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and the contract was actually awarded to Hawaiian Dredging. So as soon as we get these permits, we are looking at starting construction. So whatever changes we make to these plans -. WATANABE: Is a change order. YUASA: We have to go back to the consultant to redesign the IWS, we’ve got to go back to Department of Health for approval, then we have to go to the contractor to negotiate a cost change, and likely it will be a lot more expensive then. WATANABE: Yeah, I have a question. Mr. Yuen, we compromised on No. 6 because, according to my recollection, the wash down area is, like, 180 feet from the shoreline, and we said, well, if you’re going to slope this off from that area back in, and it’s I guess only 45 feet I think in width, and we’re going to slope it back to where the keawe trees are located and the vegetation would help brake down the nutrients, and that seemed to be okay. My question is how far from a septic system – because I believe the original septic system is, like, 100 feet from the shoreline, if I recall – how far from the septic system can the leaching system begin, and could you actually – you see what I’m getting at – force it father inland? YUEN: Well, I don’t know as far as how far you can move the leach field from the facility itself. But it’s really more a question of percolating down rather than any change, it really wouldn’t make much difference to move it farther away from the shoreline. The wash down area would probably work because what’s going to happen is that you have plants that are going to take up the water and prevent it from moving down into the groundwater. So the idea behind the aerobic is it reduces the amount of nutrients.It is true that you have to maintain the system property. They are commercially available units that can be purchased to do this. I’m afraid that the argument about we plan to do a project exactly a certain way, so do not change the conditions on us from what we plan to do is not one that we really can follow when we are being responsible in terms of our responsibilities in looking at these permit applications. WATANABE: Thank you. Any further comments from any of the other Commissioners? It doesn’t seem like it. Do you have anything else to add besides your concerns about Condition 5 and Condition 6? And I guess Condition 6, now you are satisfied, I believe, with the compromise there. YUASA: Yes, we are satisfied with Condition 6. WATANABE: Yeah, okay. So then aside from Condition 5, you have no other concerns with the proposed conditions? YUASA: I just wanted to -. One closing statement: As an engineer we need to follow certain guidelines, and we thought that by following the Department of Health, Wastewater Branch guidelines, Title 11 Chapter 62, that that would be sufficient to design our individual wastewater system. And if the Planning Commission would like, we would want to go back to our Division of Aquatic Resources and see if they can modify their comments. EXHIBIT E 10