2011-05-25 Environmental Management Commission Minutes

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members from the State House of Representatives. Linda Peters, Hawaii County Recycling Coordinator, presented Certificates of Achievement from the Department. Following these award recognitions, the students who participated in the 6000 n 60 Household Battery Recycling Project and their sponsor presented a power point summary of their Siemens Foundation Grand Prize - winning project (attached to original minutes). - The students had the following suggestions for the County: • Place household battery collection bins at all transfer stations. • Require stores that sell batteries to take them back when the batteries are no longer working. • Mandate recycling of all batteries. - The presentation was closed by Hartwell Soledad, a student with the group, performing "We are the Children ". The audience and commissioners immensely enjoyed this beautiful offering. Update on the sewer connection waiver /exemption policy. Hunter Bishop, Deputy Director, provided the following: - An overview of the laws relating to sewer connection (Hawai' i County Code Chapter 21) - History of the Keaukaha Right-of-Entry 103 Agreement between the County and Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (attached to original minutes) and sewer connection issues in this area. - An outline of the department's policy relating to sewer connection. Once finalized, it will utilized to administer decisions relating to sewer connection exemption and variance requests. - The commission is the body that hears appeals relating to director decisions regarding requests. - When the policy is finalized, it will be brought back to the commission for discussion and concurrence. E -waste Disposal Status — See Director's Report under Item 5. REPORTS /CORRESPONDENCE. Update on the feasibility study to expand the Hilo landfill - The current Update to the Integrated Resource and Solid Waste Management Plan (IRSWMP) provides for this study which will focus on managing leachate accumulated from the heavy rainfall in the area. - If it is not feasible to expand the Hilo landfill, other options may include (1) trucking to the West Hawai'i Sanitary Landfill or (2) a bio- reactor at the Hilo landfill. - Other preliminary studies have been conducted but more detailed information is required to make this decision. 8. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS Sewer Rate Study presentation Presentation on the Department's Collection Account Receivables Used Motor Oil Program Update Continued discussion on Sewer Connection Waiver/Exemption Policy 9. MEETING ANNOUNCEMENTS July 27, 2011, Waimea, W.M. Keck Observatory, 65 -1120 Mamalahoa Highway, Kamuela, HI September 28, 2011, March 23, 2011, Kona, Kona Liquor Control Conf Room, Bldg. B, 2 "d Floor, 74 -5044 Ane Keohokalole Hwy., Kailua -Kona, HI November 23, 2011, Hilo, Liquor Control Conf. Room, 2nd Floor, 101 Aupuni Street, Suite 230, Hilo, HI