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Home My WebLink AboutCOM 0363.001 2016-2018 -tY OF k'• Phone: (808) 965-2712 Eileen O'Hara o ;'`-"'�`'� Fax: (808) 961-8912 Council Member �.•� � �•;, •., Council District 4 " ��y�::'♦� Email: eileen.ohara@hawaiicounty.gov Vice Chair: PlanningCommittee and Chair Environmental '•�;`-= = Management Committee '•.44 6F• = Agriculture, Water& Energy Sustainability Committee County of Hawaii Hawaii County Council 25 Aupuni Street, Suite 1402 • Hilo, Hawaii 96720 DATE: July 31, 2017 TO: Valerie T. Poindexter, Council Chair and Members of the Hawai`i County Council w .r. r FROM: ..q-Eileen O'Hara, Council Member SUBJECT: Presentation Materials for August 1, 2017 Environmental Management r;a Committee meeting. Attached please find additional presentation materials for the presentation on Health Impacts on I eaukaha Residents in the Environmental Management Committee meeting at 2:30 on August 1, 2017. Please make the required copies and disseminate accordingly. EO:b1 Att. — COMM• No. ,.J 3• Ref. To: ML Ref. Dote eA..l .� ..._ Keaukaha Action Network P Agenda.,-, ronmental juslice manawmt. Syttems r; ronmi Irganiza ion of HawalW Comm. Health Task Force *Milo Wastewalep Trealm nt-r-r *Evacuation Plans lop TRI'CUMDAwe x`2017 Counly 9 stale L119I lalivc Initiative U a Keaukaha Hawaiian Homes G i w ., IA Il""°IVIV , w ii® ar, til�� h um c«91114 io � uuuuvuuu u u � IDM 4 Ground -Truth Methods alative Risk AssessMpnt (CRA) Cumulative risk assessments address combined risks from exposures to multiple chemical and nonchemical stressors and may focus on vulnerable communities or populations. Ground -Truth Method Steps • Community -Based Participatory Research • Cartography, in which aerie imagery or remote sensing data used to map surface features such as vegetation or land use. • Verifying whether hazards indicated in regulatory databases really existed and whether there were additional hazards identified by residents on the ground that are not captured by these data bases. U.S. EPA DEFINES CRA • An analysis, characterization and possible quantification of the combined risks to health or the environment from multiple agents or stressors. • The National Research Councils Committee on Improving Risk Analysis Approaches Used by the EPA proposed CRA be defined as evaluating an array of stressors (chemical & nonchemical) to characterize quantitatively. Environmental Sociology • *Human and environment relationship • *Risk perception and communication • *Environmental movements and organizations • *Corporate Social Responsibility • *Environmental governance and policy • *Environmental inequity and justice Mapping the Neighborhood • Participants equipped with notebooks containing maps, aerial photos, data entry forms, and step by step instructions on data collection. • Community leaders organized participants into teams of two, with each team trained and responsible for conducting street -by -street assessments of their portion of the study area, identifying, and locating both the hazards and sensitive receptors of concern. Particulate Matter (PM) Monitoring • Facility mapping indicates proximity but community members were sensitive to past experiences of being told that proximity does not necessarily demonstrate exposure or poor air quality. • Leaders of community will decide to conduct air monitoring in locations of concern and asked the researchers for help and advice. Water Quality Monitoring • Community leaders will collaborate with Government and private facilities to ensure water quality data is updated and efficient. • Community leaders will collaborate with other community organizations that will assist with private monitoring water sampling in locations of concern • Community leaders will collaborate with local micro biology labs in town and have available equipment to ensure a stream line program Goals for Environmental Justice initiatives • Achieve rigor, relevance, and reach by uncovering gaps in regulatory agency data, raising important air