04-29-2014, 05:30 AM
I have seen a copy of the letter that the Health Department sent HPP. It clearly states the violations of law (Hawaii Revised Statutes, 342H-30) and health regulations (Hawaii Administrative Rule, Title 11, Chapter 58.1, Section 61) which prohibit the accumulation of any imported solid waste, including greenwaste at an unpermitted location. The letter also states that the activity in question was the "consolidation prior to weekly disposal" of greenwaste. This last bit provokes the question of how it was to be removed and by whom. From looking at the dump myself, my strictly amateur opinion is that HPP does not have the capacity to do it in that time frame. So what genius was it who thought we could save money by hauling the waste to the maintenance yard and then haul it somewhere else? Or is the "weekly removal" just a smokescreen for planning to simply leave it there? Lots of explaining to do here.
The key element in this is apparently the fact that the waste was concentrated in a central location without a permit. If it had been left in place at the original location or removed to an approved waste facility, no problem. The definition of "imported" would seem to be any waste brought from a separate location to the location being cited. The fact that it was all from somewhere in HPP would not appear to be of any consequence.
The solution to this might be as simple as agreeing to suspend any further accumulation and apply for permits that would allow for the temporary consolidation followed by removal. The bigger question, however, is why such a convoluted process was contracted in the first place without thinking it through.
The key element in this is apparently the fact that the waste was concentrated in a central location without a permit. If it had been left in place at the original location or removed to an approved waste facility, no problem. The definition of "imported" would seem to be any waste brought from a separate location to the location being cited. The fact that it was all from somewhere in HPP would not appear to be of any consequence.
The solution to this might be as simple as agreeing to suspend any further accumulation and apply for permits that would allow for the temporary consolidation followed by removal. The bigger question, however, is why such a convoluted process was contracted in the first place without thinking it through.