeframe. So IÓm requesting that a one-year baseline monitoring before construction begins is necessary. If you donÓt do one year, you donÓt do a complete year, youÓre doing inadequate baseline study; and itÓs always going to be a problem in the future. Also, specify monitoring f at specific intervals. ThereÓs no pesticide requirement in any of the monitoring protocols. It has to be specified that the pesticides that are going to be used need to be monitored. And IÓm suggesting that you use a West Hawaii Coastal Monitoring established ten years ago. State, Federal, County and private got together and established a West Hawaii Coastal Monitoring Program. ItÓs more comprehensive than whatever standard is being used now. It includes pesticides in considering the sensitivity of Kohanaiki of the near-shore water and anchialine ponds that should be used. Now, Condition 70.C. I just donÓt understand it. I donÓt understand it. It says, ÐIn the area within 500 feet of the shoreline, the turf area shall be limited to the fairways, greens and tees, to reduce the area that must be irrigated and fertilized.Ñ But what else needs to be irrigated and fertilized other than fairways, greens and tees? So I think that has to be looked at and, either I donÓt understand it or it needs to be fixed. Okay, 70.N, ÐGreens and tees within 1,000 feet of the shoreline shall have a lining system to reduce potential leaching of nutrients and agricultural chemicals.Ñ That should apply to all greens and tees, because theyÓre all above the same underground water flow and they all leach into the same place. If Rollin was here, heÓd agree with that. So if youÓre going to do lining systems, which is a wonderful idea, that, it should be throughout the whole golf course. IÓm going to skip 71, 72; and IÓm finished with that section. I just got a few more short ones. About termiticides, I agree totally with Rollin about we need to protect; and thereÓs two ways of doing it. One is mesh or crushed lava, no, mesh, 27