HomeMy WebLinkAboutNR050418DOPWBERNARD P. CARVALHO JR.
Mayor
COUNTY OF KAUA'I
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
News Release
For Immediate Release: May 4, 2018
WALLACE G. REZENTES JR.
Managing Director
LYLE TABATA, ACTING COUNTY ENGINEER
Tel (808) 241-4996
Fax (808) 241-6604
Public meetings for Draft Environmental Impact Statement for new
municipal solid waste landfill set for May 8 and 9
The County of Kaua'i will host two public meetings to provide information on the county's
Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the new Kauai landfill to be located on Ma'alo
Road.
Meetings will be held at the following times and locations:
• Tuesday, May 8, from 6 to 8:30 p.m., at the LThu`e Neighborhood Center, 3353 Eono
Street, LThu`e; and
• Wednesday, May 9, 2018, from 6 to 8:30 pm, at the Kapa'a Neighborhood Center, 4491
Kou Street, Kapa`a.
The meetings will provide the community with the opportunity to learn and comment
about the project from the county's DEIS team in an open house setting. Stations will be set up
to provide information about the modern landfill design planned at Ma`alo Road, the
environmental and land use features, and the studies and surveys performed for the DEIS. The
county will provide a brief introduction, a summary of the history of the project, and the findings
of the DEIS.
The public will be provided the opportunity to give oral comments on the DEIS that will
be considered in the preparation of the Final EIS. Anyone who wishes may also submit written
comments on comment forms provided at the meetings, or by mail with a postmark no later than
May 23, 2018.
A copy of the Draft EIS can be found on the Office of Environmental Quality Control
website at: http://oegc2.doh.hawaii.gov/EA EIS Library/2018-04-08-KA-DEIS-New-Kauai-
Landfill.pdf. Please allow time for the document to download.
Comments may be mailed to Lyle Tabata, Acting County Engineer, Re: County of Kauai
New Landfill DEIS, 4444 Rice Street, Suite 275, LThu`e, Hawaii 96766. Please cc copies to:
Brian Takeda, Planning Project Manager, R. M. Towill Corporation, 2024 North King Street,
Suite 200 Honolulu, Hawaii.
To request an ASL interpreter, materials in an alternate format, or other auxiliary aid
support, or an interpreter for a language other than English, please contact the County Solid
Waste Division at 241-4837.