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<br /> <br /> <br />Harry Kim <br />William A. Kucharski <br /> <br />Mayor <br />Director <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Wilfred M. Okabe <br />Diane A. Noda <br /> <br />Managing Director <br />Deputy Director <br /> <br />County of Hawai‘i <br />DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT <br />345 Kekūanāoʻa Street, Suite 41 · Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720 <br /> Ph: (808) 961-8083 · Fax: (808) 961-8086 <br />Email: cohdem@hawaiicounty.gov <br /> <br /> <br />March 18, 2019 <br /> <br />NEWS RELEASE <br /> <br />Public Information Meeting and Open House for <br />Draft Environmental Impact Statement on the Proposed <br />Kealakehe Wastewater Treatment Plant R-1 Upgrade Project <br /> <br />Meeting Date: Monday, March 25, 2019 <br />Meeting Time: Open House 5:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. <br /> Informational Meeting 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. <br />Location: West Hawaiʻi Civic Center <br />Community Meeting Hale (Building G) <br /> 74-677 Kealakehe Parkway <br /> Kailua-Kona, Hawaiʻi 96740 <br /> <br />The County of Hawaiʻi’s Department of Environmental Management has issued a Draft <br />Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the proposed Kealakehe Wastewater Treatment <br />Plant R-1 Upgrade Project (Project). The purpose of the Project is to construct improvements to <br />the Kealakehe Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) to produce R-1 standard water suitable for <br />reuse and an underground transmission pipeline system to deliver recycled water to users. In <br />addition, treated wastewater in excess of reuse demand will be further purified through onsite <br />subsurface flow constructed wetlands and then be conveyed to an offsite soil aquifer treatment <br />(SAT) facility for even further treatment and disposal. <br /> <br />The DEIS was published in The Environmental Notice by the Hawaiʻi State Office of <br />Environmental Quality Control on February 23, 2019. The DEIS is available for public review <br />and comment, and can be found at the following link: <br />http://oeqc2.doh.hawaii.gov/EA_EIS_Library/2019-02-23-HA-DEIS- <br />Kealakehe-WWTP-R1-Upgrade.pdf <br /> <br />Written comments on the DEIS may be submitted during the 45-day comment period, from <br />February 23 through April 9, 2019. Comments must be postmarked or received by email by <br />April 9, 2019. Written comments, via letter or email, should be sent to: <br /> <br />Wilson Okamoto Corporation <br />1907 S. Beretania St., Suite 400 <br />Honolulu, HI 96826 <br />Email: ematsukawa@wilsonkoamoto.com <br />County of Hawai‘i is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer <br /> <br />