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Second Amended 10nergenq 11"w1urnwim Rdwmy up dw Kh WIwe"ater 11sament Nant
<br /> June 4). 2025
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<br /> VVHEREAS. 'PDES Penrid Nb. H10021377 authorizes Te COUnty of Hawail to
<br /> discharge secondary urated "WSWIVICr dUCIL1,011 OUtfall SC!l'ial No. 001 into the Pacific Occan
<br /> thxmgh as diffl,wer Vated "Thh-i Pull Buy in Te Dsulo of Snratda 1Blo: and
<br /> VVHEREAS. the vicivanced age of We Plant combined w4h defenvd rnaimemmeo jAmu
<br /> locatHL and animnrlwnul condhions. have resulted in Agnificam corr(Bkrn. deterimation. and
<br /> ad srepolir of he FUU and its associwed infmstrucrurn and
<br /> VVHEREAS, flee Phint's associated inhastructum. induding bul not Iduked to sew-car
<br /> pump swahn, Wme nrainy ponakle pwnps. and the collection systen'i, which connibUte to the
<br /> comvywwe of Nvastewater to the Plant, "also have deficiencies� and
<br /> VVHERE,kS. should fbilure of this critical infrastructure occur, it "'OUld fio,,e an imminent
<br /> risk ofr.,rav scivage spiHage. endangering piblic health and safety: Luld
<br /> VVHEREAS, an assessment, of the Plam's condition was conducted in 202 1 by consultant
<br /> McGovern McDonald EngheakAo de%vlop as repcw on the 1�epair/Repkwerncnt plan for tile
<br /> facility. which included a calculminn of Sks and risk nankin related to potential plant failure:
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<br /> NVI IEREAS, this repon c4:pnClUdCd HICIV kr 0S StRIClural dettNomtkn of KeTlant.
<br /> extensive area-wide ccwrosioti, loss of hearing "nH inwgd, significant, rnechainical defccis
<br /> aDhOng the Plant. and that sevmul systems and their Cornponents, are beyond repair and require
<br /> inirnediaw replacement-, and
<br /> VVHEREAS, the repcwt concluded that the generat State of the Plant is very poor to
<br /> UK, wide rVANity and man dby cal-,,sacity, compromised, and
<br /> WHEREAS, in March 2024, the County of Hawsk entered into an ,Ndministrative ()rder
<br /> on Consent with the EnARmniental Prolemion Agency Jo repair or mphlee Se Ram. whit)
<br /> inCILKIC(l repllil' M rej,)IaWerncnt 01"111 aswts which our huTerahN. corroded, deterioratecl., oind/or
<br /> at riSk Of"filikn'C, to include dic flead"imis. 0nary treatment train. ould Nosolids handling: and
<br /> WHEREAS, ori December 204 2024. be Coumy o1' Ha\;vai'i awarded the Contract for
<br /> Phase One of the FEW NVas=aer Plehahidwtion, and Replacernent Pi,,-o an, lava:.„ �vhicll is
<br /> ject to N,
<br /> to be emnplewd %Q& fNe yeas fivni comuntncenwnt of the mpak, and
<br /> MIHERAS. gNeti It cuumn state of We Nant, arod the findings of NUCKvril!
<br /> N4cDvnWd Eng inc ers, there are concerns that 111C !!,U-LlClures and Conli,10111effls C("iuld fail
<br /> hnnArrently. and before the necessary repair,,, can, 1,,)e made, and
<br /> WHEREAS, We dereSmated comhtJon of Me Phirn k in as state OffidlUrC. MeZArul,0 111CIT
<br /> is in-minew danger of an emergency imIxtuing the Uninly card"Ha%wil, ware such fbilure to
<br /> Occur, and raw Sewage to he Solled into NN Buy and surrounding areas whereby water currents
<br /> may alic,)w, raw sewage to be feral her disseminated with very lhni ed mitigation options, and
<br /> VVHEREAS. the CLUTC111. CODditiOn, of the Plant pcAes substantial endan(gern'lent to PLlhHC
<br /> health and safely, and warrants preemptive and protecdve wion in onler to provide for the
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