HomeMy WebLinkAbout2021-11-24 EMC agenda
Mitchell D. RothGeorjean Adams
MayorChair
Ramzi I. MansourRick Gaffney
Director, Department ofVice Chair
Environmental Management
County of Hawai‘i
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION
•Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720•Ph: -8083 •-8086
MEETING AGENDA
Based on the Mayor’s Proclamation regarding COVID-19, this meeting will be onlinewith a
location available to the public. This is to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and to maintain
social distancing. The public may attend eitherin person,online,or by telephone.
DATE:November 24, 2021
TIME:9:00 a.m.
IN PERSON:West Hawai‘i Civic Center
Community Meeting Hale (Building G)
74--Kona
ONLINE:Via Zoom
https://www.zoomgov.com/j/1611605333
(Meeting ID: 161160 5333)
PHONE:+1 669 254 5252(Enterthemeeting ID, see above, and the #sign)
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.govor (2)
facsimiles to (808) 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.
Oral testimony will be taken, subject to applicable statutes and rules of procedure.
1.CALL TO ORDER
2.APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF OCTOBER 27, 2021
3.STATEMENT FROM THE CHAIR
4.PUBLIC STATEMENTS ON ITEMS ON THE AGENDA
County of Hawai‘i is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer
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 March 2021 meeting minutes).
Note: This will be the final discussion on 2021 priorities.
b. Status report on action items from previous meeting
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i. Continued review of solid waste funding options and recommendations, if
any, to DEM and the Council.
ii. Status report from the Barriers to Private Recyclers permitted interaction
group.
iii.Review latest proposed languageon DEM Rule No. 9-17 regarding trailers at
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transfer stations.
iv.Discussion of innovative funding for wastewater management
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c.EMC meeting schedule for 2022& Commissioner availability
6. NEW BUSINESS
a. Discussion and recommendation, if any,on whether certain recyclable wastes
should be prohibited from landfilling.
b. Discussion and recommendation, if any, on scrap metal recycling practices and
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procedures.
7. REPORTS/CORRESPONDENCE
a. Legislative update
b. Requests for updates: The commissioners have requested informational updates
on the following:
i. status
ii. Pretreatment Administrative Order on Consent introduction and status
iii. Rule amendments regarding authority to inspect and repair private
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laterals
d. Other Solid Waste Division Projects and Updates
e. Other Wastewater Division Projects and Updates
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
A special meeting will be held beginning at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, December 29, at the
Training Room of the Aging and Disability Resource Center, 1055 Kino‘ole Street, Hilo,
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Solid waste funding options: http://records.hawaiicounty.gov/weblink/DocView.aspx?dbid=1&id=113227
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Comm. 402.3 – Proposed amendment:
http://records.hawaiicounty.gov/weblink/DocView.aspx?dbid=0&id=1026059
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Comm. 402.5 – Estimated timeline:
http://records.hawaiicounty.gov/weblink/DocView.aspx?dbid=0&id=1026662
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Draft EMC agenda for 2022: http://records.hawaiicounty.gov/weblink/DocView.aspx?dbid=1&id=113205
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Scrap Metal recycling info: https://www.hawaiizerowaste.org/recycle/scrap-metal/
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Proposed rule: http://records.hawaiicounty.gov/weblink/DocView.aspx?dbid=1&id=113220
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regarding the Kai Ala Partners LLC appealof the Director’s decision to bill two
wastewater accounts for TMK (3) 7-5-019:018. If it is necessary to continue the meeting
to a second day it will be held at 9 a.m. on Thursday, December 30, at the same location.
The next regular meetingis currentlyscheduled for Thursday, January 27, 2022, online or
at a location to be announced, subject to change with six days’ notice (see agenda item
5-c). Please contact the Department of Environmental Management or monitor the
website hawaiizerowaste.org for updates.
The Environmental Management Commission will elect a Chair and a Vice Chair for
2022 at its January meeting.
10. ADJOURNMENT
Note:A meeting held by interactive conference technology shall be automatically recessed for
up to 30minutes to restore communication when audiovisual communication cannot be
maintained with all members participating in the meeting or with the “in person”location
identified in this agenda. The meeting may reconvene when either audiovisual communication is
restored, or audio-only communication is established after an unsuccessful attempt to restore
audiovisual communication. If it is not possible to reconvene the meeting as provided in this
subsection within 30minutes after an interruption to communication, the meeting will be in
recess andwill attempt toreconvene at 1:00p.m. on the same day, using the same meeting ID
listed on Page 1 of this agenda. Ifat that timea quorum of remote membersand the in-person
membersareunable to establish and maintain at least an audio-only connectionby 1:15p.m.,
then the meeting shall be automatically terminated.
The regular meeting place is accessible to persons with disabilities. To request an auxiliary aid or
language translation, please call (808) 961-8083 five days prior to the meeting date. Comments
may be sent to the Department of Environmental Management, 3
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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