HomeMy WebLinkAboutREP EMC 010 09/05/2012 2010-2012REPORT OF THE
COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
DATE: September 5, 2012 Re: Comm. No. 800/13ill No. 286
PLACE: Council Chambers
Hilo, Hawaii
TIME: 2:34 p.m.
Council Chair and Members
Hawaii County Council
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Your Committee on Environmental Management, to which was referred Bill 286, reports as
follows:
Bill No. 286, transmitted by Council Member Brittany Smart via Communication 800, dated
August 10, 2012, amends Chapter 20, Article 3 of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005 edition,
as amended), relating to disposal of commercial cooking oil waste and commercial fats, oils,
and greases in the County landfills.
This matter was on the August 14, 2012 Environmental Management Committee agenda,
however technical difficulties forced that hearing to be rescheduled. There were no public
testifiers on this bill.
Environmental Management Director Dora Beck, Solid Waste Chief Greg Goodale, and
Deputy Corporation Counsel Ivan Torigoe were present in the Hilo Chambers. The department
had submitted substantive comments to a previous version of this bill, which resulted in this Bill
286.
Ms. Smart stated the accompanying Communication 800. 1, dated August 14, 2012 transmits
amending language that further refines what was prohibited, and brought the language into
alignment with state definitions of fats, oils, and greases. Mr. Pilago moved and Mr. Hoffmann
seconded this amendment. It passed 6 - 0.
As amended, even with the mixing bulking amendments to solidify them, waste fats, oils, and
greases would now be prohibited. It was discussed that waste fats, oils, and greases had created
problems at a private wastewater treatment facility on the island in the past. These prohibited
materials are sought after by farmers, do it yourself bio -diesel consumers, and commercial
facilities that will process them into bio -fuel or compost them into useable soil amendments.
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