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stress. You can see it in my—you can see it on my face and you can hear it in my voice, and I do
<br />not just sit here alone. I speak for many of our families from this area.
<br />Geothermal is a desecration to our lands, our people, and our ancestors. Tutu Pele. Nobody
<br />mentions this, but I come here to speak for her today. And, I come here to speak for my families
<br />that can't be here today. I waited almost two hours for my six minutes.
<br />I was there when Iselle happened. I live seven miles away from the geothermal plant. I was one
<br />of the people that got sick and passed out the following day.
<br />I was there just recently. We had two different gas leaks from that plant. I got sick and
<br />nauseous. I threw up on the second leak.
<br />And, the newspaper, they put this like there's like he said, you know. There's no "oh, it doesn't
<br />impact the people." You know, it does, and our media covers this stuff up.
<br />And, so I was here. I testified three years ago to have these studies done, and yes, it was
<br />approved. I don't know why I have to sit here again and ask for these studies to be done. They
<br />could have been completed already in the last three years.
<br />And, I support this beautiful man, Edelstein. He has the credentials to do this study as you heard
<br />from one of our testifiers. I recommend him as someone to do the study. I recommend whatever
<br />methods are done, the Kilburn methods are utilized in this study. And, there's so much more to
<br />say. I don't know where I am in my minutes, but I'm just humbly asking all of you to push this
<br />through. Please. You know, have the health studies done. It's been over 30 years, and no one
<br />has done any kind of studies on how it's affected our people, our environment, and our Kanaka
<br />Maoli and how we believe this geothermal plant being there is such a `eha. It's a hurt for our
<br />people, and so please just select this person to do these studies and get this and help our people to
<br />be able to create regulations.
<br />And, I also want to say that I support buffer zones around the geothermal plant I also support
<br />we have a school that's just a few miles away. We have the highest asthma rates. And, there's
<br />so much more to say, and these studies are so important. They need to be done. And, so, and if
<br />there, you know, the other part that I would like to talk about is evacuation plans for when we
<br />have another blowout. When we have, our Tutu Pele comes. You know, I was trapped in my
<br />home for a week when Iselle came. You know, the proper evacuation plans are set in place, and
<br />the private monitors are put up, you know. How can we trust PGV to do monitoring of the air
<br />when they're the very ones that are polluting the air, and they keep saying, "oh, you know, the
<br />levels are low," but meanwhile, we are getting sick. And so, you know, this is, I'd like to see our
<br />Civil Defense trained in this. Our first response trained in these. I'd like to know what
<br />alternative evacuation plans are when we are trapped in our homes and we can't get out.
<br />You know, there are so many other issues, and I will stop now because I think I finished my six
<br />minutes, but I just want to thank each and every one of you for taking this time to listen to me,
<br />and just know that I represent many people. I represent my ohana. I represent Tutu Pele.
<br />Mahalo.
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