Resolution 318-10 (authorizing acceptance of the plan update)

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COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII RESOLUTION NO. 318 to RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ACCEPTANCE BY THE COUNTY OF HAWAII OF THE INTEGRATED RESOURCES AND SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN UPDATE FOR THE COUNTY OF HAWAII WHEREAS, Chapter 342G, Part I11, §342G -21, el Seq., Ilawaii Revised Statutes, entitled Integrated Solid Waste Management Planning, requires that each county is to submit to the Office of Solid Waste Management of the State Department of Health an integrated solid waste management plan that has been formally adopted by the County of Hawaii and is consistent with the requirements of said Chapter 3426; and WHEREAS, on October 5, 1994, the County Council ofthe County of Hawaii adopted Resolution 291 -94, which authorized the acceptance of the Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan, and WHEREAS, on November 20, 2002, the County Council of the County of Hawaii adopted Resolution 238 -02, which authorized the acceptance of the Final Draft Update to the Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan for the County of Hawaii; and WHEREAS, Chapter 342G, Part III, Hawaii .Revised Statutes, delineates the schedule and requirements for updating an integrated solid waste management plan; WHEREAS, in 2008, Mayor Harry Kim appointed a County of I-Iawai'i Solid Waste Advisory Committee which was confirmed by the County Council of the County of I•lawai'i, WHEREAS, CH2MHill has prepared this update to the Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan for the County of Hawaii in consultation with the County of Hawai'i's Solid Waste Advisory Committee; and WHEREAS, Public meetings were conducted in Hilo and Kona to review the DRAFT Integrated Resources and Solid Waste Management Plan; WHEREAS, the Office of Solid Waste Management of the State Department of Health has provided comments to the County of I-lawai'i Department of Environmental Management on the DRAFT Integrated Resources and Solid Waste Management Plan; and WHEREAS, the County of Hawaii Department of Environmental Management has provided a formal response to the comments provided by the Office of Solid Waste Management of the State Department of Health, and has incorporated the necessary revisions in the FINAL Integrated Resources and Solid Waste Management Plan.