2018-04-05 Hearing Transcript - Hu Honua Bioenergy SMA 221 (Dec Ruling)

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it down. I mean it doesn't need to be roaring through the whole community, but they show no concern for us now, and then now you want to give them ability to make more noise or have less, we have no control over what they do? And, then we had them come out, one time I filed a complaint for them to come out and check the sound. Well, it's just really funny how when these guys flew over from Oahu, three of them. They showed up to check the sound one day, and there's no equipment running that day. Hmm, I wonder why. That's the only day I've never heard any equipment running out there. It was the day they were there to test it. And, even with the small little things they were doing like paintbrushes and stuff, it was still like at 40 - something. It constantly is in the 60 to 70 range in our neighborhood with what they're doing right now. And, they want to, they want more, they just, let's make all the noise we want. It's ridiculous. It's very annoying. I didn't spend a bunch of money and built a beautiful home here to listen to this. This is ongoing, non-stop. You know, what are they going to do when they haul all these chips in there? All these trees in there, they are going to constantly be making a bunch of racket. Thank you. GONZALEZ: Good afternoon. My name is Rosemary Gonzalez. I live 350 feet from the power plant. I purchased my lot back in 2004, and I developed my orchard and built my home, and then Hu Honua came to town in about 2008 when they first started discussions with the community. And, they had a previous construction period back in 2013. And, you know what? As part of what Mr. DeMotta attested to earlier, the local culture kind of doesn't complain about stuff And, back in 2013 all this construction was going on, not one complaint, I don't think they could say, one complaint from us. I would get up at 6:30 to go work in my orchard, and they're started up already. And, then at night, they would work until 11 p.m. at an adjacent lot with pipes and tools banging around and lights shining into my bedroom. Not one complaint from me. Anybody else around and not one complaint. We were all patient, trying to give them the time they needed to do the construction and then things they had issues. Okay, so now, here it is today. And, you know what? I am kind of tired of not saying anything anymore. They made commitments. This SMA amendment happened in 2011. They've had all these years to figure out mitigation. They've stated, the record shows all the mitigation measures they were going to take, their strategies and all of that. I need to read this only because the terminology gets so convoluted with this non -normal activities. The exceptions that they're citing as non -normal are all normal activities of a power plant, should not be considered non -normal. The noises coming from boilers, turbines, water pumps, well pumps, they are the power plant's major components. The noises from these components are normal noises whether they are maintenance or whatever. They're not non -normal. All of these should be mitigated. That's what power plants do; they mitigate for noise. There was never any discussion in the previous hearing about non -normal noise. It was never discussed at any time. I feel like you guys need to help us as residents. Now, it is an Industrial zone. There are residential properties right there. There is no buffer between the two. I'm not asking for anything more. I'm asking that they follow the commitments that were laid forward before and move forward with that, nothing more, just do what they say what they were going to do and follow the law. "At all times" means at all times. To anybody else it means all times. Why is this any different? Thank you. ELLIS: Good afternoon, Chairman and Commission. Thank you in advance for your time. My name is Dr. Joan Ellis. I'm a resident of Pepe`ekeo, and I am a neighbor to the Hu Honua power plant. EXHIBIT D 11