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Testimony tothe Hawaii County Environmental Management
Commission
August 25, 2021
Agenda Item 7 (Deferred Correspondence)
Aloha Chair Adams and Commissioners,
I am Sandra Demoruelle in Naalehu. I am alarmed that the Department of
Environmental Management Director has “deferred” sharing important information with
the Environmental Management Commission at your meetings for at least two months
(August and September). How can EMC help if you do not know what is happening?
In the meantime, the EPA has sent a notice of noncompliance with the Pahala
AOC to Mayor Roth. Isn’t that worth mentioning to you Commissioners?
Perhaps a report from Director Mansour in two months will tell us how much
that noncompliance will cost us in penalties?
Finally, I would appreciate it if the Commissioners would ask for a simpler
explanation of what Director Mansour meant when he said DEM would meet EPA
compliance for the Pahala project through “a design-build performance-driven
criteria, that is going to be bid out and designed in order to meet the deadline.”
(Draft Minutes bottom of Page 16-18)
Mahalo for your attention to my concerns.
Sandra Demoruelle, PO Box 588, Naalehu HI 96772