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the planning inspector in Kona. All of these County employees and many others have produced no results. Their conversations with me boil down to two words, golly willickers. Now, over to the agenda item 7-C, the sewer. Here is an open letter to all Department of Environmental Management commissioners past and present. Back in the late 90s, the federal government created a law which prohibits the use of gang cesspools. The branch of the federal government which enforces the ban on gang cesspools is the Environmental Protection Agency. They are slack with enforcement in regards to . Please consider the County of Hawaii is in violation of a federal law because the County operates a gang cesspool in . The Department of Environmental Management is negligent. The homeowners in who are connected to this illegal structure are forced to pay the County for the County’s illegal sewer. The County’s Department of Environmental Management is guilty of operating the illegal sewer and they are guilty of forcing people to pay. They are oppressive. I will repeat that. They are oppressive. Forcing citizens into complicity with a federal crime, they are forcing – they are – they are oppressive by forcing citizens into complicity. I’ll spell complicity. C-O-M-P-L-I-C-I-T-Y. Forcing citizens into complicity with a federal crime. That’s what you are doing. The Department of Environmental Management commissioners must understand the laws which they are sworn to uphold. When you ignore these laws you are creating disrespect for the EPA, the County of Hawaii, and for the environment itself. You are not doing what you are put into office to do. You commissioners, past and present, are guilty of malfeasance. When your constituents add up all of these factors, they lose faith in government. They lose respect for all laws. Some become anarchists, like the ones next door to me. Others suffer from their anarchy, like me. It is because all of you commissioners have shrugged your duties. What you commissioners will do next is to look around and see who you can blame. Thanks for nothing. 5. UNFINISHED BUSINESS a. Status report on 2021 EMC Priorities – Each lead commissioner to provide brief report on assigned priorities. Chair Adams o DEM reports each month on progress on ISWMP goals, with specific emphasis on reducing and recycling organic wastes. EMC provides comment and support with Council. Chair Adams said this is about the only thing that was done in the Director’s report, and we will be tweaking that to get a handle on how the implementation is going forward. o DEM adopts an explicit philosophy of water resource management versus wastewater management and begins to reflect this in its planning and goals. (Example – Kealakehe WWTP). o Get review from the state Attorney General regarding the Konno decision that seems to unnecessarily prevent cost-effective, creative solutions to problems. 3