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RESOLUTION NO. 584 14
A RESOLUTION URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL
MANAGEMENT TO REQUEST AN AMENDMENT TO THE PERMIT ISSUED BY
THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO OPERATE THE VOLCANO TRANSFER
STATION TO ALLOW PLACEMENT OF A SLAB,WATER TANK, AND STORAGE
SHED FOR USE BY THE VOLCANO COMMUNITY FOR ITS COQUI FROG
CONTROL EFFORTS AND ITS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT.
WHEREAS, the Volcano Transfer Station is located on TMK: 1-9-001:002; and
WHEREAS, the Volcano community is suffering from the noise of thousands of coqui
frogs that have invaded the community; and
WHEREAS, the Volcano community is desirous of obtaining a 10,000 gallon water tank
to support coqui eradication and for use as a back-up water tank for the Volcano Volunteer Fire
Department; and
WHEREAS, the Volcano community is desirous of obtaining a storage shed in which to
store equipment and citric acid for coqui eradication. The shed will have gutters to collect
rainwater for the water tank; and
WHEREAS, the Cooper Center Council, a 501(c)3 nonprofit, is willing to oversee the
procurement and placement of the concrete slab, the water tank, and the shed which will be built
and placed by the Volcano community using volunteer labor; and
WHEREAS, the Hawai`i County Department of Environmental Management has agreed
to allow for the placement of the water tank and the storage shed on the parcel where the
Volcano Transfer Station is located; and
WHEREAS, the permit to operate the Volcano Transfer Station, as issued by the State
Department of Health, must be amended to allow for construction of the slab, water tank, and
storage shed; now, therefore,