PD RECOMMENDATION REPORT (PL-SPP-2023-000038)

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per day (gpd). Additionally, DWS stated that while the Department has no objections to the proposed development,the Department cannot provide additional water at this time. DWS went further to state that construct of a new water tank, Hala`ula Well, is currently on-going and they will re-evaluate the water usage calculations once the well improvements have been completed and in operation. According to the Water Demand Calculations provided by the applicant, the water usage for operation of the transitional medical clinic will remain unchanged. The permanent medical clinic and workforce housing will require an additional five (5)units of water and DWS has preliminarily informed the Project's engineers that additional units of water can be made available for the Phase II and Phase III of the development subject to a final determination to be made by DWS. Since DWS has stated that the existing meter is only sufficient for an average daily usage of 400 gpd, a condition requiring the applicant to either obtain additional water commitments, provide on-site potable water, or come to an agreement with the DWS on the availability of water has been added. This will allow the applicant to work with DWS, should more water become available to the area. There is no municipal sewer system in North Kohala. According to the applicant, the existing structures are currently serviced by two (2) cesspools on the property. Both cesspools are situated within the State Land Use Urban District and will be closed accordingly with the State Department of Health (DOH) guidelines during Phase II of the Project. The applicant intends to connect the transitional medical clinic to a new Individual Wastewater System (IWS) with leach field. Due to the topography and siting of the permanent medical clinic, the transitional medical clinic's IWS will be closed once construction of the permanent medical clinic is complete. The workforce housing will connect to a new IWS that will share the primary and secondary backup absorption beds from the permanent medical clinic. The total wastewater output for the proposed project is estimated to not exceed the total 15,000 gpd. According to comments provided by the State Department of Health (DOH),while the Department has no objection with the Project, the two proposed IWS would not meet the criteria set forth in Chapter 11-62 of the Hawaii Administrative Rules and therefore the applicant will be required to install a wastewater treatment plant as the proposed flows exceed 1,000 gallons per day. A -7-