2019-01-03 Public Testimony Transcript - Piilani Partners SMA 18-070

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Several issues. Native Hawaiians. Native Hawaiian leaders have opposed this project, and following the Public Access Shoreline Hawaii decision, Native Hawaiian rights and cultural interests must be protected. Community benefits. Piilani has offered $100,000 in student financial aid to offset public trust impacts, and that's commendable, but it's inadequate to offset the impacts. And, Earthjustice has questioned whether community benefit payments fulfill public trust obligations. Well shutdown. If the well flows freely with no pumping, and then the plant goes out of business, who is going to take care of this free flowing well or who is going to decommission it? Submarine groundwater discharge. There will be 200,000 gallons of underground water, with whatever nutrients they carry, suddenly not migrating to the ocean, and what's going to happen out in the ocean? No one really knows. Noise. If the County decides to shut down the plant because of excessive noise, how exactly would this be done? The staff has expressed doubts about noise issues. State citizens. The waters of the State are protected for citizens of the State. Are the project owners citizens of the State? The Kauai Springs decision. This Commission may be obliged to deny a SMA Permit based on that decision. State Office of Planning made several recommendations, and I can't quite see where those got followed? Environmental assessment. The plants going to require sewer line extension, road construction, streetlights, traffic controls, causing multiple environmental impacts, using County land, and that will attract future projects which will have their own impacts. And, a recycling centerPiilani has offered to rent space for a recycling center, and that's commendable, but they put in so many conditions, it may never happen, and that would generate more traffic and might trigger an environmental assessment because it's going to be two structures on that property. Thank you. EAGLIN: My name is Floyd Eaglin. I'll speak at the next one. I'm totally against this thing, because I think it is a bad idea, but I'll go through it when the people are here to address them. LARSON: My name is Mattie Mae Larson. I reside at [Ms. Larson gave her residence address] over in Ka`u. I am the owner and founder of Upcycle Hawaii, and I am here to testify against the water bottling facility. I think we can all agree with what these folks have said, and I think we all know the statistics that creating bottled water is a net loss of water. It takes more fresh water to create a bottle of water than we contain within that water bottle itself. EXHIBIT C 4