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TO: Hawaii County Council —Testimony on Bill 140 o3 C..,-
Re: Support for Policy Changes to Days County Transfer Stations are Open -- =r-
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Aloha Esteemed Council Members,
While you will hear from our board president of Malama 0 Puna concerning this bill and
proposed amendments, we wish to show support from our membership organization for
expanding the required days that all the island's Transfer Stations are open to the public. In
the recent past, all Transfer Stations were open seven days a week when the population of
the island was significantly less than it is in 2024.
Yet, instead of retaining those hours as policy, the County has reduced the hours that
transfer stations are open to the public. This is an essential service and with the island's
population growing by leaps and bounds, especially here in Puna, reducing the number of
open days at Transfer Stations creates more problems than is solves. It results in more
garbage piled up at Transfer Station gates and increasing the illegal dumping across the
island.
Please make it policy that ALL Transfer Stations be mandated to be open at least three
days a week.
Mahalo,
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Eileen O'Hara, Ph.D.
Executive Director
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