DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU
PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE
Adoption of Title 13, Chapter 13-3, City and County of Honolulu Administrative Rules,
“Industrial Wastewater Discharge Local Limits”
Notice is hereby given of proposed rulemaking and public hearing by the Department of Environmental Services, City and County of Honolulu, to consider adoption of Title 13, Chapter 13-3, of the City and County of Honolulu Administrative Rules governing the Rules Relating to Industrial Wastewater Discharge Local Limits, Department of Environmental Services.
Title 13, Chapter 13-3, consisting of Sections 13-3-1 to 13-3-8, will implement specific local limits to control pollutants from Significant Industrial Users (SIUs) which may cause Pass Through or Interference at the City’s Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTWs), as defined by Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations (40 CFR) Part 403.3; or which may violate the specific prohibitions under 40 CFR Part 403.5(b), included in the following sections:
Subchapter 1 General Provisions
§ 13-3-1 Purpose
§ 13-3-2 Definitions
§ 13-3-3 Authority
§ 13-3-4 Applicability
§ 13-3-5 Enforcement
§ 13-3-6 Effective date
Subchapter 2 Local Limits
§ 13-3-7 Local limits for discharges to the Sand Island Wastewater Treatment Plant
§ 13-3-8 Local limits for discharges to the Honouliuli Wastewater Treatment Plant
The public hearing will be held in-person on August 9, 2024, at 12:00 p.m. The location of the meeting will be at Kapolei Satellite City Hall located at 1000 Ulu’ohi’a Street, Kapolei, Hawaii 96707, on the Third Floor in Conference Room 312.
Testimony: All interested persons may submit data, views, or arguments, orally or in writing, via the following means.
– Written Testimony: Interested persons who wish to provide written testimony may do so via emailing ENVSIU@honolulu.gov, or by mailing to Department of Environmental Services, Office of the Director, 1000 Uluohia Street, Suite 308, Kapolei, Hawaii 96707. Written testimony must be received no later than August 7, 2024 to be acknowledged at the public hearing. All written testimony must be received by the conclusion of the public hearing to be made part of the permanent record.
– Oral Testimony: Oral testimony may be provided during the meeting.
Individuals may physically review the current rules and proposed rules starting tomorrow and ending five days before the day of the public hearing, Monday through Friday (excluding holidays), during the hours of 7:45 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Department of Environmental Services, 1000 Uluohia Street, Suite 308, Kapolei, Hawaii 96707.
A copy of the proposed rules shall be mailed to any person who submits a written request to the above address and pays the required fee of $6.00 for the cost of duplicating the documents and postage. A complete set of the current rules and proposed rules are available, free of charge, on the Department’s website: http://www.honolulu.gov/env
Roger Babcock, Jr., Ph.D., P.E., Director
Department of Environmental Services
(SA1460355 7/7/24)