HomeMy WebLinkAbout2019-12-05 Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan Update - Public Comment Period Starts December 6 -- press release
Harry Kim
William A. Kucharski
Mayor
Director
Roy Takemoto
Diane A. Noda
Managing Director
Deputy Director
County of Hawai‘i
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
345 Kekūanāoʻa Street, Suite 41 · Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720
Ph: (808) 961-8083 · Fax: (808) 961-8086
Email: cohdem@hawaiicounty.gov
December 5, 2019
MEDIA RELEASE
Contact: George Hayducsko, Recycling Coordinator,
County of Hawaiʻi Solid Waste Division, 808-961-8942
Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan Update:
Public Comment Period Open December 6, 2019 to February 4, 2020
Every 10 years, the County of Hawaiʻi Solid Waste Division (“Division”) is required to
update its Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan (ISWMP or the Plan), per Hawaiʻi
Revised Statutes Section 342G.
The public comment period is now open for sixty (60) days, from December 6, 2019,
through February 4, 2020.
The draft Plan is available to the public in pdf format on the Division’s website on
December 6, 2019 (www.HawaiiZeroWaste.org/info/regulations-publications/solid-
waste/).
Written testimony will be accepted throughout the public comment period. Oral
testimony will be taken at the Public Hearings which will be held on January 21 and 23,
2020. Details for the public hearings will be announced at a later date.
Testimony should include your name and contact information and can be submitted:
1) By email to: ISWMP@hawaiicounty.gov
2) By U.S. Mail to:
Department of Environmental Management
ATTN: ISWMP
345 Kekūanāo’a St., Suite 41
Hilo, HI 96720
For further information, please visit our website at www.hawaiizerowaste.org or call the
Solid Waste Division office at 961-8270.
County of Hawai‘i is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer