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<br />Interagency Task Force on VOG <br />Thursday, December 22, 2011 <br />9:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m. <br />Aging & Disability Resource Center3 <br />Training Room <br />1055 Kino’ole St. <br />Hilo, Hawaii <br /> <br />Present: John Drummond, Chair, Kevin Richards, Faye Hanohano, Robert Herkes, Gilbert Kahele, Nelson <br />Ho, Robert Irvine, Eric Kawamoto, Aaron Ueno, Salvador Panem, Gerald Kosaki, Merilyn Harris. <br /> <br />Not Present: Mary Correa, Fred Blas, Jason Moniz, Loretta Fuddy, George Applegate <br /> <br />Others Present: Newton Inouye <br /> <br />John Drummond called the meeting to order at 9:15 a.m. <br /> <br />Approval of September 29, 2011 minutes. <br /> F. Hanohano moved to approve. Merilyn Harris seconded the motion. Passed <br /> <br />Reports: <br />Kevin Richards introduced himself as the State Civil Defense representative. <br /> <br />Unfinished Business: <br /> Herkes – Determine how and when we will meet with the public. We are here to find answers <br />and get back to the public with their concerns. <br /> <br /> Dr. Irvine – Does Ka’u Hospital have brochures to pass out to the public and educate the public? <br />We should get some support from people on the other islands. <br /> <br /> Nelson Ho – Wood Valley is a pocket of Vog. Ms. Smart’s concern is could a monitoring station <br />be placed or relocated to Wood Valley? The station in Pahala town is located where the Department of <br />Health could service not where the highest concentrate of vog would be. Ms. Smart would like the task <br />force to look into to either relocate or put in another data collection site. <br /> <br />Herkes – How to test catchment water. Could we have water hauler test the catchment water when it is <br />delivered? This is a simple solution for quality of water. Corrosion in the water is a public safety. <br /> <br />New Business: <br /> Presentation by Dr. Jim Kauahikaua, of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. Handout shows SO <br />2 <br />emission rate over four year period. The downward trend of the graph is normally good news. There is <br />no way to predict the future if you draw a line through the graph and if the line was at zero, it would be <br />another three years. There are no guarantees. <br /> <br /> Nelson Ho – Can the Department of Health give some recommendations on monitors for <br />personal protection. Discussion on Area RAEs were not designed to run 24/7, not meet EPA standard for <br />long range monitoring. Representative Herkes was probably looking at the personal badges acquired <br />1 <br /> <br /> <br />