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b. Status of plan development and schedule. Chair Hayducsko said this was already discussed, but if they had any questions, Ms. Seckel was there to help. Ms. Bell asked for clarification on when their work would be done, and Ms. Seckel answered that the SWAC is to try to complete their work in December. They may need to meet again, depending on the degree of comments received from the DOH. c. County’s proposed recommendations discussion. (1) Proposed East Hawaiʻi Organics Facility update. Chair Hayducsko asked Gene Quiamas to update them on the status of this new project. Mr. Quiamas said the EA is done and waiting to be published. Chair Hayducsko presented several slides, showing a map of the project location and an aerial photograph of the area. He also showed slides of a typical process flow diagram, a conceptual site plan, an “unwinding device” and blower unit, and covered windrows. The proposed site is on about three acres at the Shipman Industrial Park. The facility is to be operated by Hawaiian Earth Recycling. The conceptual plan has a waste receiving area, biofilter, scale, office, and windrows. The composting will be aerobic. It will be a closed, controlled system and is on the high end for composting. Ms. Adams asked where the organics will come from, and Chair Hayducsko said a lot of the material will be greenwaste and foodwaste. Exactly where the additional material will come from or how it will get to the facility has not yet been identified. The vendor has told the County they can make compost with what they have, but the County should look into capturing additional tonnage of organics and how to collect and transport the organics. Chair Hayducsko said if the SWAC is concerned about how the organics facility will get the waste, they should include it in the report. Does a study need to be done to figure out where the material will come from? Can the food be picked up every day? These are a few of the questions that could be answered in a report. The next slide showed the minimum annual tonnage which the County guarantees to HER and the tonnage guarantee starting July 1, 2020. Ms. Bell asked if there was a contractor to build the facility and run it, and Chair Hayducsko said the County would be building it, and there would be a contract for the management and operation. Mr. Quiamas said the draft EA is to be published on August 23, 2018. As soon as the County receives the funds, they will go into the design of the facility. The design is relatively simple. The vendor will need to go through some testing to ensure the compost being made meets the criteria set by the U.S. Composting Council. From there, the County can start taking in material for composting. The drop-dead date is July 1, 2020. 6