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<br /> <br /> <br />Harry Kim <br />William A. Kucharski <br /> <br />Mayor <br />Director <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Roy Takemoto <br />Diane A. Noda <br /> <br />Managing Director <br />Deputy Director <br /> <br />County of Hawai‘i <br />DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT <br />345 Kekūanāoʻa Street, Suite 41 · Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720 <br /> Ph: (808) 961-8083 · Fax: (808) 961-8086 <br />Email: cohdem@hawaiicounty.gov <br /> <br />December 5, 2019 <br /> <br />MEDIA RELEASE <br /> <br />Contact: George Hayducsko, Recycling Coordinator, <br /> County of Hawaiʻi Solid Waste Division, 808-961-8942 <br /> <br />Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan Update: <br />Public Comment Period Open December 6, 2019 to February 4, 2020 <br /> <br />Every 10 years, the County of Hawaiʻi Solid Waste Division (“Division”) is required to <br />update its Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan (ISWMP or the Plan), per Hawaiʻi <br />Revised Statutes Section 342G. <br /> <br />The public comment period is now open for sixty (60) days, from December 6, 2019, <br />through February 4, 2020. <br /> <br />The draft Plan is available to the public in pdf format on the Division’s website on <br />December 6, 2019 (www.HawaiiZeroWaste.org/info/regulations-publications/solid- <br />waste/). <br /> <br />Written testimony will be accepted throughout the public comment period. Oral <br />testimony will be taken at the Public Hearings which will be held on January 21 and 23, <br />2020. Details for the public hearings will be announced at a later date. <br /> <br />Testimony should include your name and contact information and can be submitted: <br /> <br />1) By email to: ISWMP@hawaiicounty.gov <br /> <br />2) By U.S. Mail to: <br />Department of Environmental Management <br />ATTN: ISWMP <br />345 Kekūanāo’a St., Suite 41 <br />Hilo, HI 96720 <br /> <br />For further information, please visit our website at www.hawaiizerowaste.org or call the <br />Solid Waste Division office at 961-8270. <br /> <br /> <br />County of Hawai‘i is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer <br />