2011-07-27 Environmental Management Commission Agenda

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ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION MEETING A G E N D A DATE: July 27, 2011 TIME: 9:00 a.m. PLACE: W.M. Keck Observatory, 65-1120 Māmalahoa Highway, Kamuela, HI 1. CALL TO ORDER & ANNOUNCEMENTS 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – May 25, 2011 Reconsideration and Correction of Minutes of March 23, 2011 relating to spelling of a name 3. APPROVAL OF ADDENDUM AND/OR SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA (requires six (6) votes, and must comply with HRS § 92-7(d)) 4. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS 5. REPORTS/CORRESPONDENCE Director’s Report (to include updates on E-waste Collection and Used Motor Oil Program) Commission Member District Update Reports 6. UNFINISHED BUSINESS  Update on the sewer connection waiver/exemption policy 7. NEW BUSINESS  Presentation of the Sewer Rate Study prepared by SAIC (formerly RW Beck)  Accounts Receivable collection efforts Discussion of Department’s 8. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS  Organic diversion RFP; organics prohibition; 25% green waste tipping fee  Administrative Rule: Fat, oil and grease discharge and prohibition into the public sewer (HCC 21- 7(c) and (d), and HCC 21-9 (2)  September: Select Nominating Committee for next year’s Vice Chair  November: Election of 2012 Vice Chair 9. MEETING ANNOUNCEMENTS September 28, 2011, Kona, West Hawai`i Civic Center, Liquor Control Conference Room, nd Bldg. B, 2 Floor, 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Hwy., Kailua-Kona HI 96740 nd November 23, 2011, Hilo, Liquor Control Conf. Room, 2 Floor, 101 Aupuni Street, Suite 230, Hilo, HI 10. ADJOURNMENT The meeting place is accessible to persons with disabilities. To request an Auxiliary Aid or language translation, please call 961-8083 five days prior to the meeting date. Comments may be sent to Department of Environmental Management, 25 Aupuni Street, Hilo, HI 96720 or emailed to cohdem@co.hawaii.hi.us. Notice to Lobbyists: If you are a lobbyist, you must register with the Hawai‘i County Clerk within five days of becoming a lobbyist. {Article 15, Section 2-91.3(b), Hawai‘i County Code} A lobbyist means “any individual engaged for pay or other consideration who spends more than five hours in any month or $275 in any six-month period for the purpose of attempting to influence legislative or administrative action by communicating or urging others to communicate with public officials.” {Article 15, Section 2-91.3(a)(6), Hawai‘i County Code} Registration forms and expenditure report documents are available at the Office of the County Clerk-Council, 333 Kilauea Avenue, Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720. Hawai‘i Tribune Herald, West Hawai‘i Today July 20, 2011