quality issues at the local scales, and providing fuel for proactive policy initiatives. • Ground -truth supplemented regulatory data, which can be riddled with significant geographical inaccuracies and gaps. • Makes real the concept of cumulative impacts, or the extent to which communities are overburdened by multiple environmental hazards and social stressors. • Most important, it empowered community members to explore, verify, and critique government data sources that serve as inputs to Environmental Justice systems, which in turn promoted productive scientific dialogue and engagement with both researchers and regulatory officials. • It than becomes an activity for community organizations trained in basic concepts in environmental health and highlighted opportunities for REGULATORY aria POLLICY CHANGE: TOXIC RELEASE INVENTORY FACILITIES 2 lifl/11 �lil� + s maw n sk a It A 1 lqsol ►11►[Hl4lti9asoll»1111[: LAND FIL MILITAR], 0 OJ M K• 0 West Hawaii Hawaiian Homes and Fuel Burning Facility & DOT Airport Gas Storage Facilities less than 300 ft away from DH H L Residents t „ a r y WM 'SRL 1P q � d .a, �• u � b V f µ 3 Repwt data En -or Civil Enforcoment Case Basic Information Case lumber 09-2011-0504 Case flame: Aloha Petroleum Case Categor : Judicial Case Status (ass of 0 W 16) Final Order Entered Case Lead: FPM Court Docket Number.- 1.5-cv-498 DOJ Docket Number; Penalties -- Case Level Total Federal Penalty Assessed or Agreed. To: S654,000 Total State/LowI PcnaIl Asiw sed: $0 FoW SEF Cost: 0 Total Compliance Action Cost: 54.150.000 Dita Dictiouary Nwnluad Data Print Help Relief Sought. Injunctive R.e]ief, Pcnalty Enforceme"t Outcome: )~final Order With Penalty Headquarters Division: -- Branch:-- Result of Vuluntary Disclosure? N M111 i -Media :ase`' _- Enforcement T�,-pe: Civil Judicial Action Violations: Now Source Performance Standard, (til Spill Violation Under CWAIDPA HELCO Pod muffmoug Fmg,0flMW tier Q o Sulfur Dioxide �0/2 �+ o+, - CL C, \a es � GaCbor r� VERY HIGH RISK TO HEALTH ECH Enforcement and Compliance History Online Detailed Facility Report Facility Summary_ U Non -comp Figure HELCO KANOELEHUA HILL GENERATING STATION 54 HALEKAUH.A STREET, HILO, HI 96720 FRS (Facility Registry Service)1D 110000486377 EPA Region: 09 Latitude: 19.70467 Longitude: -155.06314 Locational Data Source: TRIS Industry: Utilities Indian Country: N nificant Non-compliance)/]-IPV(High Priority Violation) Description Yes Addrs-EPA No arter •I• Current As Of Qtrs in NC (Non -Compliance) (of 12) 05/27/2017 12 05/27/2017 0 QTR QTR2 QTR QTR QTR QTR QTR QTR QTR9 QTR10 QTR 11 QTR 12 )7/01-09/30/14 10/01- 01/01- 04/01- 07/01- 10/01- 01/01- 04/01- 07/01- 10/01- 01/01- 04/01- 12/31/14 03/31/15 06/30/15 09/30/15 12/31/15 03/31/16 06/30/16 09/30/16 12/31/16 03/31/17 06/30/17 Addrs- Addrs- Addrs- Addrs- Addrs- Addrs- Addrs- Addrs- Addrs- Addrs- Addrs- Addrs- EPA EPA EPA EPA EPA EPA EPA EPA EPA EPA EPA EPA I 09/17/2012 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Enforcement and Compliance Summary =';'=' -- =—",'Z,, TR 3 TR 4 TRS TR 6 TR 7 TR 8 TR 9 TR 10 TR 11 TR 12 � Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q 01/01-03/31/15 04/01-06/30/15 07/01-09/30/15 10/01-12/31/15 01/01-03/31/16 04/01-06/30/16 07/01-09/30/16 10/01-12/31/16 01/01-03/31/17 04/01-06/3% Related Reports Regulatory Information Other Regulatory Reports 13 Air Pollutant Report Clean Air Act (CAA): Operating Major Air Emissions Inventory (EIS): (HI0000001500100014) 7429111 Clean Water Act (CWA): No Information Greenhouse Gas Emissions Resource Conservation and Recovery Act HILO LAND FILL HILO LANDFILL w 0 0 lmubi� Hawaii County Fined $350,000.00 Landfill Violations AERIAL TOPO VIEW OF SEWAGE PIPES • „Y d.,, 0A11TM NZATFO I is M ire we You arae here: 1:t',� Ht -nil .4Joni FTIA ctl(res to project Htio's ck)a of wattrs Frgtn leaks News Releases from Reglan EPA moves to protect Hilo's coastal waters from leaks at sewage facwty )ultra,ze I)ftte---09 l ? 