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ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION
MEETING AGENDA
Based on the Mayor’s Proclamation regarding COVID-19, this meeting will be online. This is to
prevent the spread of COVID-19 and to maintain social distancing. The public may attend either
online or by telephone.
DATE: July 28, 2021
TIME: 9:00 a.m.
PLACE: Online – Zoom
https://www.zoomgov.com/j/1608860930
(Meeting ID: 160 8860930)
Phone: +1 669 254 5252, enter the meeting ID, then #.
STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC: Anyone wishing to provide written testimony on an
agenda item may do so by submitting it in writing or by fax. To ensure timely delivery to
commissioners prior to the meeting, written testimony must be submitted before 12:00 noon on
the business day prior to the meeting by (1) email to peter.sur@hawaiicounty.gov or (2)
facsimiles to 961-8086. When submitting written testimony, please specify for which agenda
item it is being submitted. All written testimony will be part of the permanent record.
Testimony in real time will be permitted to the extent possible.
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF MAY 26, 2021
3. STATEMENT FROM THE CHAIR
4. PUBLIC STATEMENTS ON ITEMS ON THE AGENDA
5. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
a. Status report on 2021 EMC Priorities – Each lead commissioner to provide brief
report on assigned priorities (priorities are listed in the draft May 2021 meeting
minutes).
b. Status report on action items from previous meeting
i. Further discussion relating to EMC support for the PaintCare program.
ii. Any potential effects on DEM related to Res. No. 143-21.
6. NEW BUSINESS
a. Discussion on solid waste division funding needs and options.
b.Presentation from the Office of the Corporation Counsel regarding the
Commission’s authority to hear and determine appeals from decisions of the
director, including orders and denials of variances, pursuant to Hawai‘i County
Code Section 2-207(b), and matters relating to the Commission’s process of
handling appeals.
7. REPORTS/CORRESPONDENCE
Director’s Informational Report. (Note: the report is posted online with the agenda under
www.hawaiicounty.gov>Our County> County Calendar> (Meeting date).
1. Legislative update
2. Requests for updates: The commissioners have requested informational updates
on the following:
a. An overview of the $1 billion wastewater project list that DEM is pursuing via
federal infrastructure funds. List the projects, cost per project, alternatives
considered for each project, and timelines for completion proposed in the
federal request or projected timelines for each project’s completion. Is the
proposed $1 billion sought in the form of grants or loans? If both, please
specify. (Gaffney)
b. DEM’s short-term and long-term plans for recycled water management and
cost recovery. Does DEM intend to push DWS to handle the sale and
distribution of R-1 water (as other counties do) or does DEM intend to
manage those specifics of recycling from within DEM? (Gaffney)
c. Nlehu/Phala LCCs status of negotiations
d. Residential hauler fee credit issue discussed at RAWEEMC 6/15/21
e. Impacts of Council-approved budget in FY 2021-22 for DEM, including life
cycle assessment contract and funding a contractor to look into wastewater
funding alternatives.
f. Ideas for using the newly authorized County transient accommodations tax
(Part III, Act 1, Special Session 2021), if enacted by County ordinance, to
support sustainability or other program needs. (Adams)
g. Request for discussion regarding greenwaste diversion program policies and
practices at the Waihinu transfer station. (McIntosh)
3. Solid Waste Division Projects and Updates
4. Wastewater Division Projects and Updates
a. Discussion regarding requirement to install Septic or Dry Sewer Line in new
developments that are not accessible to a sewer but may be accessible in the
future.
8. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
a. Follow up on action items determined today.
b. Other (Commissioners may suggest items they would like placed on the next
agenda.)
9. ANNOUNCEMENTS
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The next meeting is scheduled for August 25,2021, online or ata location to be
announced. Please contact the Departmentof Environmental Management or monitor the
website for updates.
10. ADJOURNMENT
To request a language translation, please call 961-8083 five days prior to the meeting date.
cohdem@hawaiicounty.gov.
Notice to lobbyists:
five days of becoming a lobbyist. \[Chapter 2, Article 15, Section 2-
A lobbyist means “any individual engaged for pay or other consideration who spends more than five
hours in any month or $275 in any six-month period for the purpose of attempting to influence
legislative or administrative action by communicating or urging others to communicate with public
officials.” \[Chapter 2, Article 15, Section 2-
and expenditure report documents are available at the Office of the County Clerk-Council, 25
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