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Home My WebLink AboutCOM 0753.000 2004-2006 or A~'~?dDb~ b ~ LINDA LINGLE \ CHIYOME LEINAALA FUKINO, M.D. GOVERNOR OF HAWAII DIRECTOR OF HEALTH Q4.~&tlP'@d~ STATE OF HAWAII DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH P.O. BOX 3378 In reply, please refer W: HONOLULU, HAWAII 96801-3378 WW 212 PN ClEwpd C:\My D\ WB60212 February 27, 2006 Ms. Dixie Kaetsu, Managing Director County of Hawaii 85 Aupuni Street Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Dear Ms. Kaetsu: Subject: Variance Application No. WW 212 Docket No. 06-VWW-01 Kau, Keaau, Waikea Camps - Residential Dwellings and Office Facilities Kau, Keaau, Waikea, Hawaii TMK: (3) 1-6-143 etc The Department has reviewed your preliminary application for the variance from Chapter 11-62, Hawaii Administrative Rules for the subject property. In accordance with Chapter 342D-7, HRS, and Chapter 11-62, Section 11-62-41, a public notice of this proposed activity is required. Enclosed is a copy of the required public notice. Please read the public notice and contact the Department of Health Wastewater Branch if any discrepancies or corrections are required. If the public notice is satisfactory, the public notice is required to be published in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin and Hawaii Tribune-Herald one (1) time only. Please contact the follow agencies for assistance in the publishing of the public notice: Honolulu Star Bulletin, 500 Ala Moana Blvd., Seven Waterfront Plaza Ste 500, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 contact Elizabeth at telephone (808) 529-4827, fax (808) 529-4829, email elzabeth@starbulletin.com Hawaii Tribune-Herald, contact Ms. Makanani Kaaua, phone (800) 548-1294, fax (808) 969-9100 email maka@hawaiitribune-hearald.com Failure to have this notice published no later than three (3) weeks upon receipt of this letter, may result in a greater delay of the final decision of this application for variance. All publication costs are the responsibility of the applicant. You must submit the original certified affidavit of the publication from both newspaper agencies to the Comm. N1o.-ISIL- Ref. To mos~ Ref. Date, Ms. Dixie Kaetsu February 27, 2006 Page 2 Wastewater Branch within fifteen (15) days after the publication date. You may make a copy for your records. Please be advised that, pursuant to Chapter 342D-7, HRS, a public hearing may be required as a result of this public notice. If so, you will be required to publish a notice of public hearing. Please find enclosed a receipt for your variance application for the amount of $300.00. If you have any questions regarding the public notification procedure or the processing of your variance application, please call the Planning & Design Section of the Wastewater Branch at (808) 586-4294, fax (808) 586-4300. In addition, we have enclosed a current Application for Variance and Application for Variance, Primarily Concerning Large Capacity Cesspool forms (December 2004 version) for future use. Sincerely, THOMAS Chief, Environmental Management Division Enclosures: Receipt No. 13833 Public Notice Application for Variance Forms ( December 2004 versions) c: Clean Water Branch Environmental Planning Office Safe Drinking Water Branch Wastewater Branch - Hilo Staff Engineer Department of Water Supply - County of Hawaii District Health Office - Hilo rHawaii County Council WASTEWATER SYSTEMS NOTICE OF VARIANCE APPLICATION NO. W W 212 DOCKET NO. 06 - V W W - 01 Pursuant to H.R.S. §342D-7(i), Hawaii Revised Statutes, the State Department of Health (DOH) seeks written comments from interested persons regarding the following. Ms. Dixie Kaetsu, Managing Director of the County of Hawaii, 85 Aupuni Street, Hilo, Hawaii 96720, has applied for a variance, for the maximum of five (5) years from Hawaii Administrative Rules (HAR) from Section 11-62-03 Definitions, Section 11-62-31.1(a)(2)(A) and (B) pertaining to not exceeding 1,000 gallons per day land area of 10,000 square feet and Section 11-62-05 (c) pertaining to proposed cesspools in any designated critical wastewater disposal area. Ms. Dixie Kaetsu, is the authorized applicant for the application. The applicant is requesting the use of a treatment individual wastewater system (IWS) such as a septic tank systems replacing the large capacity cesspools in the Kau camps and County Facilities listed. Also, it is proposed that individual cesspools be used to replace the existing large capacity cesspools in the Keaau and Waikea Uka camps. The TMKs are (3) 1-6-143, 1-6-147, 1-6-149, 1-7-026 and 2-4-020. The applicant has made the following comments. 1. It is proposed that septic tanks be built to replace the large capacity cesspools. A variance is needed since Naalehu and Pahala camps and County facilities listed above generate more than 1,00 gallons of wastewater per day and in the case of the some of the camps, more than 15,000 gpd. The proposed septic tank systems will be constructed in accordance with Chapter 11-62, Subchapter 3, except for the setback requirements as previously discussed. Attachment A- 1 shows the typical schematic drawing of the proposed septic tank systems. The variance is also needed for the proposed individual cesspools for the Keaau and Waikea Uka plantation camps since the single family residential lots are less than the required one acre. 2. 