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HAWAII <br /> ISLAND <br /> Economic <br /> Development <br /> June 2, 2004 Board <br /> PMB-281 <br /> Councilman James Arakaki 200 Kanoelehua Avenue <br /> Cjlalr Hilo, HI 96720-4648 <br /> Ph: (808) 966-5416/17 <br /> Hawaii County Council Fax: (808) 966-6792 <br /> 25 Aupuni Street E-mail: clipper~interpac.net <br /> Hilo, HI 96720 Website: www.hiedb.org <br /> Re: Sort Station -East Hawaii <br /> Public Heazing June 2, 2004 - 9AM <br /> Dear Chairman Arakaki and Members of the Committee: <br /> Since 2000, HIEDB has been working closely with the Environmental Management <br /> Department and a broad cross section of the environmental, academic, technical and <br /> business community to develop sound policy and sustainable projects for waste <br /> management issues in Hawaii County. We applaud your support of these vitally <br /> important matters. <br /> Afrer four years of hard work and community support, we are more convinced of the <br /> absolute necessity to utilize the approved Waste Management Master Plan starting with <br /> the East Hawaii Sort Station. Without that comprehensive, integrated approach, Hawaii <br /> Island will eventually drown in its own waste stream. <br /> As you know, we have worked through Senator Daniel Inouye's office to establish a <br /> number of highly successful pilot projects such as the Kea'au Resource Recovery Center <br /> and the development of the Kealakehe Resource Recovery Center which is now <br /> underway in West Hawaii. In dozens of meetings azound the island, with small <br /> businesses and hotels and contractors, we have found intense interest in encouraging <br /> recycling initiatives at many levels, feeding into the facility planned at the East Hawaii <br /> sort station. These centers, adjacent to harbors/airports, provide opportunity for import <br /> and/or export of new goods and services. <br /> We believe that the infrastructure is now in place to enable sustainable business <br /> operations to succeed, starting with the implementation of the County's Waste <br /> Management Plan and the East Hawaii Sort Station. <br /> We look forward to assisting in this important work. <br /> Yo ri incerely, <br /> ( ~ n <br /> ~~~'u <br /> <br /> Paula Z. Helfrich <br /> Comm. No. s 11. <br /> Ref. To: Preseeted <br /> Ref. Uate <br /> <br />