2012-10-04 Windward Transcript PD yagong & blas

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KERN: Give me your name. PETRICCI: Oh, I’m sorry. Robert Petricci. In the document I submitted there is a link to a research done by Dr., and articles done by Dr. Kilburn. There’s 208 results there. I just wanted to make sure you guys are aware of that so you can see the credentials that Dr. Kilburn has. And the one other thing is that, you know, when they talk about workers, healthy workers at the plant, the OSHA Standards, it’s quite different than what we have in the community. We have very high asthma rates in the community already. So we have babies, elderly, people that are sick. So what affects a healthy worker is quite different than what might affect somebody that has a respiratory problem. So, you know, it’s a quite different thing. And I do believe that there are actually some workers from PGV that we’re aware of that were affected by H2S and that have been paid settlements from PGV. So if that comes up later, then we can probably produce that information. But that’s all I have to say. KERN: Thank you. Any questions for Mr. Petricci? Seeing none, thank you. Mr. Kuykendall, is it? Kuykendall, is that right? KUYKENDALL: Yes, Kuykendall. Thank you. KERN: Okay, very good. So give me your name, and area in which you live, and you may begin. And, again, I’ll hold up this when you’ve got a minute left. KUYKENDALL: My name is Paul Kuykendall. I live on Pohoiki Road about a mile from the PGV plant. I appreciate the Commission. And you have, you have an important job here because if you make a decision regarding the health study that results in a health study that all sides can look at and say, you know, this is data we can use, it could be an opportunity for healing for the entire community. And that is my deepest hope, that whatever the outcome, whatever the data that it comes out, that we can have some healing. And part of that healing is going to be, since you’re focusing on process today I want to talk about process. We asked for some help in getting the health study. We made the request to the Commission. After that the Mayor came up with this process of his. And what I’m noticing is his office paid Peter Adler to start this study group. I’m not sure but it seems to me that Peter Adler is going to decide who is going to be on the study group. And then the study group is going to come out with some recommendations to the Planning Commission. So already before the process is begun, it seems like the community has been pushed to the side because we, no, no health study was proposed until Puna Pono Alliance came forward and asked for a health study. So all I can say right now, I’m concerned; and I’m still holding to that hope that you’re going to be an impartial judge and find a health study, whatever, whatever form it takes, that can be a form of healing for our community. And part of that is every step of the way making sure that we have the information we need, including monitoring. What I see is for the last 30 years there hasn’t been enough monitoring so we have the data to go forward; and that’s true on the noise issue as well. It’s amazing to me that there’s so little data and yet there are houses within a mile of that plant and people are affected every day, not only by drilling noise when they’re drilling but also by the noise from the turbines. So thank you for your consideration, and I appreciate you. You have a difficult job here and I wish you well and doing it well. KERN: Thank you. Any questions for the testifier? 17 EXHIBIT C