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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: May 24, 2023
TIME: 9:00 a.m.
IN PERSON: Community Meeting Hale (Bldg G) West Hawai‘i Civic Center,
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)
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 APRIL 25, 20231
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 draft
2. Continued discussion of EMC county landfill diversion ordinance initiatives.2 3
1 April 25, 2023 draft minutes: https://records.hawaiicounty.gov/weblink/DocView.aspx?dbid=1&id=123288
2 Ordinances to reduce landfill volume https://records.hawaiicounty.gov/weblink/DocView.aspx?dbid=1&id=123309
3 Ordinances to reduce landfill volume https://records.hawaiicounty.gov/weblink/DocView.aspx?dbid=1&id=123310
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VI. NEW BUSINESS
1. Funding for solid waste – discussion about moving to a fee for service model versus
property tax funding - e.g., enterprise funding (as supported by EMC4) for wastewater
management.
VII. REPORTS/CORRESPONDENCE
Director’s Informational Report
1. Legislative update
2. Solid Waste Division Projects and Updates
1. Recycling and Landfill Diversion updates
2. Next studies: curbside collection, new landfill locations, operations analysis
3. Status and content of Request for Information on landfill diversion and recycling
re Resolution No. 73-23.
4. Wai‘ōhinu Recycling and Transfer Station update
3. Wastewater Division Projects and Updates.
1. Pāhala and Nā‘ālehu AOC
2. West Hawai‘i wastewater projects
3. Hilo WWTP upgrades
4. Wastewater plans
1. Addition of wastewater services for the Puna District5
2. Puakō and South Kohala Regional Wastewater Master Plan
4. DEM input to draft Integrated Climate Action Plan6
5. Information requests to DEM from Commissioners
1. What is the scope of work for the Solid Waste Division operations analysis
contract? (Adams)
2. Please background us on the 23-05-05 Solid Waste Management Plan -
Guidelines for Submission7. How has this changed review of construction projects
compared to past practice? (Adams)
6. Correspondence
1. EMC letter to DEM to DOH (copy to Council) requesting studies on advanced
dispoal and point of sale fees for solid waste management8
VIII. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
1. Follow up on action items determined today.
1. June 23 - Invite to Douglass Adams, Director of Research and Development, to
discuss site visit to Yummet and the possibility of resource recovery from waste.
2. Other (Commissioners may suggest items they would like placed on the next agenda.)
IX. ANNOUNCEMENTS
4 VI.1: Letter re enterprise funding https://records.hawaiicounty.gov/weblink/DocView.aspx?dbid=1&id=111072
5 VII.3.4.1: Puna wastewater website: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/50e624065fa641598326febe6316327b
6 VII.5: Planning Department’s Integrated Climate Action Plan https://cohplanning.konveio.com/
7 VII.6.2: SWMP guidelines https://records.hawaiicounty.gov/weblink/DocView.aspx?dbid=1&id=123186
8 VII.7.1: EMC letter to DEM re studies on advanced disposal and point of sale fees
https://records.hawaiicounty.gov/weblink/DocView.aspx?dbid=1&id=123335
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The next meeting is scheduled for Friday June 23, 2023, at the Puna Conference Room of the
Hawai‘i County Building, 25 Aupuni Street, Hilo, and via Zoom.9 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.10
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.
9 IX: 2023 EMC meeting schedule: https://records.hawaiicounty.gov/weblink/DocView.aspx?dbid=1&id=120846
10 IX: Hawai‘i County Calendar: https://www.hawaiicounty.gov/our-county/county-calendar