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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: Friday, August 2, 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 JUNE 26, 20241
III. STATEMENT FROM THE CHAIR
IV. PUBLIC STATEMENTS ON ITEMS ON THE AGENDA
V. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
1. Permitted Interaction Group on Cesspools and Sanitation – Presentation of findings
and recommendations.
1 II: Draft minutes: https://records.hawaiicounty.gov/weblink/DocView.aspx?dbid=1&id=137342
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VI. NEW BUSINESS
1. Overview of the Derelict and Abandoned Vehicles program and review and
comments about the performance audit (Council Communication No. 938)2
2. Discussion with the Director of Environmental Management regarding Hawai‘i
Functional Equivalent Discharge Strategy Workshops hosted by the Department of
Health.
3. Discussion with Wastewater Division regarding Wastewater Treatment Plant
Emergency Spill Prevention and Response Procedures:
a) Status of written operation and maintenance procedures at Department of
Environmental Management facilities;
b) Public communication and notification procedures;
c) Applicable requirements under Administrative Order on Consent (Docket No.
CWA-309(a)-24-003), specifically the spill response report due July 1, 2024;
d) Plans to ensure safety and compliance.
4. Discussion with DEM regarding Inflow and Infiltration of water at the Hilo WWTP
system and Wastewater Division’s efforts to address it.
VII. REPORTS/CORRESPONDENCE
• Director’s Informational Report3
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 AOC4
2. Countywide Wastewater AOC
3. Hilo WWTP upgrades
4. County’s application for a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System for
the Kealakehe Wastewater Treatment Plant.
5. Wastewater Plans
1. Integrated Wastewater Management Plan and Public Engagements5
4. Status of existing staff vacancies and recent hires
1. Recycling Coordinator, Storekeeper, others
2. Other vacancies
5. Questions from Commissioners
1. What is the impact to Department of Environmental Management operations and
finances of opening Kalapana Transfer Station two days a week? (Adams)
• Update on the Sustainability Summit Solid Waste Reduction workshops (Adams)
VIII. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
1. Follow up on action items determined today.
2 VI.1: DAV Audit - https://records.hawaiicounty.gov/weblink/DocView.aspx?dbid=0&id=1080749
3 VII: Director’s Report - https://records.hawaiicounty.gov/weblink/DocView.aspx?dbid=1&id=137478
4 VII.3.1: Ka‘ū - https://www.dem.hawaiicounty.gov/projects/pahala-na-alehu-large-capacity-cesspool-closures
5 VII.4.1: IWWMP - https://www.dem.hawaiicounty.gov/projects/integrated-wastewater-management-plan
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1. Discussion of findings on the Permitted Interaction Group on Cesspools and
Sanitation (August 28).
2. Other (Commissioners may suggest items they would like placed on the next agenda.)
IX. ANNOUNCEMENTS
The next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, August 28, at the Community Meeting Hale
(Building G) of the West Hawai‘i Civic Center, 74-5044 Ane Keohokālole Highway, 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.6
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.
6 IX: Hawai‘i County Calendar: https://www.hawaiicounty.gov/our-county/county-calendar