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TRAVIS L. (from audience): Travis. <br /> <br />MIYASATO: --oh, Travis, sorry, Joy Cash. Mr. Dedman, if you have anything further, you <br />have three minutes. If not, Robert Petricci. <br /> <br />I’ll get to you. Yeah, we’ll do these four first. [Secretary’s note: Chairman Miyasato was <br />addressing Tom Luebben in the audience who stated he was on the list to testify.] Okay, could <br />you please raise your right hand? Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth on this matter now <br />before the Hawai‛i County Planning Commission? <br /> <br />HARDEN/TRAVIS/CASH: I do. <br /> <br />PETRICCI: Yes. <br /> <br />MIYASATO: You may go first. You may go first. Please state your name and address, and <br />you’ll have three minutes. <br /> <br />HARDEN: So, Cory Harden with Sierra Club-Moku Loa Group, and we support the study on <br />psycho-social impacts on Native Hawaiians from geothermal development and also the Hawaiian <br />Health Study Review Board. I think this is especially important cause as we just talked about, <br />there were no Native Hawaiians in the Adler Geothermal Healthy Study Group. It’s also <br />especially important cause of recent events—people being injured by a geothermal release while <br />trapped in their homes during Tropical Storm Iselle. They were being gassed, and they couldn’t <br />get out. This was closely followed by an election in Puna very shortly after the storm which <br />drew legal challenges, and there were many in Puna now questioning if their concerns are being <br />duly represented by the folks who got elected there. <br /> <br />And, what’s now going is there’s drilling being planned at PGV 24-7 despite the prohibition on <br />night drilling by the County while a lava flow is threatening the area. So, there’s quite a few <br />stressors added to just the general background. <br /> <br />Today’s Native Hawaiians are descendants of the first people who managed to find these Islands, <br />made their home here, and took care of the land for centuries with great respect and wisdom. In <br />modern times with our modern approaches that’s brought us a lot of benefits, but we’re also <br />faced with climate change, oceans clogged with plastic, superfund sites, and a lot of other <br />consequences of our attitude toward the land. <br /> <br />So, we should find out how the modern approach to the land, as far as geothermal projects, how <br />that is affecting Native Hawaiians who have a heritage, a very different approach to the land. I <br />mean, it’s the right thing to do, and may also be the legally necessary thing to do. Thank you. <br /> <br />MIYASATO: Commissioners, any questions? Thank you. <br /> <br />TRAVIS: My name is, my name is Laura Travis, and I live in Puna, and lived there for 4-1/2 <br />years. I was a member of the Mayor of Hawai‛i’s Geothermal Public Health Assessment <br />Working Group, and the working group, the other members and I tried to decide how best to <br />9 <br />EXHIBIT D <br /> <br /> <br />