Agribusiness Development Corporation Kekaha Diesel Generator
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- Annotated court reporter transcript for October 19, 2011 Public Meeting conducted by the State of Hawaiʻi, Department of Health
- Center of Public Environmental Oversight Letter to HEER (October 21, 2011)
- HEER Response to Center for Public Environmental Oversight (November 22, 2011)
- Kekaha Resident E-Mails (October 26-28, 2011)
- My Declaration for Kekaha Children Petition (signature not available at time of printing)
- Kekaha School Children Ballot E-Mail, with Attached Maps and Drawings
- Final Remedy Site Plan
PUBLIC MEETING
The Hawaiʻi Department of Health Hazard Evaluation and Emergency Response Office (HDOH HEER Office) held a public meeting on October 19, 2011 to answer community questions about the proposed soil remedy to allow the Agribusiness Development Corporation (ADC) emergency generator to safely operate on the former herbicide mixing area located mauka of the Kekaha Sugar Mill site, across Kekaha Road. Comments and suggestions (both verbal and written) received during the public comment period, September 21 to October 21, 2011, will be compiled and addressed by HDOH. Responses will be sent directly to the individual who provided the comment and questions and will be included in the Final Remedial Action Work Plan and EHMP.
Note that the transcript is incomplete in some areas, as it includes public comments provided, but does not include the text of the presentations made at the meeting. Also, due to noise levels and multiple parties talking, not all speakers were able to be identified, or may have been identified incorrectly. Where such deficits were noted, the transcript has been annotated accordingly.
PUBLIC COMMENT
The HEER Office made the following two draft documents available for public comment from September 21 to October 21, 2011; the comment period is now closed.
FURTHER INFORMATION
For more information about the site, you can download the Site Inspection Report or the other materials below.
The August 9, 2005 site assessment covered a large area of concern including the Kekaha Sugar Mill, the carpentry shop, the original former pesticide mixing area located across the Kekaha Road, the Kekaha Sugar Mill Seed Dipping area, the mill ditch and the settling pond.
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- Site Inspection Report
- Phase I/II Investigation Targeted Brownfields Assessment (April 2011)
- Final Kekaha Sugar Mill Targeted Brownfields Assessment Letter of Errata (April 2011)
- Agribusiness Development Corporation Emergency Generator Installation Project – Questions and Answers Hand-out (September 2011)
WRITTEN COMMENTS
Written comments should be mailed to the HEER Office, faxed to (808) 586-7537, or emailed to the HDOH. Contact information for HDOH:
HDOH HEER Office
2385 Waimano Home Rd
Pearl City, HI 96782
Tel No. (808) 586-7577
Email: [email protected]