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or if you have the, maybe on the other hand the holder of that Special Permit elects to give up,
<br />then unfortunately, if they are tied in with them, then they have to give up, too. So what we are
<br />asking for is that at least to consider giving Goodfellow Brothers, the asphalt/concrete batching
<br />plant operation, to at least have a minimum of ten years, and then the maximum would be no
<br />more than the life of the Special Permit, so at least they would have some operating room. And
<br />that’s pretty much that language is, the specific language is found on Page 3 of the application
<br />that we had filed, and specifically, that read, “The life of this permit shall be for a period
<br />coterminous with the life of Special Permit 92-381,” which is the larger, you know, quarry
<br />operation, “as may be amended from time to time, but in any case no sooner than December 31,
<br />2028.” So, again, essentially what happens is that they’ll be, if approved, they will be able to at
<br />least get it until 2028 and the maximum would be the life of the quarry permit whenever that gets
<br />terminated but no more than 2043.
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<br />The other request is to, again, as mentioned earlier, for the asphalt/concrete batching plant, and
<br />this is where I guess I’ll respond to your question, Commissioner Yates. Before they begin
<br />operation, they need to submit their plans to the State Department of Health and the Department
<br />of Public Works, both agencies that have kind of oversight responsibilities in terms of how do
<br />you handle the runoff, how do you handle the waste, how do you handle air emission and all that
<br />stuff. So they’ll have to be in compliance, you know; they have to submit a program and that
<br />program then has to be approved by the State. And it’s kind of like a recurring obligation, so it’s
<br />not like once you get the plan, and then tomorrow you can run away and do your own thing; you
<br />know, you have to at all point in time comply with whatever the State or the County would have
<br />required for the air control, as well as like washing of the vehicles and so on and so forth. If
<br />there is any violation, then obviously it would be grounds for someone to raise complaint, and
<br />conceivably that complaint could be raised to the commission and result in further, you know,
<br />further conditions or possibly at the worst case termination of the permit.
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<br />Other than that, Mr. Chairman, I don’t have any other questions, unless the Commissioners may
<br />have more.
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<br />UNGER: Great, mahalo. Commissioners, are there any other questions for the applicant?
<br />Commissioner Carr Smith.
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<br />CARR SMITH: I have a couple. Good morning. Can you tell us more about the water? It’s
<br />private water? Coming from —
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<br />FUKE: Yeah, the water system in this area is serviced by, I think it’s called Hawai‘i Water
<br />Resources, but it’s the same water company that provides, it’s a private water company that
<br />provides water service to Waikoloa Village and Waikoloa Resort and all of the land in between.
<br />So there is this major trunk line that stretches from the Village, well, actually where the source
<br />is, all the way down to the Resort area. So this is where when the three-lot subdivision was
<br />created, they have access, you know, three separate meters to all of the three lots. One of the
<br />meters is specifically assigned to the subject parcel.
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<br />CARR SMITH: I’m also wondering about any work that’s been done regarding the Formerly
<br />Used Defense Site.
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