WASTEWATER SYSTEMS PUBLIC NOTICE OF VARIANCE APPLICATION NO. WW 483 DOCKET NO. 17 – VWW – 35 Pursuant to Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) Section 342D-7(i), the State Department of Health (DOH) seeks written comments from interested persons regarding the following. Mr. Jonathan Starr, President, Starr Equities, Inc., c/o SVN/ Clark Commercial Group, has applied for a variance for the maximum of five (5) years as stated in the variance application from Hawaii Administrative Rules (HAR) section 11-62-31.1(a)(2)(D). Mr. Theodore Baldau, President, Tropical Marine Environment, Inc. is the authorized agent to act for this applicant. This is a renewal of WW 231 for a commercial building with a single individual wastewater system (IWS) which may have a total daily wastewater flow greater than 1,000 gallons per day (gpd). The Starr Equities, Inc. property is located at 64-1067 Mamalahoa Highway, Kamuela, Hawaii 96743, TMK (3) 6-4-006: 004, 44,720 square feet. The existing large capacity cesspool(s) has been converted and replaced with a new treatment individual wastewater system to comply with federal requirements. The owner of the facility simply cannot afford to build and operate wastewater systems (such as small aerobic wastewater treatment plants) to meet all the requirements of HAR Chapter 11-62. If you would like to review the complete application, please visit the Wastewater Branch at 919 Ala Moana Blvd. Room 309, Honolulu, Hawaii 96814-4920, or call (808) 586-4294. 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 and related information, please contact Mr. Mark Tomomitsu, supervisor of the Planning & Design Section at the above address or call (808) 586-4294 (voice) at least seven (7) calendar days before the comment deadline. For those who use a TTY/TDD, please call Sprint Relay Hawaii at 1-711 or 1-877-447-5991. DOH will consider all written comments received within 30 days of this notice. If warranted, DOH may hold a public hearing on the application, after receipt of related documents and written comments, if any. VIRGINIA PRESSLER, M.D. Director of Health (SA1027073 9/9/17)