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<br /> <br />ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION <br />COUNTY OF HAWAIʻI <br /> <br />MEETING AGENDA <br /> <br />DATE: March 28, 2018 <br />TIME: 9:00 a.m. <br />PLACE: West Hawaiʻi Civic Center, Community Meeting Hale (Building G) <br /> 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Highway, Kailua-Kona, Hawaiʻi <br /> <br /> <br />1. CALL TO ORDER <br /> <br />2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 28, 2018 <br /> <br />3. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS <br /> <br />4. UNFINISHED BUSINESS <br />a. Continued discussion and recommendations on policy considerations for the <br />Department of Environmental Management pursuant to the February 1, 2018, <br />Ninth Circuit Court ruling in Hawaiʻi Wildlife Fund vs. County of Maui, No. 15- <br />17447), regarding wastewater discharges to the sea and NPDES permitting. <br /> <br />5. NEW BUSINESS <br />a. Discuss the need for scientific monitoring data on sodium chloride in the sewage <br />influent as well as the targets for nutrient reduction of nitrogen and phosphorus <br />for the proposed Kealakehe Wastewater Treatment Plant R-1 water upgrade. <br />Propose an advisory statement and letter to the Department of Environmental <br />Management. <br /> <br /> <br />b. Recognition of Commissioner Fear’s service to the Environmental Management <br />Commission. <br /> <br />6. REPORTS/CORRESPONDENCE <br />a. Director’s Informational Report. (Note: The report is available on the County’s <br />website at http://records.co.hawaii.hi.us/weblink/Browse.aspx?startid=8405&dbid=1 <br />or go to County of Hawaiʻi.gov / Boards & Commissions / Environmental <br />Management Commission / Agendas / 2018.) <br /> <br /> The Director will provide informational updates on the following: <br /> <br />(1) Status of Kealakehe Wastewater Treatment Plant Maintenance. <br /> <br />(2) Discussion of R-1 water management. <br /> <br /> <br />