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Home My WebLink About2024-01-24 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 Jon Olson 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: Wednesday, January 24, 2024 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 NOVEMBER 29, 2023 III. STATEMENT FROM THE CHAIR Introduction of new Commissioners IV. PUBLIC STATEMENTS ON ITEMS ON THE AGENDA V. UNFINISHED BUSINESS 1. Presentation by Rick Anthony, Zero Waste advisor to the California Resource Recovery Association, on achieving Zero Waste in Hawai‘i County. Postponed from November 29, 2023. 2. Wastewater code and rules update 2 3. Recommendations, if any, to the September 2023 draft of the General Plan 1 (Commissioners may propose specific comments for GP section 3.5, Wastewater Treatment and Reuse 2, and section 4.3, Solid Waste Management 3). Postponed October 24, 2023 and November 29, 2023.4 4. Adoption of position regarding support for extended producer responsibility legislation such as SB 1458 SD1 (2023) in the 2024 legislative session.5 Postponed October 24, 2023 and November 29, 2023. Open motion made by Commissioner Acasio and seconded by then-Vice Chair Jon Olson to support SB 1458, extended producer responsibility legislation, and bills that focus on reuse, refill, and resource recovery. VI. NEW BUSINESS 1. Discussion and feedback on the presentation by DEM consultant Carollo Engineers to the Council’s CRCO Committee on January 23, 2024, regarding the Integrated Wastewater Management Plan and public engagement. 2. Annual election of EMC officers. VII. REPORTS/CORRESPONDENCE Director’s Informational Report 6 1. Legislative update 2. Solid Waste Division Projects and Updates 1. Landfill tonnage 2. Recycling and Landfill Diversion updates 3. Solid Waste Operational Study update 3. Wastewater Division Projects and Updates 1. Pāhala and Nā‘ālehu Large Capacity Cesspool Closure AOC 1. Update on Pāhala Draft Environmental Information Document (EID) 2. Update on Nā‘ālehu Draft EID development 2. West Hawai‘i wastewater projects 3. Hilo WWTP upgrades 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.) 1. Provide an overview of the current management of greenwaste and future improvement plans 2. Provide accounting of transfer of mulch to east side vs apparent need. IX. ANNOUNCEMENTS 1 V.2: Draft General Plan: https://cohplanning.konveio.com/gp-draft 2 V.2: Draft GP – Wastewater: https://records.hawaiicounty.gov/weblink/DocView.aspx?dbid=1&id=127686 3 V.2: Draft GP – Solid Waste: https://records.hawaiicounty.gov/weblink/DocView.aspx?dbid=1&id=127685 4 V.2: Draft comments re General Plan: https://records.hawaiicounty.gov/weblink/DocView.aspx?dbid=1&id=127715 5 V.5: SB 1458 SD1 (2023): https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=1458&year=2023 6 VII: Director’s Report: https://records.hawaiicounty.gov/weblink/DocView.aspx?dbid=1&id=127714 3 The next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, February 28, at the Community Meeting Hale (Building G) of the West Hawai‘i Civic Center, 74-5044 Ane Keohokālole Highway, in Kailua- Kona. 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. 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.