014 C`caratact (rtfumlatin?t:1`)nFFI9IJO7i,tiM541-rI],higuc €A(;.9n opa-puv (0911&14) Hifi) waste 4uatertreataient plant ordered to rapair otrffalt pipe HONOLULU — To -day the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued an: order requiring the County of Hawaii to repair the Hila Wastewater TreatMent Plant:$ oceaP outfalf pipe, The pipe is leaking treated wastewater close to shore, ping a potential risk to the marine environment and public tkealttl. To comply with the federal Clean Water Act, the County needs to correct discharge permit violaborts resulting from leaks along the plant's 450O -foot outfall pipe located east of the Hilo Bay breakwater. The Hawaii Department of Health's permit was issued on the condition that the treated wastewater would be discharged at the far end of tree pipe, D WWT P U H I BAY Administrative a HONOLULU, HI 96801 Subject; Section 401 Water Quality Certification (WQC) Hilo Wastewater Treatment Plant Outfall Repairs Puhl Bay, Hilo, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii Fife No. WQC0876.FNLJ & File No. P01-1-2011-00282, Post -construction Monitoring Final Report The attached post -construction water monitoring repDrk is being submitted to satisfy the Applicable Monitoring Assessment Ilan, Section 1.2.4_ Study Boundaries. Mould you have any questions on the above, please contact Curtis Bailey, P.E., 01 809-961-8279 {gorki �e'f@hawaiicounty_gov}, Lyle Hireta, P.E., Wastewater Deputy Division Chief at 808- 961-8333 {1'yie.hirot;a(c hap,vaiicoL;nty.gov) or nne at 808-961-B513 ()i�i.bCcEa ila;n�aiicetar�ky_.gov , I certify under penalty of law that this document ano all a tWohn7enta w€o-re propared under my direction or supervision in accordanm vith a system designed to assure that qualified personnel properly gather and evaluato the information submUed. Basest on my inquiry of the parson or persons %-,ho manage the system, or those persons diroctly responsihle for gathering the information, tha information submitted is, to the best of my kncwlet!ge and l ollaf, true, accumto, and complete- 3 am aware ttiat Mere are slgnlfirant ponaltics for submMing false information, including the possiblllty of fin$ and impriisonment for knowing violations. Cora Beck, P.E_ OUT FALL REPAIRS AT PUHI BAY I KEAU KAHA SEWAGE IMPACTS • HYDROGEN SULFIDE LEAKS • REPORTS OF ILLNESSES AFTER SWIMMING H I LO WATERS • CORAL DISEASES • DEPLETION OF MARINE LIFE • ECOSYSTEMS NOT BALANCED • OUTDATED FATIGUED SYSTEMS • NO EMERGENCY SYSTEMS IN PLACE Hawaii State Constitution Article 12 Section 7 Traditional Customary Practices F, M— f� s r ti � � '. .•. � c r .err - ,� ti •rte a .,� 110dr.•�-A . � 4 d Y ydsF I ti JA em" • ,Ilk a j " .. L o 5 L Reportc, of illness after swimming East Hiln Sh OrPll Y1P • * November 231 2016 — Puhi Bay Flag Pole • Symptoms: High Fever 103, lasted for 6 days, sores in ear, nose, rectum, head & eyes Facility of Treatment: Urgent Care • June 20-30 twice with week, 2017 — Richards & Palekai • Symptoms: Sores, arms legs • Facility of Treatment: Hawaii island family medicine, (Prognosis: STAPH) I I igh rain - bFuian walcr advisaTy 120 100 go Z 0 dmiiL— H-0 U'Se L Use Recreabwal WalarUeage of infeciad! 'ham blah wwer u"" Staph and .MRSA rainUl Querptioms? Cornment5? Br Tracy Wiagner UnWersitv of Hawai'i at Hilo Professor 0 IMPORTANT IN HAWAII? Hawa'i'i har, the h[qhi?-,jt: r.-im of Staph ;q nd MRSA infections in She United States 1111,cmasaid reew-alional water use leads loir.: chance i)f Staph and MRSA infedign WHY IS THIS A CONCERN IN HILO? S axrv5 & MRSA am in the Hib warershad Sae 0 io 1@k I Am# whw..ft, Lot-, l—'. v v 71 Staph ant MRSA h.-Lvc bccri found in izotuuy U � r,,,,, A • Bacteria that nalurall y lives in the nose or on the skin of 25% of the population Oppoirtunishi: 1 nfeemrs — if 1hay can infect a cut they will WHAT IS MRSA? • Antillbioc resistant Staph • Infection doesn't look different from Staph but ',-'FRY difficult to trent REDUCE INFECTION RISK (lia-W331 D;!WMLML of I Lirulth) C*ood IHVq ie ne, 2. 