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Home My WebLink About2022-09-28 EMC agenda 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 (HRS) 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: September 28, 2022 TIME: 9:00 a.m. IN PERSON: Puna Conference Room, Hawai‘i County Building 25 Aupuni Street, Hilo 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) STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC: To ensure timely delivery to commissioners, 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. All written testimony will be part of the permanent record. Pursuant to HRS §92-3, interested persons who want to provide oral testimony may do so either at the time the Commission takes public statements on items on the agenda, or at the time the specific agenda item is called, subject to applicable statutes and rules of procedure. I. CALL TO ORDER II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES FOR AUGUST 24, 20221 III. STATEMENT FROM THE CHAIR IV. PUBLIC STATEMENTS ON ITEMS ON THE AGENDA V. UNFINISHED BUSINESS Status report on action items from previous meeting 1. Pretreatment rule update 2. EMC Chair and Secretary’s comments provided to the Cost of Government Commission.2 1 Agenda item II: http://records.hawaiicounty.gov/weblink/DocView.aspx?dbid=1&id=117803 2 Agenda item V.2: Responses to Cost of Government Commission: http://records.hawaiicounty.gov/weblink/DocView.aspx?dbid=1&id=117677 2 VI. NEW BUSINESS 1. Review and recommendation on Bill No. 200, Draft 2, pursuant to Hawai‘i County Code Section 2-207: An Ordinance amending Chapter 20, of the Hawai‘i County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as amended), relating to Vehicle Disposal. Received from the Regenerative Agriculture, Water, Energy, and Environmental Management Committee on September 9, 2022; recommendation due by October 24, 2022. 3 2. Discuss tracking process for actions taken and any necessary follow-up on EMC recommendations to DEM, Council, and Mayor’s office. 3. Identifying future meeting dates for the Environmental Management Commission. VII. REPORTS/CORRESPONDENCE 1. Report by Jennifer Navarra on the EPA Recycling Infrastructure Grant Working Group, submitted by Zero Waste Hawai‘i Island, in response to a Request for Information from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.4 2. Director’s Informational Report. 1. Solid Waste Division Projects and Updates i. Introduction of Michael Rivera, Solid Waste Division Chief. ii. Recycling and Landfill Diversion Update 2. Wastewater Division Projects and Updates i. Pāhala and Nā‘ālehu AOC5 ii. West Hawai‘i wastewater projects iii. Hilo WWTP upgrades iv. Wastewater master plans 1. Puna wastewater feasibility 2. Puakō area wastewater study VIII. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS 1. Follow up on action items determined today. 2. Other (Commissioners may suggest items they would like placed on the next agenda.) IX. ANNOUNCEMENTS The next meeting is scheduled for October 26, 2022, at the DEM office, 75-5706 Kuakini Highway, Suite 101, in Kailua-Kona, and via Zoom. Please contact the Secretary for the Department of Environmental Management or review the agenda posted on the County Calendar within six days of the next meeting for confirmation.6 X. ADJOURNMENT 3 VI.1: Bill 200 Draft 2: http://records.hawaiicounty.gov/weblink/DocView.aspx?dbid=1&id=117594 4 VII.1: County RFI report: http://records.hawaiicounty.gov/weblink/DocView.aspx?dbid=1&id=117674 5 VII.2.2.i: County AOC website: https://www.hawaiicounty.gov/departments/environmental-management/pahala- naalehu/ 6 IX: Hawai‘i County Calendar: https://www.hawaiicounty.gov/our-county/county-calendar 3 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.