PLACE: Public Hearing by Video/Audio Conference
DATE: April 13, 2021
TIME: 10:00 AM

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This public hearing is to report to the public on the efforts of the City Council and the City Administration in regard to the continued use of the WGSL and to report on the status of the efforts of the Department of Environmental Services, City and County of Honolulu, to either reduce or continue use of the WGSL. This public hearing will be held by video/audio conference due to the social distancing requirements related to the COVID-19 pandemic. With the exception of the use of video/audio conferencing, this public hearing shall be in accordance with the terms of the FINDINGS OF FACT, CONCLUSIONS OF LAW, AND DECISION AND ORDER APPROVING WITH MODIFICATIONS THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU PLANNING COMMISSION’S RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE SPECIAL USE PERMIT certified on November 1, 2019, by the State of Hawaii Land Use Commission in Docket No. SP09-403, In The Matter Of The Application Of The DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU, For A New Special Use Permit To Supersede Existing Special Use Permit To Allow A 92.5-Acre Expansion And Time Extension For Waimanalo Gulch Sanitary Landfill, Waimanalo Gulch, Oahu, Hawaii, Tax Map Key: 9-2-003: 072 And 073, and In The Matter Of The Application Of The DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU, To Delete Condition No. 14 Of Special Use Permit No. 2008/SUP-2 (Also Referred To As Land Use Commission Docket No. SP09-403) Which States As Follows: “14. Municipal Solid Waste Shall Be Allowed At The WGSL Up To July 21, 2012, Provided That Only Ash And Residue From H-POWER Shall Be Allowed At The WGSL After July 31, 2012.

All interested persons shall be afforded the opportunity of being heard.

Information regarding this public hearing can be obtained by contacting the Department of Environmental Services, Refuse Division, 1000 Uluohia Street, Suite 201, Kapolei, Hawaii 96707, telephone 768-3401.