0 L arlef changing bandages tcq'if.hing, a 3. Keep acrd - unfil healed 4. :,', a. 6 virith 04her WK44W 5 wM n0* 5. Wasn shepta, lowels. and Mthing that have become saved whh wafer end launzry niergew Dry cWhing In a I oorklp,afedCts Airdr�ii'iy in Order to help kill h; icimia 1100MEWATIVI1' 0 91101 ME R 61P,. w a : A ■ Hawai'i Department cyf Health Fact Sheet far MR&A htp-?Ih,3,il;h hawaii apo kiwdffil &e.520 I 5iW, rrirsa-faci�heet-201,5M4.iadf ■ Hawa4'p DeNrlmeni of Heatih Disease Outbreak and Control Division for MRSA end Staph liMin p R(�d C r.D5* Hiixxllboouik (Pogo 10 1) htlp>Awvw rcdrr4)s!5,4rqAmugesj41E0IA C usicimPiDduc"ialoq�sn5554060i FA - QUESTIONS? PLEASE CONTACT: 1250 Rown 443 11-01111,01111 U, I Llwid'i 96 13 VqjF$LjC HEALTH ;,i,,tEPAREUN,k:S3 BRANCH RI -W � R7 - rvsr,q 91111KOIff:1004 MRSA in H'110; Bay's recreational 7171TZ-TM GOVERNOR IGE SIGNS BILL Conversion of Cesspools 11 r - D p POTENTIAL DISASTERS 1 0 1 I .... . ... . ... NOR Arm 0 to*dw 1 W* Tmun"l lllIAgp, 1,711 11111111 , �A`, � ,�, Ilk . u®w v„ u.N itM o ,.gym whAim v TOXIC INVENTORY FACILITIES CVdl.UdtiCJ1 1 F • Does Hawaii County have an updated evacuation plan from each of these TOXIC RELEASE INVENTORY FACILITIES on hand? • Should an event disaster occur, are your FIRST RESPONDER.- adequately equipped and ready to access hazard leaks, fires and/or explosions? • Are your HAZMAT TEAi.. fully prepared to assist "UKAHA RESIDENTS if a c:ATH�i rcuFM event occurred? Environmental Injustice • Group bears a disproportionate share of egarive pnvironmen*ty1 consequences resulting from industrial , municipal and commercial operations or the execution of Federal, state, local and tribal programs and policies (U.S. EPA 1998) 4 A! AV Iwo M The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's New Environmental Civil Rights Policy By Michael D. Mattheisen INTRODUCTION In February 1998, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (the "EPA") issued a new civil rights policy to implement environmental justice through state environmental permitting. The EPA's new Interim Guidance for Investigating Title VI Administrative Complaints Challenging Permits (the "Interim Guidance") prescribes how the EPA's Office of Civil Rights (the "OCR") will process, analyze, and decide complaints filed under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 "alleging discriminatory effects resulting from the issuance of pollution control permits by state and local governmental agencies that receive EPA funding." Title VI prohibits discrimination in federally -assisted programs. Pursuant to the Disparate Impact Rule of Law, discriminatory effects are prohibited by the EPA and other federal Title VI regulations. The Interim Guidance construes as a discriminatory effect of state environmental permitting the uneven distribution by racial demographics of facilities with state environmental permits. The Interim Guidance acknowledges: "As reflected in this Interim Guidance, Title VI environmental permitting cases may have implications for a diversity of interests, including those of the recipient, the affected community, and the permit applicant or permittee." This article reviews the principle features of the EPA's new Title VI environmental justice initiative, including: (1) The Environmental Justice concept, which calls for uniform environmental and public health conditions or results by race and income; (2) Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits intentional discrimination based on race, color or national origin in federally -assisted programs; (3) The Disparate Impact Rule of Law, which prohibits unintentionally causing discriminatory effects; (4) The EPA's Title VI regulations, which include a discriminatory effects standard; (5) The President's Executive Order on Environmental Justice, which applies the environmental justice concept to federal actions; and (6) The EPA's new Interim Title VI Guidance, which applies Title VI and the Disparate Impact Rule of Law to state environmental permitting. Hawaii Island Map of DHHL and TRI Facilities in Violation 0 0 0 Disproportionate Burden * Exposed Community did not