NOTICE OF PROPOSED WATER POLLUTION CONTROL PERMIT FOR
KULAIMANO WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT
PEPEEKEO, ISLAND OF HAWAII
NPDES PERMIT NO. HI 0020770

DOCKET NO. HI 0020770

November 17, 2016

The Department of Health (DOH) tentatively proposes to reissue a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit to discharge secondary treated wastewaters to receiving State waters, subject to special conditions to:

COUNTY OF HAWAII
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
345 KEKUANAOA STREET
HILO, HAWAII 96720

The proposed permit for the discharge will expire five (5) years from the effective date.

The Kulaimano Wastewater Treatment Plant (facility) is located at 28-214 Waimaaua Road, in Pepeekeo, TMK:(3) 2-8-007:075. The facility serves a population of approximately 1,800 and was designed to provide secondary treatment to sanitary wastewater at a flow of 0.50 million gallons per day. Secondary treatment at the facility consists of comminution, aerated grit chamber extended aeration secondary treatment, secondary gravity clarification, chlorine disinfection, and sulfur dioxide dechlorination. Sludge treatment consists of aerobic digestion, gravity thickening, dewatering by centrifuge, and disposal to landfill. Secondary treated domestic wastewater is discharged at the shoreline into the Pacific Ocean, approximately 500 to 700 feet north of the mouth of Waimaauou Stream, through Outfall Serial No. 001 at coordinates: Latitude 19º50’01″N and Longitude 155º05’01″W (NAD 83). The outfall is located approximately 20 feet above the foot of a rocky cliff face.

The receiving water, the Pacific Ocean, is classified by the DOH as Class A, Wet Open Coastal Waters under Hawaii Administrative Rules, Section 11-54-6(b)(2)(B). It is the objective of Class A waters that their use for recreational purposes and aesthetic enjoyment be protected. Any other use shall be permitted as long as it is compatible with the protection and propagation of fish, shellfish, and wildlife, and with recreation in and on these waters. These waters shall not act as receiving waters for any discharges which have not received the best degree of treatment or control compatible with the criteria established for this class.

Persons wishing to comment upon or object to the proposed NPDES permit or to request a public hearing, should submit their comments or requests in writing no later than 30 calendar days after the date of this notice, either in person or by mail, to:

Clean Water Branch
Environmental Management Division
Department of Health
919 Ala Moana Boulevard, Room 301
Honolulu, HI 96814-4920

Copies of the proposed public notice permit and other information are available for public inspection, Monday through Friday (excluding holidays) from 7:45 a.m. until 4:15 p.m., at the DOH office address shown above; at the Hilo District Health Office, 1582 Kamehameha Avenue, Hilo, Hawaii 96720; at the Kona District Health Office, Keakealani Building, 79-1020 Haukapila Street, Room 115, Kealakekua, HI 96750; and on the WPC Viewer located at: http://eha-web.doh.hawaii.gov/wpc-viewer/. Copies may be bought. The public notice permit and rationale are also available on the internet at: http://health.hawaii.gov/cwb/site-map/home/public-notices-and-updates and on the WPC Viewer located at: http://eha-web.doh.hawaii.gov/wpc-viewer/. For more information or if you have special needs due to disability that will aid you in inspecting and/or commenting on the public notice permit and related information, please contact Mr. Darryl Lum, Supervisor of the Engineering Section, Clean Water Branch, at the above address or (808) 586-4309 (Voice) at least seven (7) calendar days before the comment deadline. For those who use a TTY/TDD, please call through Sprint Relay Hawaii, at 1-711 or 1-877-447-5991.

All comments and requests received on time will be considered. If DOH determines that there is significant public interest, a public hearing may be held after at least 30 calendar days of public notice.

If DOH’s position is substantially unchanged after considering all timely written comments and all oral comments at any public hearing that may be held, then the DOH will issue the NPDES permit and this action will be final.

Please notify anyone you know who would be interested in this matter.

VIRGINIA PRESSLER, M.D.
Director of Health
(HTH935456 11/17/16)~