NOTICE OF PROPOSED WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT PERMIT
FOR THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU AND
SYNAGRO TECHNOLOGIES, INC
PERMIT NO. HI 05WWIP223
06-WWMP-01
April 10, 2006
The State Department of Health (DOH) tentatively proposes to issue a Wastewater Management (WWM) permit to manage wastewater and wastewater sludge subject to special conditions to:
CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU AND
SYNAGRO TECHNOLOGIES, INC
The proposed draft NPDES permit will expire on June 30, 2011.
The City and County of Honolulu, Department of Environmental Services owns and operates the Sand Island Wastewater Treatment Plant. Synagro Technologies, Inc., is a contractor to the City and County of Honolulu, and owns and operates the In-Vessel Bioremediation plant located in the Sand Island Wastewater Treatment Plant.
The goal of this proposed draft WWM permit, to reduce the amount of pollution to the maximum extent practicable, will be achieved through the implementation of pollution prevention measures designed to reduce the generation of pollutants.
Persons wishing to comment upon or object to the proposed WWM permit or to request a public hearing, should submit their comments or requests in writing no later than 30 days after the date of this notice, either in person or by mail, to:
Office Address: Mailing Address:
Wastewater Branch Wastewater Branch
Environmental Management Division Environmental Management Division
Department of Health Department of Health
919 Ala Moana Boulevard, Room 309 P.O. Box 3378
Honolulu, HI 96814-4920 Honolulu, HI 96801-3378
Copies of the proposed draft 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. Copies may be bought. The draft permit and fact sheet are also available on the internet at:
http://www.hawaii.gov/health/environmental/water/wastewater/permits.html
For more information or if you have special needs due to disability that will aid you in inspecting and/or commenting on the draft permit and related information, please contact Mr. Tomas See, Supervisor of the Planning and Design Section, Wastewater Branch, at the above address or (808) 586-4294 (Voice) at least seven (7) days before the comment deadline. For those who use a TTY/TDD, please call through Sprint Relay Hawaii, at 1-711 or (808) 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 days of public notice.
If DOHs 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 WWM permit and this action will be final.
Please notify anyone you know who would be interested in this matter.
Chiyome Leinaala Fukino, M. D.
Director of Health
(SB03509399 5/19/06)
