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P.O. Box 263, Pahoa, Hawaii 96778 good in Puna
Adrian Barber President
Phone & fax: (808) 965-6050
Pahoa Office: (808) 965-0557
February 7, 1997
Chairperson, Members of the Hawaii County Council. a RECENED''
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My name is Adrian Barber. I reside at 13-1276 Leilani Avenue
96778. I am President of Puna Malama Pono.
I have some serious reservations about this Bill.
1. At a time when the county does not have sufficient revenues to
meet its expenditures, is it prudent fiscal policy to take money
from the County budget to set up a fund to buy out residents
impacted by a private business. If I open, say, a pig farm on my
lot in Leilani and my neighbor complains of the stink does the
County intend buying out my complaining neighbor? Of course it
does not. Let the developer fort the bill here. Not the taxpayers
and voters of the County of Hawaii.
2. The rules ford the administration of the proposed fund, as set
forth by the Planning Director, Ms. Virginia Goldstein, in the
Hawaii Tribune-Herald of January 9, 1997, a copy is appened to my
testimony, area to my perception, arbitrary and capricious. What
about a resident at one mile and one hundred feet? What about a
person who bought in on October 4, 1989? What about a person who
owned property within the one mile radius but dare not live there?
Have they noy seen their property value fall? Are these people not
impacted? Do these rules violate the rights of citizens under the
Federal and State Constitutions for equal protection under the
Law?
3. Should the County get into the real estate business?
4. According to the Planning Director the county would include p~ ?
covenants in the resale contracts that would require the buyer not O. ~ c
to complain or object to the operation of this private business. J ~ ~ r
May the County do this I don't believe a person my sign away p ~
their constitutional rights to free expression. what is the County ~ Z c o
going to do if they do complain? Try to uphold an illegal law? Is 4 ~
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it not deplorable that such a thing is even being conteplated? ~d a
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P.O. Box 263, Pahoa, Hawaii 96778 good in Puna
Adrian Barber President
Phone & fax: (808) 965-6050
Pahoa Office: (808) 965-0557
February 7, 1997
Bill 14, Barber testimony
page two
5. Consider the liability issue. Does not this proposed Fund,
despite Ms. Goldstein's protestations to the contrary reveal some
consciousness of a problem with geothermal developement? Could not
clever lawyers use the existance of this Fund to help convince a
Judge t}iat the County, by it's tacit recognition of a problem owns
a liablity towards damaged neighbors in the future? I append a map
showing PGV's own worst case scenario.
6. The proper vehicle for the mitigation of geothermal impacts
already exists. It is set forth in Condition 51 of the Geothermal
Resource Permit, GRP 87-1, approved by the Planning Commision of
the County of Hawaii. Condition 51 is also appended.
In closing I will r8ed to you Condtion One of the same permit.
"The proposed geothermal development activities would not have
unreasonable adverse health, environmental or socio-economic
effects on residents or surrounding property". If this Condition
is being met why do we need thia proposed Royalty Fund?
Tahnk you.
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A Hawai
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By Kevin Dayton
Tribune-Herald
The county is preparing to hire
an appraiser to help with buyouts
of some of the homes closest to the
Puna Geotherma] Venture power
~ plan[.
County Planning Director Vir-
ginia Goldstein said the county
will use its share of geothermal
~ royalties to buy out the residents,
I I but said she doesn't know how
i~ many homeowners will be paid
off.
'p The buyouts will be limited to
only those residents who were liv-
ing within a mile of the geothermal
project before Oct. 3, 1989, which
is the date the county Planning w
Commission issued the permit for
See BUYOUT,
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47. The permittee shall obtain, and comply with the
provisions of, Authorities to Construct and Permits to
Operate from the State Department of Health for all
applicable project operations approved under this
Geothermal Resource Permit.
48. The permittee shall secure all necessary approvals and
clearances including Plan Approval pursuant to Chapter 25
of the Hawaii County Code, within one (1) year from the
effective date of the Geothermal Resource Permit.
49. Construction shall commence within one (1) year from
the date of receipt of Final Plan Approval.
The permittee shall submit a written semiannual status
report to the Planning Commission on the permittee's best
• efforts to address/comply with the 'Other Agreements and
Recommendations' as contained in Section 5 of the final
report on 'Mediation of Geothermal Resource Permit
Application 87-1' dated August 21, 1989, regarding but not
limited to the collateral agreements and commitments the
permittee made during the mediation process, and which the
permittee considers to be contractual obligations subject
to tha issuance of a satisfacto{y Geothermal Resource
Permit. The status report st~l be submitted byFebruary
15 (covering the preceding period of July 1•through
December 31) and August 15 (covering the preceding period
of January 1 through June~30) of each year.
