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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: January 17, 2023
TIME: 9:00 a.m.
IN PERSON: DEM Kona office
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 NOVEMBER 30, 2022 1
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. Commissioner recommendations for revisions of HCC Chapter
21 and DEM administrative rules.2
2. Discussion on applying for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Solid Waste
Infrastructure for Recycling Grant Program.
1 II: Nov. 30, 2022, minutes http://records.hawaiicounty.gov/weblink/DocView.aspx?dbid=1&id=120840
2 V.1: Code & rule amendments: http://records.hawaiicounty.gov/weblink/DocView.aspx?dbid=1&id=120869
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3. Discussion and assignments for following up on prior EMC recommendations.3
4. Status and membership of the Permitted Interaction Group on Barriers to Commercial
Recyclers
5. Discussion on remediation of the Old Kona Landfill site. (Gaffney) See also ISWMP
section 9.4.3.1 4 Discussion deferred November 30, 2022.
VI. NEW BUSINESS
1. Annual election of the Chair and Vice Chair.
VII. REPORTS/CORRESPONDENCE
Director’s Informational Report 5
1. Legislative update
2. Solid Waste Division Projects and Updates
1. Wai‘ōhinu Recycling and Transfer Station updates
2. LCA report status
3. Recycling and Landfill Diversion updates
4. SWD accomplishments 2020-2022
3. Wastewater Division Projects and Updates
1. Pāhala and Nā‘ālehu AOC
2. West Hawai‘i wastewater projects
3. Hilo WWTP upgrades
4. Puna wastewater projects
5. South Kohala wastewater projects
6. WWD accomplishments 2020-2022
4. Information requests to DEM from Commissioners
1. (Adams) Capacity of the West Hawai‘i Sanitary Landfill
1. Current estimates of the remaining capacity and options to extend the
lifetime in the short term and the long term 6
2. Feasiblity of establishing a Construction & Demolition landfill
3. Current status and contracts for county recycling
2. Update on report and final recommendations of the Cesspool Conversion
Working Group
(https://health.hawaii.gov/wastewater/files/2022/11/ccwg_final_report.pdf)
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.)
3. Previously postponed items.
1. Presentation and discussion with Council Member Ashley Kierkiewicz regarding
award of National Endowment of the Arts Our Town grant for “Transforming Trash:
Repurposing Plastics to Enhance Public Parkscopes & Revitalize Communities.” The
3 V.3: EMC Tracker Table: http://records.hawaiicounty.gov/weblink/DocView.aspx?dbid=1&id=120850
4 V.5: Old Kona Landfill in the ISWMP: http://records.hawaiicounty.gov/weblink/DocView.aspx?dbid=1&id=120848
5 VII: Quarterly Director’s Report: http://records.hawaiicounty.gov/weblink/DocView.aspx?dbid=1&id=120887
6 VII.4.1.1: Landfill options (Adams): https://records.hawaiicounty.gov/weblink/DocView.aspx?dbid=1&id=119838
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project is a demonstration of diverting waste plastic from the landfill and creating a
new plastic material to be used as functional art installations in County parks.
2. Discussion of Planning Department’s Zoning Code update and process.7
3. Legal opinion regarding the Commission’s ability to make a recommendation to the
Environmental Management Director on the County implementing an advanced
disposal fee.
IX. ANNOUNCEMENTS
The next meeting is scheduled for February 28, 2023, at the Puna Conference Room of the
Hawaii County Building, 25 Aupuni Street, Hilo, and via Zoom.8 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.9
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.
7 VIII.3.2: Hawai‘i County Zoning and Subdivision Code Amendments Information:
https://reasite.mysocialpinpoint.com/hawaii-county/hawaii-county-home
8 IX: 2023 EMC meeting schedule: https://records.hawaiicounty.gov/weblink/DocView.aspx?dbid=1&id=120846
9 IX: Hawai‘i County Calendar: https://www.hawaiicounty.gov/our-county/county-calendar