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We did two public hearings, Director Mansour said. On the west side (January 25), we had zero attendees. On the east side (January 26), we had four people in attendance. We got a handful of comments. Regarding the trailers, we had some comments from commissioners on the size of the trailers, 6 by 10 feet instead of 6 by 9 feet. And it has to be 6 by 9 feet because the administrative rules allows a maximum of 3 cubic yards. You are limited on trailers, residential trailers, and the reason they use 6 foot by 9 foot is not only for the safety, but also just to stay within that limit. So if we stay with the 6 foot by 9 foot, then we could take it and adopt the rule the way it is now, as was submitted prior to the public hearings. But if we need to do any modification, then we have to start the clock again for the 30-day notice and do another public hearing. So he recommends that we stick with the 6 foot by 9 foot. Some people got 6 foot by 10 foot. Maybe put up a board and make sure when you go to the landfill, show that 1 foot is not being utilized and you should be okay, he would imagine. So it's a matter of, as long as you just stay within the 3 cubic yards. Chair Adams asked if there are any other changes DEM is working on. Yeah, one of the changes is the pretreatment ordinance, Director Mansour said. We're doing a lot of change in (Hawai‘i County Code) Chapter 21, because of that pretreatment AOC that we have. So in addition to that, adding the pretreatment requirements and how we're going to go about implementation and enforcement, that's also going to be reflected in the administrative rules as we move forward. So our staff are working on both the code change for Chapter 21, and the administrative rule to allow for the pretreatment, and also to strengthen the code to allow for the County to be able to inspect cleanouts on private properties and to also allow if there are laterals that on private property need to be replaced to allow the residents to take care of it. Chair Adams said it would be helpful for us to see your earlier drafts before the official final proposal, so that we could comment and check in with our district people and businesses as to what impact they may have. Just talking about the general topic is kind of vague for individuals. But if we could get a draft, that would help focus on figuring out who might be adversely impacted or how it could be tweaked to help people. Director Mansour said we will share a draft because it's very important for each one of you to 6 comment on it, because this is the opportunity. Chair Adams said if there are other specific areas that EMC would like to see some changes, we can look through the rules and think about whether there some things that we as the Commission should support with DEM. 6 Upon further advice of DEM counsel, a draft cannot be shared; however, DEM can share a national model pretreatment ordinance (https://www3.epa.gov/npdes/pubs/pretreatment_model_suo.pdf) developed by the EPA and adapted by municipalities nationwide. See also Revised Ordinances of Honolulu, Chapter 14, Articles 1 through 10. 9