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<br />Interagency Task Force on VOG <br />Thursday, August 2, 2012 <br />5:00 p.m. <br />Civil Defense Agency <br />920 Ululani St. <br />Hilo, Hawaii <br /> <br />Present: Benedict Fuata, Chair <br /> Faye Hanohano, Representative of the Fourth Representative District <br /> Robert Herkes , Representative of the Fifth Representative District <br /> Brittany Smart, Council 6 <br /> Gerald Kosaki, Hawaii Fire Department <br /> Robert Irvine, Hawaii Health System Corp. <br /> Merlyn Harris, Ka’u Hospital <br /> Jason Moniz, Department of Agriculture <br /> James Wheler, Department of Land and Natural Resources <br /> <br />Not Present: <br /> Loretta Fuddy – Department of Health <br /> Doug Mayne, State Civil Defense <br /> Aaron Ueno, Department of Health, District Health Office <br /> Gilbert Kahele, Representative of the Second Senatorial District <br /> George Applegate, Big Island Visitors Bureau <br /> Salvador Panem, Department of Transportation Highway Division <br /> Mary Correa, Department of Education Keaau-Pahoa <br /> Fred Blas, Council 5 <br /> <br />Others Present: <br /> Eric Fogel, Volcano citizen <br /> Tom Callis, Hawaii Tribune Herald <br /> Don Thomas, University of Hawaii Center on Active Volcanoes <br /> <br />Benedict Fuata called the meeting to order at 17:05. <br /> <br />Approval of June 12, 2012 minutes. <br /> Motion to accept moved by Robert Herkes and seconded by Britney Smart. Motion to approve minutes <br />passed. <br /> <br />Reports: None. No new reports out on the vog. <br /> As a request from the board we have Dr. Don Thomas speaking on vog effects on catchment systems. <br />Results of collaborated work to look at the impact of vog on catchment systems. <br /> Different communities are exposed to different compounds, that effect communities differently. <br />During dry condition the plume travels over a larger area; with humidity condensation cause droplets to form <br />through condensation which settles out on grazing land and roof catchment systems. In areas with high rain fall <br />the soluble acid is washed off the roof. If catchment system water is used for drinking, residents are advised to <br />first flush system, which diverts initial rainfall into a waste line, water will be a lot cleaner in the catchment <br />system. <br />1 <br /> <br /> <br />