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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 Governor’sProclamation 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
eitherin person,online,or by telephone.
DATE:January 26, 2022
TIME:9:00 a.m.
ONLINE:Via Zoom
https://www.zoomgov.com/j/16031058165
(Meeting ID: 160 3105 8165)
PHONE:+1 669 254 5252(Enterthemeeting ID, see above)
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
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a.November 24, 2021,meeting
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b.December 29, 2021, special meeting
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c.January 7, 2022, special meeting
3.STATEMENT FROM THE CHAIR
4.PUBLIC STATEMENTS ON ITEMS ON THE AGENDA
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http://records.hawaiicounty.gov/weblink/DocView.aspx?dbid=1&id=114147
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http://records.hawaiicounty.gov/weblink/DocView.aspx?dbid=1&id=114153
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http://records.hawaiicounty.gov/weblink/DocView.aspx?dbid=1&id=114154
County of Hawai‘i is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer
5. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
a.Continuation of Contested Case Hearing from January 7, 2022: Kai Ala Partners
LLC appeal of the Director’s decision to bill two wastewater accounts for TMK
(3) 7-5-019:018 and (3) 7-5-019:026.
ANNOUNCEMENT: This contested case hearing is to be continued to a special meeting TBD
in consultation with the availability of the Commissioners and the parties.
b. Commissioners’ individual priorities for EMC action in 2022
c. Status report on action items from previous meeting
a. Barriers to Private Recyclers Permitted Interaction Group
6. NEW BUSINESS
a. Election of EMC Chair and Vice Chair for 2022
b. Discussion regarding emergency closure notifications for transfer station
operations: Why doesn’t DEM use the County’s emergency contact system to
inform citizens of the closures of waste management facilities (e.g. greenwaste),
especially when they are closed at the last minute due to equipment failures or
employee absence? Why aren’t relevant DEM websites and HawaiiZeroWaste
updated with current information and day-to-day changes regarding access to
solid waste facilities? (Gaffney)
7. REPORTS/CORRESPONDENCE
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Director’s Informational Report. (Note: the report is posted onlinewith the agenda
under www.hawaiicounty.gov>Our County> County Calendar> (Meeting date).
a.Legislative update
b. Requests for updates
a.DEM activity on its administrative rule changes and recommended County
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Code revisions (Adams)
i.Definition of uncovered loads
ii.Tipping fee credit for residential haulers
iii.Trailers at transfer stations
c.Solid Waste Division Projects and Updates
a.SWD presentation to Council on January 18, 2022
b.Composting presentation to Council on January 18, 2022
d.Wastewater Division Projects and Updates
a.WWD presentation to Council on January 18, 2022
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Director’s Report: http://records.hawaiicounty.gov/weblink/DocView.aspx?dbid=1&id=114151
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Proposed Admin rule amendments: https://hawaiizerowaste.org/site-content/uploads/2022-01-26-
Proposed-Administrative-Rule-Amendments.pdf
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Notice of public hearings scheduled for January 25 and January 26 regarding proposed Admin rule
amendments: https://hawaiizerowaste.org/site-content/uploads/Notice-of-Proposed-Amendment-to-the-
Rules-of-Practice-and-Procedure-of-the-Department-of-Environmental-Management.pdf
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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
The next meeting is scheduled for 9 a.m. on February 16, 2022, and will be conducted
remotely. If the Governor’s emergency proclamation of December 29, 2021, which
suspended the public meeting location requirement, is rescinded, the public meeting
location will be at the West Hawai‘i Civic Center, Building G. Please contact the
Department of Environmental Management or see the next agenda for updates.
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. 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 30 minutes 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 membersareunable to establish and maintain at least an audio-only connectionby 1:15
p.m., then the meeting shall be automatically terminated.
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, 345
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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