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HENKEL: Mr. Chair? <br />HEAUKULANL I'm sorry, go ahead, Commissioner Henkel, please. <br />HENKEL: I have a question. I was wondering if the John Mullen Company was paid for this <br />recommendation and if so, how much? <br />OWENS: I have no idea what the pricing is, but we are hired as the adjuster. <br />HENKEL: Is this something that the Planning Department could help me out with? <br />ARAI: I do have that information. I just don't have it readily at hand. It's in a separate file, but <br />I can go get that information for you right away. <br />HENKEL: Thank you. <br />HEAUKULANL Any other questions? Commissioner Ikeda. <br />IKEDA: So, you know, the Commission had kind of approved the, the study, and according to <br />your letter, I guess the claimant could not qualify for, under Rule 12. Can you explain a little <br />more? <br />OWENS: Yeah, as this is down there—there are the various requirements under Rule 12 from <br />which the claim adjuster has to find if there is a recommendation for acceptance of a claim. <br />Previous claims that have been handled have been fairly liberal on what's coming through. So, <br />it's not a very strict adherence as long as it's, I guess we would call it, close enough. If it looks <br />like a chicken and it can quack even though a chicken won't quack, if it looks like a chicken, <br />good enough. <br />When it comes down based on the rules, we don't have enough of them that fit into the <br />requirements to do a recommendation, and there was so many that didn't fit that it had to come <br />up as a denial that would go through. One of the main things is this is for Puna, and the <br />Edelstein report was commenting on the Big Island. And while it's readily acknowledged that it <br />may well affect the entire Big Island, the rule is for Puna residents only, and it's for the majority <br />of the Puna residents, so whatever the particular subgroup is, which is having the claim, they <br />must be in Puna. <br />IKEDA: Is there anyway where the Alliance can somehow get together with you so they can get <br />closer. You know, I think their, I thinkI think their intent is good but somehow— <br />OWENS: —Yeah, their <br />IKEDA: —the language is not correct. <br />OWENS: Correct. <br />3 <br />EXHIBIT D <br />