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4+ 1 <br /> �It Association <br /> P.O. Box 6844 <br /> I <br /> Hilo, 96720 <br /> Sent via email to WPCtestimony(a,hawaiicounty.gov <br /> July 7, 2022 <br /> RE: TESTIMONY OF MAILE LU`UWAI <br /> PRESIDENT, KEAUKAHA PANA`EWA FARMERS ASSOCATION <br /> AGENDA ITEM #4 YAMADA&SONS, INC. (PL-SPP-2022-000012) <br /> COUNTY OF HAWAII WINDWARD PLANNING COMMISSION <br /> MEETING DATE: JULY 7, 2022 <br /> Aloha Windward Planning Commission Members: <br /> The Special Use Application Project Site is located adjacent to our community. Our community <br /> has serious concerns regarding the Project. To address these concerns, The Keaukaha Pana`ewa <br /> Farmers Association(KPFA)met with the applicant and Department of Hawaiian Home Lands <br /> (DHHL). As a result, we have agreed upon the conditions provided in "Exhibit A" of the <br /> Yamada & Sons testimony, dated June 27, 2022. <br /> KPFA is a Hawaiian Homes Commission Act(HCCA) Beneficiary Association controlled <br /> by native Hawaiian beneficiaries (as defined by the Hawaiian Home Lands Recovery Act, <br /> 109 § 537) and is registered with the U.S. Department of Interior, 43 CFR §§ 47.10 and <br /> 48.6. <br /> KPFA is also recognized by the Department Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) as the <br /> representative entity for 285 native Hawaiian beneficiaries and their `ohana across 1,615 <br /> agricultural acres in Pana`ewa. <br /> We hope to `awaken' the commission that environmental injustice exists right here in Hilo <br /> and that the distribution of a large variety of environmental hazards directly impacts our <br /> Native Hawaiian community. <br /> 1 <br />