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County of Hawai‘i
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION
345 Kekūanāo‘a St. Suite 41 • Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720 • Ph: (808) 961-8083 • Fax: (808) 961-8086
County of Hawai‘i is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer
Georjean Adams
Chair
Rick Gaffney
Vice Chair
Mitchell D. Roth
Mayor
Ramzi I. Mansour
Director, Department of
Environmental Management
MEETING AGENDA
Pursuant to Hawai‘i Revised Statutes Chapter 92, this meeting will be online with a location
available to the public. The public may attend either in person, online, or by telephone.
DATE: June 22, 2022
TIME: 9:00 a.m.
IN PERSON: West Hawai‘i Civic Center
Community Meeting Hale (Building G)
74-5044 Ane Keohokālole Highway, Kailua-Kona
ONLINE: Via Zoom https://www.zoomgov.com/j/16031058165
(Meeting ID: 160 3105 8165)
PHONE: +1 669 254 5252 (Enter the meeting ID, see above)
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 (808) 961-8086. When submitting written
testimony, please specify for which agenda item it is being submitted. Written testimony will be
part of the permanent record. Oral testimony will be accepted, subject to applicable rules.
I. CALL TO ORDER
II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
1. April 27, 2022 – Executive meeting (related to the Kai Ala Partners LLC appeal)
2. May 25, 2022 – Volume I – Regular meeting agenda1
3. May 25, 2022 – Volume II – Kai Ala Partners LLC appeal – Adoption of Findings of
Fact, Conclusions of Law, and Order2
4. May 25, 2022 – Executive meeting (related to the Kai Ala Partners LLC appeal)
III. STATEMENT FROM THE CHAIR
IV. PUBLIC STATEMENTS ON ITEMS ON THE AGENDA to be provided at this time
or to be scheduled at the time of the agenda item as testifier requests.
1 II.2: May 25, 2022 minutes, Vol. 1: http://records.hawaiicounty.gov/weblink/DocView.aspx?dbid=1&id=116509
2 II.3: May 25, 2022 minutes, Vol. 2: http://records.hawaiicounty.gov/weblink/DocView.aspx?dbid=1&id=116510
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V. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
1. Status report on 2022 EMC Commissioner Priorities – Each commissioner may
provide a brief update, if applicable.
2. Discuss EMC developing priority topics for the expected new Public Education &
Information Specialist.3
3. Proposed Components of an Integrated Wastewater Master Plan.4
4. Recommended areas for EMC focus on new code/rule changes. See Hawai‘i County
Code on sewering5, solid waste6, and DEM admin rules7
1. 2019 proposed DEM Article III, Rule 20 re sewer laterals8
2. Residential sewer fee rule changes. E.g., charge by capacity of the property’s
connections to county sewer mains, regardless of actual use, and eliminate the
concept of “unoccupied unit.”
3. Wastewater pretreatment code draft proposal status
4. Littering code changes
5. Bill No. 167 – Amends Chapter 14 of the Hawai‘i County Code 1983 (2016 Edition,
as amended) by adding a new article relating to prohibition of non-mineral
sunscreen.9 (Amended to Draft 2 with the contents of Comm. 771.110 and approved
by the Council on second reading on June 15, 2022).
VI. NEW BUSINESS
1. Enforcement of DEM rules: Who issues citations for violations, and how?
VII. REPORTS/CORRESPONDENCE
Director’s Informational Report.
1. Legislative update
2. Budget issues update
3. Solid Waste Division Projects and Updates
4. Wastewater Division Projects and Updates
1. Pāhala & Nā‘ālehu Administrative Order on Consent
VIII. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
1. Follow up on action items determined today.
2. Other (Commissioners may suggest items to be placed on the next agenda.)
IX. ANNOUNCEMENTS
The next meeting is scheduled for July 27, 2022, at the Puna Conference Room of the Hawai‘i
County Building, 25 Aupuni Street, Hilo, and via Zoom. Please contact the Secretary for the
3 V.2: Topics for Public Info/Ed Spec. http://records.hawaiicounty.gov/weblink/DocView.aspx?dbid=1&id=116547
4 V.3: Integrated Wastewater Master Plan Components Draft 2
http://records.hawaiicounty.gov/weblink/DocView.aspx?dbid=1&id=116511
5 V.4: HCC Chapter 21 https://www.hawaiicounty.gov/home/showpublisheddocument?id=46
6 V.4: HCC Chapter 20 https://www.hawaiicounty.gov/home/showpublisheddocument?id=301310
7 V.4: DEM Admin Rules https://records.hawaiicounty.gov/weblink/1/doc/109446/Page1.aspx
8 V.4.1: Prop. Rule No. 20 https://records.hawaiicounty.gov/weblink/DocView.aspx?dbid=1&id=115746&cr=1
9 V.5: Bill No. 167 (Draft 1): http://records.hawaiicounty.gov/weblink/DocView.aspx?dbid=0&id=1034782
10 V.5: Adopted amendment to Bill No. 167:
http://records.hawaiicounty.gov/weblink/DocView.aspx?dbid=0&id=1037616
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Department of Environmental Management or review the agenda posted on the County Calendar
within six days of the next meeting.11
X. ADJOURNMENT
Note: A meeting held by interactive conference technology shall be automatically recessed for
up to 30 minutes 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 30 minutes after an interruption to communication, the meeting will be in
recess and will attempt to reconvene at 1:00 p.m. on the same day, using the same meeting ID
listed on Page 1 of this agenda. If at that time a quorum of remote members and the in-person
members are unable to establish and maintain at least an audio-only connection by 1:15 p.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, 345 Kekūanāoʻa Street, Suite 41, Hilo, Hawaiʻi 96720, or emailed
to cohdem@hawaiicounty.gov.
Notice to lobbyists: If you are a lobbyist, you must register with the Hawaiʻi County Clerk within
five days of becoming a lobbyist. [Chapter 2, Article 15, Section 2-91.3(b), Hawaiʻi County Code.]
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 2-91.3(a)(6), Hawaiʻi County Code.] Registration forms
and expenditure report documents are available at the Office of the County Clerk-Council, 25
Aupuni Street, Hilo, Hawaiʻi 96720.
11 Hawai‘i County Calendar: https://www.hawaiicounty.gov/our-county/county-calendar