1.C. This application is for an amended variance for the proposed wastewater systems which will serve the Kau, Keaau and Waikea Like plantation camps, and the County of Hawaii ("County") office facilities. The significant amendments involve the inclusion of the Waikea Like camp and the revisions to the County facilities. The Kau, Keaau, and Waikea Uka plantation camps were probably built over a hundred years ago for the purpose of providing housing for sugar plantation workers for the Hutchinson, Olaa and Waikea Sugar Companies, respectively. As a result of the closing of the sugar operations, the Kau, Keaau, and Waikea Uka plantation camps were subdivided and sold fee simple to the plantation workers. The camps consist of seven (7) separate communities as follows: Kau Camps (a) Pahala 114 lots (b) Naalehu 165 lots Keaau Camps 1) 8'% Mile Camp 47 lots 2) 9 Mile Camp 39 lots 3) 9 % Mile Camp 54 lots 4) Iwasaki Camp 47 lots Waiakea Uka 1) Camp 6 50 lots Total: 516 lots The camps consists of a total of about 516 lots which presently has single family dwellings except for a few commercial lots. Essentially the camps are served by community sewer systems which utilize gang cesspools or large capacity cesspools for disposal. The proposed wastewater systems for the Keaau and Waikea Uka camps are individual cesspools. The proposed wastewater systems for the Kau Camps are community septic tank systems. There are approximately 23 office facilities that the County operates including police and fire stations and maintenance shops. Such facilities which are currently not connected to the public sewer system are utilizing large capacity cesspools for wastewater disposal. The proposed wastewater systems for the County facilities are septic tank systems. The list of County offices and locations are shown in the following pages. In accordance with Federal Regulations, 40 CFR 144-146, the large capacity cesspools must be eliminated by April 5, 2005. The request for variance is from Section 11-62-03, Section 11-62-31.1(a)(A) and (B) and Section 11-62-05(c). It is proposed that septic tanks be used to replace the existing large capacity cesspools. A variance is needed since the Kau camps and County facilities listed above generate more than 1,000 gallons of wastewater per day and, in the case of some of the camps, more than 15,000 gpd. Due the relatively small sizes of some the lots and the fact that most of the lots are well developed, a variance from the set back requirements of Section 11-62-32 (Table II) is also being requested for some of the smaller lots. There may be other provisions of Chapter 11-62 that may apply to the conceptual use of septic tanks for the said facilities. According the CWDA maps, the Keaau and Waikea Uka camps are located in critical wastewater disposal areas with one acre lot exceptions. It is proposed that individual cesspools be used to replace the existing large capacity cesspools in the Keaau and Waikea Uka camps. A variance is needed since the lots in these camps are significantly less than one acre. Due to the relatively small sizes of some of the lots and the fact that most of the lots are well developed, a variance from the set back requirements of Section 11-62-32 (Table II) is also being requested for some of the smaller lots. 3. The variance has been requested for the maximum of five (5) years. There are several more pages of written documentation and plot maps attached to this application for variance but can not be shown here due to its longevity. If you would like to review the full application, please call or write to the Wastewater Branch, 919 Ala Moana Boulevard, Room 309, Honolulu, Hawaii 96814-4920, telephone (808)586-4294 or fax (808)586-4300 to obtain a copy or facsimile. DOH will consider all written comments received within thirty days of this notice. If warranted, DOH may hold a public hearing on the variance application, after a separate thirty-day public notice. The final decision will be made on the basis of the application, related documents, written comments and the public hearing, if any. CHIYOME LEINAALA FUKINO, M.D. Director of Health I, ad'Hea~y r, i k.z i t '.k Kl <it4R S., y, . i is e 3 I f~ t [ it~aa - lane ~+~~~ii r • ~ ,'~1D JilriJ ~ . [ !]lCeumii- - ; w , I t8oaadofwsta'GAP, jj}}=~~~4~~y C5»mRsj of Har~veli Ds ef;' * NOW" I [ 1 Uisn~e~ Healtt? C>Kiaa - ~ - , D a'tcRHeauh office J~Iftl Of ss, 4 EML"1"l~lri R~1ITGb'T6D: ;'Gover LettAlt Pupaiee 71 i [ ] Reeoumond to [ ] Have ilo O*Cticn? td the eiR1Pl liff~r Il1Y 1t [ ] Recot m*lld to DRNY fbbo ; I 1 See attached aomrnenta Reviewed'bg please mtum th3ar Ro= SLIP, You za eAd e° { Return this to: Mr. Harold Yee. CbW, W to 919 Aia Mwna i Rvdo? w~ Haaiolu7u liii ltd-+l9 294 phone (805M) i4 i, ,;f. t