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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 (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: October 26, 2022
TIME: 9:00 a.m.
IN PERSON: DEM Conference Room
75-5706 Kuakini Highway Suite 101, 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)
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 SEPTEMBER 28, 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. Proposed dates and locations for 2023 meetings of the EMC.2
1 II: September 28, 2022 minutes: https://records.hawaiicounty.gov/weblink/DocView.aspx?dbid=1&id=118264
2 V.2: Proposed 2023 EMC meeting dates:
https://records.hawaiicounty.gov/weblink/DocView.aspx?dbid=1&id=118355
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3. Discussion on preparations to apply for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s
Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling Grant Program.3 Advice to DEM on priorities
for grant proposals.4
VI. REPORTS/CORRESPONDENCE
1. Director’s Informational Report
1. Legislative update
2. Solid Waste Division Projects and Updates
1. Life Cycle Analysis
2. Recycling and Landfill Diversion
3. Wastewater Division Projects and Updates
1. Pāhala and Nā‘ālehu AOC5
2. West Hawai‘i wastewater projects
3. Hilo WWTP upgrades
4. Wastewater plans
1. Puna wastewater
2. Puakō wastewater
2. Information requests from Commissioners
1. (Gaffney) How does DEM respond to Water Quality Advisories regarding
high bacteria counts from the Department of Health, Clean Water Branch?
2. (Adams) What is the net cost for the County – median and range per
appropriate quantity – to:
1. Dispose of residential solid waste and hazardous waste
2. Recycle different materials left at Solid Waste Division facilities?
3. Updates on ISWMP priorities progress and efforts to obtain EPA
Infrastructure grants.
4. Thoughts on setting up an advance deposit fee on all or a subset of
goods to fund SW disposal
VII. 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.)
VIII. ANNOUNCEMENTS
The next meeting is scheduled for November 30, 2022, at the Puna Conference Room, Hawai‘i
County Building, 25 Aupuni Street, Hilo, 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
3 V.3: Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling Grant Program: https://www.epa.gov/rcra/solid-waste-infrastructure-
recycling-grant-program
4 V.3: Draft Recommendations to DEM to pursue for Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling Grant Program
(Adams): https://records.hawaiicounty.gov/weblink/DocView.aspx?dbid=1&id=118318
5 VI.1.3.1: County AOC website: https://www.hawaiicounty.gov/departments/environmental-management/pahala-
naalehu/
6 VIII: Hawai‘i County Calendar: https://www.hawaiicounty.gov/our-county/county-calendar
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IX. 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.