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<br /> <br />9. Report on DEM’s current CIP budget for wastewater. <br /> <br />10. Report on DEM’s project list, including those that have not as yet made it into the CIP <br />budget. <br /> <br />SOLID WASTE DIVISION PROJECTS AND UPDATES <br /> <br />1. OPERATIONS <br /> <br />• Collection of appliances (white goods) and scrap metal resumed at most stations that <br />normally accept them, which includes Hilo, Kona, Waimea, Hāwī, Honokaō, ʻa, Puak <br />Keaōhinu, Volcano, Pāhala, and Keauhou. āhoa, Waiʻau, Pʻ <br />• SWD expects to begin hauling commercial refuse from the East Hawaiʻi Sort Sta?on <br />beginning 01/01/21. SWD continues to hire and train for positions that are needed <br />for the operation of this facility and for all of the other services provided by SWD. <br /> <br />2. ADMINISTRATION <br /> <br />• Interviews continue to be held for EO-III positions at various baseyards. <br />• A transition report was prepared for the newly elected incoming administration. <br />• SWD began meeting with counterparts from the other counties’ solid waste divisions. <br />The plan is to hold quarterly meetings for the counties to discuss ongoing issues that <br />occur statewide. <br /> <br />3. SOLID WASTE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS <br /> <br />• Design work began for the second phase of the Hawaiian Ocean View Estates Project. <br />• A grading and grubbing permit has been submitted for work at the Waiōhinu ʻ <br />Transfer Station. <br />• Paving of the Honokaʻa Transfer Sta?on was completed with the assistance of the <br />Public Works Department. <br /> <br />4. RECYCLING SECTION <br />A. INTEGRATED SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN UPDATE: <br />• The 2019 update of the County of Hawaiʻi Integrated Solid Waste Management <br />Plan (ISWMP) is being prepared in compliance with Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes <br />(HRS) Chapter 342G, which requires counties in the state to update and revise <br />their solid waste management plans every 10 years. The last update to the <br />County of Hawai‘i’s ISWMP was completed in 2009. <br />• The draft update to the ISWMP includes an evaluation of local needs and <br />conditions to determine the most effective combined strategy for managing solid <br />waste while protecting human health and the environment. The draft plan <br />2 <br /> <br />