2024-03-05 PL-SMA-2023-000046 Deborah Ward Opposition Testimony

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project utilities and easements across and within State and/or County roadways and real property interests,and 3) potential use of land in the Conservation District and Shoreline Setback Area around Ninole Cove." The law states: "All exemptions under the classes in this section are inapplicable when the cumulative impact of planned successive actions in the same place, over time, is significant, or when an action that is normally insignificant in its impact on the environment may be significant in a particularly sensitive environment." Section 11-200-8 (b), HAIR The significant repair or replacement of the wastewater treatment facility should be a trigger for an new EIS, since the only approved one is 36 years outdated. 2)Demotion and restoration of former restaurant building in disrepair would require EIS. The building is over 50 years old and is contaminated by lead, arsenic and is unfenced and highly hazardous. The historic and hazardous conditions will require multiple agency permits. Special handling in accordance with State Department of Health Solid and Hazardous Waste Branch Office of Solid Waste Management regulations will be required. We understand that the expense and multiple permits required to demolish or repair the building is a burden the owner must accept, and she did tell community members that she planned to do so.This SMA down not provide sufficient information to assure the community that this ongoing hazard will be rectified. b) Waste Water Treatment Plant (WWTP) expansion for more units would require an EIS: Triggers EIS if Wastewater treatment unit,except for an individual wastewater system or unit serving fewer than fifty single-family dwellings or the equivalent; c) Significant changes: All of the following are referenced in the citation https://fi les.hawai i.gov/dbedt/erp/OEQC_Guidance/2014-GU I DE-HEPA-Citizens-Guide.pdf Affects or is likely to suffer damage by being located in an environmentally sensitive area such as a flood plain,tsunami zone,beach,erosion-prone area,geologically hazardous land, estuary,fresh water or coastal waters; As it is critical to incorporate an imminent rise in sea level and other climate change effects into plans for future development,these impacts should also be considered when drafting an EIS. d) Phased Actions-Project Segmentation A group of actions proposed by an agency or an applicant shall be treated as a single action when: 1. The component actions are phases or increments of a larger total undertaking; D Ward Comments 5