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Home My WebLink About2020-01-14 Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan Update - Public Hearings -- press release William A. Kucharski Harry Kim Director Mayor Diane A. Noda Roy Takemoto Deputy Director Managing 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 MEDIA RELEASE January 14, 2020 Contact: George Hayducsko, Recycling Coordinator, County of Hawaiʻi Solid Waste Division (ph: 808-961-8942) Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan Update PUBLIC HEARINGS Every ten years the County of Hawaiʻi Solid Waste Division is required to update its Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan per Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes Chapter 342G. The Public Comment period is open for sixty (60) days, from December 6, 2019, through February 4, 2020, and we encourage all those interested in submitting comments to do so during that time period. Written testimony will be accepted throughout the entire public comment period and can be emailed to ISWMP@hawaiicounty.gov. Oral testimony will be taken at the Public Hearings in January as follows: Date: January 21, 2020 (Tuesday) Time: 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Place: Aupuni Center Conference Room 101 Pauahi Street, Suite 1, Hilo Date: January 23, 2020 (Thursday) Time: 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Place: Council Chambers, West Hawaiʻi Civic Center 74-5044 Ane Keohokālole Highway, Building A, Kailua-Kona To testify at the Public Hearing, you must sign in upon arrival and fill out a small form. Speakers will be called in order of arrival and be limited to three minutes to testify. More information is available at https://www.hawaiizerowaste.org/events/integrated- solid-waste-management-plan-2019-update-public-comment-period-open/?mc_id=1023. A copy of the DRAFT Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan Update will be on file and open to inspection from December 6, 2019, through February 4, 2020, during office County of Hawaiʻi is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer hours at the Department of Environmental Management, 345 Kekūanāo‘a Street, Suite 41, Hilo, Hawaiʻi. Additionally, the DRAFT Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan Update as a pdf can be found online at https://hawaiizerowaste.org/site- content/uploads/County-of-Hawai%E2%80%98i-Integrated-Solid-Waste-Management- Plan-Update-20190821-DRAFT.pdf For further information, please visit our website at www.hawaiizerowaste.org or call 961- 8942.