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Form #: B-52 <br /> 7/18/91 <br /> DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE <br /> REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br /> DEPARTMENT: Environmental Management DATE: 01/14/14 <br /> STAFF CONTACT: Dora Beck PHONE: 961-8513 <br /> A. REQUEST: <br /> Authorization to accept hydrated lime at no cost for use at County Wastewater Treatment Facilities. <br /> B. BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION (USE ADDITIONAL SHEETS AS NEEDED): <br /> A surplus of Slag and Hydrated Lime & Soda Ash owned by the U.S. Army, Engineer Research and <br /> Development Center Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (ERDC) is currently stored at the <br /> Pohakuloa Training Area (PTA). These materials are the result of the ERDC's unfinished road project in <br /> 2013. The ERDC is finding it necessary to remove these materials from the PTA facility and is making it <br /> available to the County at no charge. The materials have certifications and are stored in one-ton sacks on <br /> pallets and covered by heavy duty tarpaulins. Any surplus materials that are not removed will likely be <br /> disposed of at the County Landfill in West Hawai'i. <br /> Hydrated Lime is commonly used at the Kula`imano and Papa`ikou Wastewater Treatment Plants. It helps <br /> with facilitating the treatment process by controlling the pH level of the wastewater. The County Wastewater <br /> Division (WWD) visually inspected the materials and it is in acceptable condition. The WWD is interested in <br /> accepting 50 tons of the Hydrated Lime from the U.S. Army. The WWD has the ability to store this quantity <br /> of material and to protect it from the environment. On average, the WWD uses 25 tons of Hydrated Lime per <br /> year at a cost of approximately $14,000. There would be a cost savings of $14,000 per year to the WWD if <br /> they were to utilize the materials offered free of charge by the ERDC. <br /> The Department of Environmental Management recommends acceptance of 50 tons of Hydrated Lime which <br /> would save the WWD approximately $28,000 over a 2 year period. In doing so, this will also help to keep <br /> this material out of the landfill which supports the County's goal of reducing material to the landfill. <br /> We are requesting that this request be waived out of committee to council to enable us to begin utilizing the <br /> cost savings. <br /> SIGNED: / i�� DATE: 01/14/14 <br /> Department Head <br />