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WASTEWATER SYSTEMS NOTICE OF VARIANCE APPLICATION NO. W W 183 DOCKET NO. 05 - V W W - 17 Pursuant to Hawaii Revised Statutes, §342D-7(i}, the State Department of Health (DOH) seeks written comments from interested persons regarding the following. Mr. Keith Kato, Executive Director, Hawaii Island Community Development Corporation, located at 100 Pauahi Street #204, Hilo, Hawaii 96720, has applied for a five (5} year variance from Hawaii Administrative Rules (HAR), Sections 11-62-03 pertaining to the definition of an individual wastewater system, 11-62- 31.1(a)(2)(D) pertaining to the total wastewater flow into an IWS and 11-62-34(c)(2)(A} pertaining to the minimum flow per bedroom when sizing an absorption bed for the Hualalai Elderly Housing Phase III development. The applicant is proposing to develop the Hualalai Elderly Housing Phase III project on a 3.698 acre parcel of land subdivided out of an existing parcel identified by TMK (3) 7-5-010: 084. The applicant has made the following comments (some of the statements have been condensed and the Tables will not be shown -the full application can be viewed or faxed upon request). 1. The parcel is located on the makai side of Hualalai Road in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. This proposed project includes 30 one bedroom dwelling units split equally between six buildings configured into two wings. A separate Common Room houses laundry facilities (absent in the individual dwelling units}, an administrative office and a separate restroom. It is proposed to provide two separate Individual Wastewater Systems (IWS) for each wing and a separate system for the Common Room for a total of five (5) IWSs. Flows from each wing will be split with wastewater from 7 dwelling units directed to one IWS and 8 dwelling units being directed to another IWS. As no laundry facilities are not installed in individual dwelling units, the daily wastewater volume for the Common Room is an aggregate of discharge from laundry activities (30 dwelling units x 30 gallons per unit = 900 gallons per day), two office workers (30 gallons per day) and Common Room bathroom use (150 gallons per day}. Wastewater flow volumes are summarized in the following Table 1: 7 Unit IWS 1,190 Gallons per Day Each 8 Unit IWS 1,360 Gallons per Day Each Gommon Room 1,080 Gallons per Day Total Project Flow 6,180 Gallons per Day Septic tank and absorption bed sizes are summarized in the following Table 2: Septic Tank Size Absorption Bed Size 7 Unit IWS 1,500 Gallons Each 12' x 35' (420 sq.ft,) Each 8 Unit IWS 1,500 Gallons Each 12' x 41' (492 sq.ft.) Each Common Room 1,500 Gallons Each 12' x 35' (420 sq.ft.} Each 2. The proposed conditions fail to conform to the environmental rules of the State in the following manners: The proposed systems exceed 1000 gallons per day;