2026-04-02 Seventh Amended Emergency Proclamation Relating to the Hilo Wastewater Treatment Plant

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C. Kitno Alameda,P10), tw v William V.Brilhante,.Jr. Afavor :^ Managing Director ;. Merrick Nishimoto Deplrty Managing Director County o f Hcrwai`i - (�)f fide of the 'Mayor 25 Aupuni Sticeet,SuiIc 2603 . 11iIo, IIawai'i 96720 • Phone(808)961-8211 • Fax(808)901-6553 KO)NA: 74-5044 And, Keohokdlole:Flvvy,, 131<1 C: « Kailua-Kona, llaw,-ai'i 90740 Phone(809) 323-4444 • Fax(808)323-4440 SEVENTH AMENDED EMERGENCY NC".Y PROCLAMATION RELATING TO THE HIL O WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT WHEREAS, Hawaii Revised Statutes ([IRS) Chapter 127A, provides for the establishment of County organizations for emergency management and disaster relief`with the Mayor having direct. responsibility and authority over emergency management within the County; an(]. WHEREAS, FIRS Chapter 127A, and Hawaii County Code (HCC) Chapter 7, establish a Civil Defense. Agency within the County of Hawaii and prescribes its powers, duties, and responsibilities; and WHEREAS, 11RS § 127A-14(b) empowers the Mayor to declare the existence of a local state, of emergency in the County by proclamation if the Mayor finds that an emergency or a disaster has occurred or that there is imminent danger or threat of an emergency or a disaster in any portion of the County; and WHEREAS, 1-IRS ss' 127A-2 defines an "emergency- as "any occurrence, or imminent threat thereof, which results or may likely result in substantial injury or harm to the population or substantial damage to or loss of property or substantial damage to or loss of the environment;" andl a "disaster", as "any emergency, or imminent threat thereof', which results or may likely result in loss of life, property, or environment and requires, or may requires assistance from other counties, states, the federal government, or from private agencies;" and WHEREAS, the Charter of the County of f-lawai`i (CCH) ss" 1.3-23 and EICC ss" 7-1-7(a) also empower the Mayor to declare a state of disaster or emergency by pr"oclarnation; and WHEREAS, the Hilo Wastewater Treatment Plant (Plant) was constructed in 1994. and is the only major municipal treatment facility serving the sewered areas within the District, Of South Hilo, County of Hawaii; and. WHEREAS, the, Plant serves and treats domestic and commercial wastewater generated) by approximately 30,000 residents, businesses and visitors; and WHEREAS, the State Department of Elealth issued National Pollutant: Discharge. Elimination System (NPDES) Perrnit No. 1110021377 for the Plant, effective on May 1, 2020; and Couw) of llawaN"i i5 an Equal Opposlunity Providec and Employer.