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Home My WebLink About2026-09-23 Environmental Management Commission Agenda County of Hawai‘i ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION 345 Kekūanāoʻa St. Suite 41 • Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720 • Ph: (808) 961-8083 • Fax: (808) 961-8086 Erica Perez Chair Justin Canelas Vice Chair C. Kimo Alameda, Ph.D. Mayor Daniel Girvan, P. E. 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: Wednesday, September 23, 2026 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/1612028078 (Meeting ID: 161 202 8078) PHONE: +1 669 254 5252 (Enter the meeting ID, see above) STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC: To ensure timely delivery to commissioners, please submit written testimony before 12:00 noon on the business day prior to the meeting by (1) email to cohdem@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 public 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 August 26, 20261 III. PUBLIC STATEMENTS ON ITEMS ON THE AGENDA The public may provide testimony at this time or at the time the agenda item is called. Public testimony must be related to an item on the agenda and pursuant to Commission 1 II: Draft Minutes – https://records.hawaiicounty.gov/WebLink/DocView.aspx?id=158548&dbid=1&repo=PublicDoc uments County of Hawaiʻi is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer Rule 1-5(i)(2), the Chairperson may limit the length of any person’s testimony as long as each speaker is accorded a minimum of three minutes. IV. UPDATES FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (DEM) 1. Solid Waste Updates: a. Hurricane Lala updates. b. Glenwood Transfer Station railing replacement update. c. Island Summit review. d. Solid Waste Fees update.2 e. Derelict and Abandoned Vehicle (DAV) Program review.3 V. UNFINISHED BUSINESS 1. DEM Director to respond to EMC questions regarding the Sewer Rate Study.4 2. EMC review of the sewer rate Bill 183, to discuss comments and recommendations and plan to submit prior to the October 2nd deadline at noon, pursuant to Hawaiʻi County Code § 2-207(c-d).5 3. DEM to demonstrate the website and public project information. VI. NEW BUSINESS 1. Review of Priority Projects submitted by DEM in the Draft FY2027 Intended Use Plan (IUP) and Strategy to Finance Remaining Projects.6 2. Review of the Act 217 Sewer Expansion Overlay Tool and Discussion on DEM’s expansion data provided on Potential Project Areas Identified as Under Evaluation (E) or Planned (P). 2 IV.1.d.: Solid Waste Fees – https://records.hawaiicounty.gov/WebLink/DocView.aspx?id=158549&dbid=1&repo=PublicDoc uments 3 IV.1.e.: DAV Report – https://records.hawaiicounty.gov/WebLink/DocView.aspx?id=158551&dbid=1&repo=PublicDoc uments and Presentation – https://records.hawaiicounty.gov/WebLink/DocView.aspx?id=158552&dbid=1&repo=PublicDoc uments 4 V.1.: Wastewater Rate Study Report- https://www.dem.hawaiicounty.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/310882/6392275211990 30000 5 V.2.: Sewer Rate Bill 183 – https://records.hawaiicounty.gov/WebLink/DocView.aspx?id=157649&dbid=1&repo=PublicDoc uments 6 VI.1.: Draft FY2027 Intended Use Plan – https://records.hawaiicounty.gov/WebLink/DocView.aspx?id=157650&dbid=1&repo=PublicDoc uments County of Hawaiʻi is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer 3. Civil Beat Article regarding the Kealakehe Wastewater Treatment Plant Discharge into Lava Fields and Potential Fines.7 4. Discussion of the County of Kaua‘i Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWRSF) funding under the state’s Intended Use Plan (IUP) for cesspool conversion. 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 1. The EMC has Commissioner vacancies for8: a. District 2 – South Hilo9 b. District 5 – Upper Puna c. District 7 – South Kona d. District 8 – North Kona 2. The next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, October 28, 2026, at the Kona Council Chambers (Building A). Please contact the Board Secretary or review the agenda posted on the County Calendar within six days of the next meeting for confirmation. 3. See current schedule for EMC meetings for 2026.10 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 embers are unable to establish and maintain at least an audio-only connection by 1:15 p.m., then 7 VI.3.: Civil Beat Article – https://www.civilbeat.org/?p=1791118&utm_source=Civil+Beat+Master+List&utm_campaign= 877ac56d8b- EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_05_12_05_31_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_- ec21c6ffa7-559309225&mc_cid=877ac56d8b&mc_eid=52b6ca95d9 8 VIII.1: Boards and Commissions – https://www.hawaiicounty.gov/our-county/boards-and- commissions 9 VIII.1.a-d: District Map – https://records.hawaiicounty.gov/Weblink/1/edoc/155362/Hawaii%20County%20Council%20D istrict%20Overview%20Map.pdf 10 VIII.3: 2026 schedule – https://records.hawaiicounty.gov/weblink/1/doc/152898/Page1.aspx County of Hawaiʻi is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer 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.