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<br /> <br /> <br />Harry Kim <br />William A. Kucharski <br /> <br />Mayor <br />Director <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Wilfred M. Okabe <br />Diane A. Noda <br /> <br />Managing Director <br />Deputy Director <br /> <br />County of Hawai‘i <br />DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT <br />345 Kekūanāoʻa Street, Suite 41 · Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720 <br /> Ph: (808) 961-8083 · Fax: (808) 961-8086 <br />cohdem@co.hawaii.hi.us <br />http://www.hawaiicounty.gov/environmental-management/ <br /> <br />October 31, 2018 <br /> <br />NEWS RELEASE <br /> <br />AVAILABILITY OF THE PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING REPORT (PER) <br />FOR THE PROPOSED NĀĀLEHU WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTʻ <br /> <br />A Preliminary Engineering Report (PER) for the proposed Nāālehu Wastewater ‛ <br />Treatment Facility was submitted to the United States Environmental Protection Agency <br />(USEPA) on October 25, 2018, as required by the Administrative Order on Consent <br />(AOC) signed by the County of Hawaiʻi (COH) and finalized on June 22, 2017. <br /> <br />In 1998, the USEPA promulgated regulations—40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) <br />144.14—which required the elimination of Large Capacity Cesspools (LCCs). As a <br />result, the County of Hawaiʻi will close the existing LCCs in Nāālehu ʻand construct a <br />new sewer collection system located primarily within public right-of-way (ROW) and <br />replace the existing LCCs with a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) to address the <br />wastewater treatment and disposal needs of the community. <br /> <br />The Nāālehu PER:ʻ <br /> <br />• Summarizes the evaluations carried out to design and locate a proposed <br />WWTP in Nāālehu, which will be constructed to treat and dispose of the ‛ <br />wastewater flow that is currently discharged untreated to the LCCs, plus <br />accommodate additional sewer connections in support of the Kaū ʻ <br />Community Development Plan (CDP); <br /> <br />• Recommends a collection, treatment, and disposal system in compliance <br />with the State of Hawaiʻi Department of Health and EPA requirements for the <br />replacement of the three LCCs and deteriorating collection system in <br />Nāālehu;‛ <br /> <br />• Studied technology options for the proposed wastewater treatment system in <br />Nāālehu; ‛and <br /> <br />• Recommends a preferred site and conceptual layout for the new facility. <br />County of Hawai‘i is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer <br /> <br />