Hawaii County Environmental Management Commission will meet June 26

Hawaii County Environmental Management Commission will meet June 26.

Here is the agenda provided by the commission:

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.

IN PERSON: Community Meeting Hale (Building G) of the West Hawai‘i Civic Center, 74-5044 Ane Keohokālole Highway, in Kailua-Kona.

ONLINE: Via Zoom https://www.zoomgov.com/j/16031058165 (Meeting ID: 160 3105 8165)

PHONE: +1 669 254 5252 (Enter the meeting ID, see above)

STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC: To ensure timely delivery to commissioners, written testimony must be submitted before 12:00 noon on the business day prior to the meeting by (1) email to peter.sur@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 permanent 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 MAY 22, 20241

III. STATEMENT FROM THE CHAIR

IV. PUBLIC STATEMENTS ON ITEMS ON THE AGENDA

V. UNFINISHED BUSINESS

VI. NEW BUSINESS

1. Discussion and comments, if any, on the opening of Kalapana Transfer Station on Wednesdays (two days a week) beginning July 17, 2024.3

2. Discussion and recommendation, if any, on proposed Solid Waste Division administrative rule amendments.4

3. Discussion with Information and Education Specialist re: recommendations for priority topics as drafted in 2022.5

4. Discussion on the start time for the July 31 EMC meeting.

VII. REPORTS/CORRESPONDENCE

• Status update on the Permitted Interaction Group on Cesspools and Sanitation (Perez, Beets, Acasio, Otsuka)

• Update on the Sustainability Summit Solid Waste Reduction workshop follow-up meetings (Adams)

• Director’s Informational Report

1. Legislative update

2. Solid Waste Division Projects and Updates

1. Recycling, Greenwaste, and Landfill Diversion updates6

2. Solid Waste Operational Study update

3. Wastewater Division Projects and Updates.

1. Pāhala and Nā‘ālehu Large Capacity Cesspool Closure AOC7

2. Countywide Wastewater AOC

3. Hilo WWTP upgrades

4. Wastewater Plans

1. Integrated Wastewater Management Plan and Public Engagements8

2. Puakō and South Kohala Regional Wastewater Master Plan9

4. Status of existing staff vacancies and recent hires

1. Information and Education Specialist, DAV Coordinator, Civil Engineer IV

2. Other vacancies

5. Questions from Commissioners

1. Does DEM have comments on the CCH Source Reduction Workgroup Report10? (Adams)

2. Can greenwaste, metal, and appliances be accepted at the same hours a transfer station is open, e.g. 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.? (McIntosh)

3. Why are auto parts not allowed to be accepted as scrap metal? (McIntosh)

VIII. 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.)

IX. ANNOUNCEMENTS

The next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, July 31, at the Puna Conference Room of the Hawai‘i County Building, 25 Aupuni Street, in Hilo, and via Zoom. Please contact the Board Secretary or review the agenda posted on the County Calendar within six days of the next meeting for confirmation.11

X. 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 members are unable to establish and maintain at least an audio-only connection by 1:15 p.m., then 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.

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