Public Comments and Responses to the IRSWMP (Appendix I) - 2009

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agree, but just to let you know a little feedback that I received on the way over here. But I guess my principle comment is its really good to see, I think, a lot of honesty and a lot of real practical, straight- forward components coming out of this. There are a few things maybe to polish up, particularly the C &D and some things like that, but it's really good. Thank you." Response: Thank you for your comment in support of various aspects of the IRSWMP update. Regarding the three issues you compared with the 2002 plan update: 1.) the IRSWMP update proposes a number of market development initiatives including changing county procurement policies to help support local markets, programs to support on -site management of organics, and promoting reuse and extended producer responsibility initiatives; 2.) we'll check the wording related to current local markets; 3.) The C&D ordinance you refer to is on page 3 -17, which proposes requiring a waste reduction plan as a condition for obtaining building permits. Finally, the Oahu flow control issues you reference also pertains to the County of Hawaii. The IRSWMP update has no specific recommendations, but it does discuss issues related to flow control on pages 9 -6 and 9 -7. 17. Steve Araujo "The haulers should not be required to do curb -side recycling. If they want to just continue to haul trash, they should be able to just haul trash and let the customer do the recycling if they want to. But they should not be hog -tied into doing something that they don't want to do. So maybe you folks could change that part of the plan, because the County does not own our individual businesses. Individual business run the way they want to run, not the way... as long it's legal; that's number one. "Number two, keep in mind that the pay -as- you -throw and the property tax is double - dipping, keep that in mind in your plan, okay, because double- dipping is illegal. And on turning green waste to compost, a lot of the hog- farmers take all the garbage from the supermarkets and restaurants; this business this should not be ripped out from them, this is their livelihood; they use it to feed their pigs to make money. "When it comes to County recycling contracts, who gets the contracts for the recycling, that also should be implemented in the plan. In order for the County to save money, this should be an entrepreneurship not the County subsidizing the recycler. I mean the recycler will be getting all the recyclables for free, all they have to do is pick them up at each transfer station. So they're not paying anything for it, so the County should not subsidize this. It should be an entrepreneurship where a business picks it up, takes it to the shop, where they process it, ship it out, and get paid on what they make after they ship it out; that's fair enough for the County and the business.. "Regarding building and construction waste, right now the metal from a construction job would go to the metal recycling, everything else would end up in the landfill because there is no C &D facilities. So for planning department to also have the permitee draft a plan makes absolutely no sense. All they would be doing is putting a hindrance on the applicant, and stretching the process along, because like I say, scrap metal or landfill; there's nothing in between. And even though we think there's a lot of wood and stuff, the stuff is treated; in Hawaii, no one builds without treated lumber, and green waste won't accept it, so it does go to the landfill. That's it for now. Thank you." PUBLIC COMMENTS AND RESPONSES APPENDIX IDOC 9