NOTICE OF PROPOSED WATER POLLUTION CONTROL PERMIT
FOR KANEOHE YACHT CLUB
NPDES PERMIT NO. HI S000556
DOCKET NO. HI S000556
July 25, 2019
The State Department of Health (DOH) tentatively proposes to issue a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit to discharge storm water associated with industrial activity from the Kaneohe Yacht Club facility, to receiving State waters, subject to special conditions to:
KANEOHE YACHT CLUB
44-503 KANEOHE BAY DRIVE
KANEOHE, HAWAII 96744
The proposed permit for the new discharge will expire five (5) years from the date of issuance.
The facility is located at 44-503 Kaneohe Bay Drive, Kaneohe, Island of Oahu, Hawaii, TMK (1) 4-4-022:032. Kaneohe Yacht Club is classified by the Standard Industrial Classification code 7997 – Membership Sports and Recreational Clubs. The facility covers a land area of approximately 224,470 square feet. The majority of the property is impervious, consisting of asphalt pavement with some landscaping around the pool area.
Kaneohe Yacht Club industrial activities are performed in the maintenance area and consist of boat washing, maintenance and repair work, scraping, sanding, grinding, and painting. Kaneohe Yacht Club requests to discharge storm water runoff from the proposed facility. Best Management Practices for storm water runoff and non-storm water sources will be implemented to minimize the discharge of pollutants from entering receiving State waters. The receiving State waters, Kaneohe Bay, is classified by the DOH as Class AA, Marine Waters under Hawaii Administrative Rules, Chapter 11 54.
Persons wishing to comment upon or object to the proposed NPDES permit or
to request a public hearing, should submit their comments or requests in writing no later than 30 calendar days after the date of this notice, either through E-mail at cleanwaterbranch@doh.hawaii.gov or by mail at P.O. BOX 3378, Honolulu, Hawaii 96801 3378.
Copies of the proposed public notice 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 Clean Water Branch office located at 2827 Waimano Home Road, Room 225, Pearl City, Hawaii 96782. Copies may be bought. The public notice permit and rationale are also available on the internet at: http://health.hawaii.gov/cwb/site-map/home/public-notices-and-updates.
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 permit and related information, please contact Mr. Darryl Lum, Supervisor of the Engineering Section, Clean Water Branch, at the above address or at (808) 586-4309 (Voice) at least seven (7) calendar days before the comment deadline. For those who use a TTY/TDD, please call through Sprint Relay Hawaii, at 1-711 or 1-877-447-5991
All written 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 calendar days of public notice.
If DOH’s 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 NPDES permit and this action will be final.
Please notify anyone you know who would be interested in this matter.
BRUCE S. ANDERSON, Ph.D.
Director of Health
(SA1217003 7/25/19)
