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Hawai‘i within ninety days from the effective date of this amendment. The soils report, which shall provide recommendations for the stabilization of Pu‘u Hinai, shall be submitted to the Planning Director for review and approval, in consultation with the Department of Public Works. The applicant shall comply with the recommendation(s) of the approved soils report to stabilize the pu‘u and bring it into a non-hazardous condition. Additionally, the applicant shall comply with any other measures determined by the Planning Director to provide reasonable assurance of the stability of Pu‘u Hinai and the safety of people who may work or have reason to be in close proximity to the pu‘u.” So again, these are two added conditions that we are adding as a result of the South Kohala Community Development Plan. These are some site photos. This is from Hawai‘i Belt Road, looking makai. This is the access road off of Waikoloa Road; this is approximately 4,600 feet in length from Waikoloa Road to the pu‘u. This is a site photo of the area that has been mined. This particular area hasn’t been mined for over a two-year period. You can see, again, the cuts on the back side, or on the makai side, of the pu‘u. There is some existing equipment. In response to this, the applicant has stated that there are other areas within Quarry Site 1 that the applicant will be considering mining, and this is an area – this is just makai of the pu‘u. The Planning Director is recommending that the Planning Commission send a favorable recommendation to the State Land Use Commission with the added conditions. Are there any questions? BOWMAN: Could you show us the aerial of Pu‘u Hinai? So, with, I guess, Condition 5 (sic), when you talk about “shall be graded to blend with the surrounding areas and re-vegetated,” that whole side of the pu‘u where it’s -.How do they do that? I mean it’s gone -. DARROW: Well, I think in this particular case – and again I’m just going off a past experience with a quarry site that’s been abandoned, it hasn’t been particularly on a pu‘u, it’s just been in an area that’s been quarried, and so they had to kind of blend it and then re-vegetated it – as far as a pu‘u, I think the more, the greater concern is to leave this in a non-hazardous condition; I don’t think, at this time, to say to re-vegetate it. It’s not vegetated currently except unless there is some sort of vegetation currently on the front side of it. But I think in a matter of time, if there is vegetation on the front side, it will occur on the back side. But more importantly, we need to be able to determine that this particular area is left in a non-hazardous condition. BOWMAN: And that would be determined by the soils engineers. DARROW: Engineer, correct. Whether it’s through, whether they say that it is currently stable, maybe what could be required by the Planning Director is a fence be placed there, so that no access would be allowed into this particular area, or if the soils engineer may suggest possible benching or something. BOWMAN: Okay. And how close is the proposed new subdivision from this pu‘u? DARROW: It’s just to the northwest adjoining area. BOWMAN: Would you say half a mile from the perimeter? I’m just curious. 3 EXHIBIT B