51. Prior to the issuance of the first
building/construction permit under this Geothermal
Resources Permit (GRP) by the County of Hawaii, the State
of Hawaii and the permittee shall each contribute towards a
Geothermal Asset Fund or other appropriate existing fund
for the purposes of geothermal impact mitigation efforts
within the District of Puna. The permittee's initial
contribution to the fund shall be a sum of $60,000, due.
within thirty (30) days after the effective date of this
GRP permit, and annual sums of $50,000 due on or before the
anniversary date of this GRP permit over a period of eight
(8) consecutive years thereafter for a total of .460,000.
Annual contributions thereafter shall be determined between
the permittee and the State of Hawaii or $50,000 annually,
whichever is greater. The State's initial annual
contribution to the Geothermal Asset Fund shall be the net
revenues derived from the resources generated by, the dG?-,a
well, or a similar amount from other State funding sources
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Maurice A. Richard, Hawaii Regional
Development Manager
October. 3, 1989
Page 22
less any allocations entitled to the Office of iiawaiian
Affairs and operations and maintenance costs. In the event
that future enabling legislation provides for a percentage
of the State's geothermal royalties to be allocated to the
County, upon concurrence with the County 'Council, said
royalties may also be deposited to the fund. The
administration and expenditure of assets from this
Geothermal Asset Pund shall be in accordance with rules,
regulations and procedures developed for that purpose by
the County in accordance with Chapter 91, Hawaii Revised
Statutes, and with participation of Puna resiaents or
representatives thereof, which shall include, but not be
limited to, provisions and criteria to enable the first
priority of distribution for temporary or permanent
relocation of those property owners who are found, in
accordance with criteria established in the rules, to be
adversely impacted by the activities authorized, provided
- that such relief is applied for within a period of one (1)
year of the impact. A priority list of impact mitigation
projects may be established by the County Council or agency
designated by the Council in conjunction with Puna
residents or designated representatives thereof, with the
exception of upgrading existing subdivisions in the Puna
District to current subdivision standards and
specifications of the County of Hawaii. Should any other
district(s) of the County of Hawaii be proved to be
negatively impacted by activities authorized under this or
any other subsequent GRp, that district .s hall receive a
pro rata share of the fund assets as may be determined by
the County Council of agency designated by the Council with
expenditures to follow a prioritized schedule determined as
outlined above. The rights granted to the permittee shall
not be conditioned upon any contribution or further
participation by the State in the fund nor with respect to
the creation, management, and operation of the ,,fund other
than set forth above.
Sincerely,
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G(r~~~ zuno airman
Planning Commission
cc: Mr. Peter Adler
Mediation Parties (list)
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CERTIr^IED MAIL
October 3, 1989
Maurice A. Richard, Hawaii Regional
Development Manager
Puna Geothermal Venture
101 Aupuni Street, Suite 1014-B
Hilo, HI 96720
Dear Mr. Richard:
Geothermal Resource Permit Application (GRP 87-1)
Puna Geothermal Venture - 25 MW (net) Development
Rapoho, Hawaii TMK: 1-4-01: por. 2, 3, por. 19, ~ 58
The Planning Commission, at its duly held meeting on
September 19, 1989, considered this Geothermal Resource Permit
Application and based on the following findings, approved the
project consisting of 10 integrated back-pressure steam turbine and
air-cooled binary cycle turbine power generating modules; up to 30
geothermal wells drilled from 6 well pads; brine and steam
pipelines, pollution control equipment; a brine surge tank and
holding pond; a sraitchyard; an office, warehouse, workshop, and
control buildings; access roads; and auxiliary facilities such as
air compressors, fire protection equipment, etc.:
1. The proposed geothermal development activities would not
have unreasonable adverse health, environmental, or socio-economic
effects on residents or surrounding property..
The project will occupy approximately 25 acres of surface
area within a dedicated 500-acre project area located within the
Rapoho Section of the Kilauea Lower East Rift Geothermal
Resource Subzone. Approximately 2.75 acres of land will be
cleared and.. leveled f.or. each of 6 drill pads. Each drill site
will be engineered to support the drilling equipment and to keep
drilling effluent contained onsite and separate from any natural
drainage. Each well pad will have drilling mud pits; sumps with
gently sloped walls used to temporarily store drilling wastes
which typically consist of rock cuttings, waste drilling mud,