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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
Dorothy Norris
Vice Chair
Mitchell D. Roth
Mayor
Ramzi I. Mansour
Director, Department of
Environmental Management
MEETING AGENDA
Pursuant to Hawai‘i Revised Statutes 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: April 24, 2024
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 MARCH 27, 2024 1
III. STATEMENT FROM THE CHAIR
IV. PUBLIC STATEMENTS ON ITEMS ON THE AGENDA
V. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
1. Comment and recommendation, if any, on Bill No. 140, pursuant to Section 2-207(c),
Hawai‘i County Code. Referred by the Council’s Policy Committee on Infrastructure
and Assets on March 19, 2024.2 Postponed March 27, 2024.
1 II – Draft minutes - https://records.hawaiicounty.gov/weblink/docview.aspx?dbid=1&id=130680
2 V.3 – Bill 140 - https://records.hawaiicounty.gov/weblink/DocView.aspx?dbid=0&id=1073463
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Bill 140: AMENDS CHAPTER 20 OF THE HAWAI‘I COUNTY CODE 1983
(2016 EDITION, AS AMENDED), RELATING TO SOLID WASTE
FACILITIES).
Requires that all solid waste facilities used for the disposal, collection,
and transfer of household waste be operated and open to the public at
least two days per week.
2. Presentation and discussion with Jennifer Navarra, Zero Waste Hawai‘i Island,
regarding a draft system plan for the Hilo Reusable Foodware Program. Postponed
March 27, 2024.
VI. REPORTS/CORRESPONDENCE
Correspondence
• Environmental Information Document and Environmental Assessment Consultation
Package for Nā‘ālehu LCC Closure, Nā‘ālehu, Hawai‘i Island, Hawai‘i – March 29,
2024 3
Reports
• Attendance at Reusable Foodware System Design – Draft 1 Workshop on April 16, 2024
(Acasio, Otsuka)4
• Permitted Interaction Group on Cesspools and Sanitation (Perez, Beets, Acasio, Otsuka)
• Waste Reduction Workshop – Sustainability Summit on April 8, 2024 (Adams)
• Director’s Informational Report 5
1. Legislative update
2. Solid Waste Division Projects and Updates
1. Recycling, Greenwaste, and Landfill Diversion updates
2. Solid Waste Operational Study update
3. Wastewater Division Projects and Updates.
1. Pāhala and Nā‘ālehu Large Capacity Cesspool Closure AOC 6
2. Countywide Wastewater AOC
3. Hilo WWTP upgrades
4. Wastewater Plans
1. Integrated Wastewater Management Plan and Public Engagements 7
2. Puakō and South Kohala Regional Wastewater Master Plan 8
4. Status of existing staff vacancies
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
3 VI – EA/EID Consultation letter – https://records.hawaiicounty.gov/weblink/docview.aspx?dbid=1&id=129692
4 VI – Reusable Foodware System Design Workshop - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8p3Jg6UV5NU
5 VI – Director’s Informational Report – https://records.hawaiicounty.gov/weblink/docview.aspx?dbid=1&id=130683
6 VII.3.1 – Ka‘ū - https://www.dem.hawaiicounty.gov/projects/pahala-na-alehu-large-capacity-cesspool-closures
7 VII.4.1 – IWWMP - https://www.dem.hawaiicounty.gov/projects/integrated-wastewater-management-plan
8 VII.4.2 – Puako/S. Kohala - https://www.dem.hawaiicounty.gov/projects/puako-and-south-kohala-regional-
wastewater-master-plan
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The next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, May 22, at the Puna Conference Room of the
Hawai‘i County Building, 25 Aupuni Street, Hilo, and via Zoom. Please contact the Board
Secretary or review the agenda posted on the County Calendar within six days of the next
meeting for confirmation.9
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.
9 VIII: Hawai‘i County Calendar: https://www.hawaiicounty.gov/our-county/county-calendar