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ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION MEETING
A G E N D A
DATE:May 25, 2011
A.TIME: 9:00 a.m. (Regular Meeting)
PLACE: Hilo Liquor Control Conference Room, 2nd Floor, 101 Aupuni Street, Suite 230, Hilo, HI
B.TIME:11:30 a.m. (Site Visit)
PLACE:Sort Station, located at East Hawai‘iSanitary Landfill, Leilani Street, Hilo, HI
Members of the public must have their own transportation to the site. Meeting will recess
during transit and reconvene at the Sort Station staff facility. For instructions and further
information, please see item 10 below.
1. CALL TO ORDER & ANNOUNCEMENTS
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – March 23, 2011
3. APPROVAL OF ADDENDUM AND/OR SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA (requires six (6) votes, and
must comply with HRS § 92-7(d))
4. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS
5. REPORTS/CORRESPONDENCE
Director’s Report
Commission Member District Update Reports
6. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
7. NEW BUSINESS
Presentation by Kohala Middle School students: We Can Change the World –Battery Recycling
Project
Update on the sewer connection waiver/exemption policy.
Presentation by Department of Water Supply and discussion on Alternate Billing Systems for Water
and Sewer Accounts
E-waste Disposal Status
Update on the feasibility study to expand the Hilo landfill.
8. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
Sewer Rate Study presentation by RW Beck
Presentation on County’s Household Hazardous Waste Recycling Program
Organic diversion RFP; organics prohibition; 25% green waste tipping fee
9. MEETING ANNOUNCEMENTS
July 27, 2011, Waimea, W.M. Keck Observatory, 65-
September 28, 2011, Kona, West Hawaii Civic Center,Liquor Control Conference Room,
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Bldg. B, 2 Floor, 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Hwy., Kailua-Kona HI 96740
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November 23, 2011, Hilo, Liquor Control Conf. Room, 2 Floor, 101 Aupuni Street, Suite 230,
Hilo, HI
TOUR OF THE SORT STATION
10:
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For general familiarization only
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Public is invited
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losed toed shoes are required
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ttendees must make their own travel arrangements
11.ADJOURNMENT
The meeting place is accessible to persons with disabilities. To request an Auxiliary Aid or language translation,
please call 961-8083 five days prior to the meeting date. Comments may be sent to Department of Environmental
Management, 25 Aupuni Street, Hilo, HI 96720 or emailed to cohdem@co.hawaii.hi.us.
Notice to Lobbyists: If you are a lobbyist, you must register with the Hawai‘i County Clerk within five days of
becoming a lobbyist. {Article 15, Section 2-91.3(b), Hawai‘i 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.” {Article 15, Section 2-91.3(a)(6), Hawai‘i County Code}
Registration forms and expenditure report documents are available at the Office of the County Clerk-Council, 333
Kilauea Avenue, Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720.
Hawai‘i Tribune Herald, West Hawai‘i Today May 18, 2011