create problem * Exposed Community receives marginal benefits * Exposed Community bears environmental burden CONCLUSION ra "Mim 1. Every Dept. in State (DOH,DLNR, County, DEM, Army Corp) all have historical data of fines, faults and it's been consistent, we don't need future data. These Dept. mentioned above have failed and records show that. It's not about the future, its about the here and now. • All toxic facilities in the Home Stead vicinity, should have a current update on evacuation plans, hazard plans, community insurance. The county should at least contact these facilities and get an update. • We should create a referendum for an ordinance on the voting ballet, so everyone can participate in creating a home rule policy to address these issues. We will be working on language to introduce the ordinance to become a law. • Litigation will be the final resolution. And courts would decide in the people's interest. °°Food torr ah(D)Uogha, CONTRIBU i ASSET FUNU HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE RESIDENTS OF KEAUKAHA AND PANAEWA Cumulative Risk Assessment (CRA) & Community-Based Participatory Research regarding Toxic Inventory Release Industrial Facilities near Residents on the Big Island 1. Gaps in regulatory agency data. a. Inadequate monitoring systems. -No air monitors to test air particulates -Not enough man power from regulatory agencies for accurate and consistent data -Need adequate staffing in regulatory agencies to ensure "real time," and accurate test results. -Need an adequate process for public notifications on leaks, spills etc... -Need for additional testing to provide the checks and balances on TRI companies who emit pollution into the air, land and water. b. Faulty, outdated and aged systems. c. Need for a better stream line processes for regulatory agencies to ensure that industrial facilities are operating in "Best Practices." 2. Regulatory departments should be available locally and on each island. a. Need local level regulatory departments on each island. Not OAHU centric. b. Government agencies are in "Silo's." One aspect of the "cause" for faulty systems. c. Thresholds or standards need to be reviewed and re-evaluated, because no one agency is taking into consideration the CUMULATIVE IMPACTS these facilities have in close proximity of each other and operating simultaneously 24-7. d. What safety risk assessments have been made by each facility to ensure community close by are safe from hazards and disasters? e. What are the "buffers" if any are known about these TRI facilities? 3. Alternatives for TRI facilities that have outdated systems and equipment a. County sewage systems contributorsto unhealthy environment. b. Grand-fathered in facilities like Electric Companies, Harbor, Gas Storage re- do EA or EIS. Example landfill. Attended a NEPA workshop and they mentioned the possibilities. 4. Emergency responders should have updated emergency plans to access risk with these TRI facilities. a. Oil companies who violate Fed rules to environment are fined to a Federal funding clearing house. Community impacted should have a fund for the impact imposed upon them. b. Where does the fines for violations from our local facilities go? :REMEDY 1. gym(DEPT.IN.STATE. (POO,14R,cgDN'Ty,DEM,ARMY CORP)HAVE lipTQW1CAIL,DATA Dp FINES,F4 ULTS AND: BEEN CONSISTENT,WE DON'T NEED FUTURE DATA,THESE DEPT.MEN7'IpNED MOVE HAVE FAILED AND.WADS,$1 QW THAT. ir$NOT ABOUT THE FUTURE,ITS ApOITTR . frIP4 AND NOW. Z. ALL TOXIC IN THE BP M! SHOULD!!AV! A CPRRENT UPDATE ON mcvATLQN PLANS,H : ARI,.rws, (coRpQRAITE$O IAL ggsppm1DIPTY)INSURANCE POLICY CONTPlIT!ON, THE COUNTY SHOULD.AT LEAST CONTACT THESE FAC I.!*i AND GET AN UPDATE, 3 WE WOAD CREATE A REFERENDUM FOR AN ORDINANCE ON THE VOTING PAIXET,SO EVERYONE CAN PARTICIPATE IN PEAT!NP A HOME RULE POLICY TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES. WE WLL BE WORKINP ON LANGUAGE TO INTRODUCE THE ORDINANCE TO BECOME A LAW, 4. LITIGATION WILL BE THE FINAL REPPWFION, AND COV4T$,WOULD DECIDE IN THE PEQPLE'S!NTE,13EF,F,