2020-08-26 EMC Meeting Agenda and Director's Informational Report

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2. ADMINISTRATION Interviews are being held for EO-III positions at various baseyards. SWD is also conducting interviews for an Abandoned Vehicle Coordinator. An offer was made for the Project Coordinator position. 3. SOLID WASTE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS • Work is wrapping up for the closure of the South Hilo Sanitary Landfill. • Design work will begin for the second phase of the Hawaiian Ocean View Estates Project. • The environmental assessment for the closure of the South Hilo scrap metal site is continuing. 4. RECYCLING SECTION A. INTEGRATED SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN UPDATE: • The 2019 update of the County of Hawaiʻi Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan (ISWMP) is being prepared in compliance with Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes (HRS) Chapter 342G, which requires counties in the state to update and revise their solid waste management plans every 10 years. The last update to the County of Hawai‘i’s ISWMP was completed in 2009. • The draft update to the ISWMP includes an evaluation of local needs and conditions to determine the most effective combined strategy for managing solid waste while protecting human health and the environment. The draft plan outlines the components of an effective solid waste management strategy and priorities recommendations, while providing a framework for implementation. • As required by HRS Chapter 342G, Mayor Kim appointed members to the Solid Waste Advisory Committee (SWAC). The county’s SWAC is comprised of seven members and had been meeting monthly. Input from SWAC members during the ISWMP update process was crucial to ensure that the completed plan effectively identified and addressed the County of Hawai‘i’s unique solid waste challenges. • The SWAC had their first meeting in March 2018. The June and July meetings were dedicated to helping the SWAC learn more about the county’s solid waste and landfill diversion programs, and one of the tools used was to show the SWAC many of the program’s facilities. During the SWAC meetings from August 2018 to November 2018, the SWAC reviewed and utilized the 2009 plan recommendations and options in developing their own recommendations and options. • A draft plan was submitted to the SWAC during December 2018. The SWAC agreed to proceed by submitting their individual comments to the plan in January 2019, followed by group discussions of individual chapters during monthly SWAC meetings. The SWAC Draft Plan review and consensus of proposed revisions spanned approximately 170 days. At the end of each meeting, all SWAC members present motioned to approve all 2