The Honolulu City County is supposed to provide a site for a new landfill.

The process for finding a new landfill has been ongoing. Right now, the deliberating process is unknown to the public.

This was a PBS Insights aired on June 15, 2023.

Here are some reading materials:

Read the 2012 Commission Report of the Mayor’s Advisory Committee on Landfill Site Selection (MACLS). Particularly, read the Minority Report by John B Goody on Page 47. “The revised site rankings were astounding, and seem to defy common sense.”

Kailua, Waianae, Kapolei, Waianae have all staked their grounds that they don’t want landfills in their areas.

The process has with its twists and turns.

” The consultant compiling statistics for Mayor Peter Carlisle’s Advisory Committee on Landfill Site Selection said Wednesday it had made a big mistake. On Friday, just five days ago, the committee announced Kailua as the top ranked location for a new landfill. Its announcement was based on data compiled by SMS Research, a Honolulu firm hired by the city.

But in fact SMS President Jim Dannemiller said Wednesday he had made an “inadvertent data error” while compiling numbers provided by the advisory committee. The mistake changes the positions of almost all eleven potential landfill sites on the site selection list.

A site described as “Upland Kahuku 2” was seventh on the list released Friday. Now it is the new #1. “Upland Kahuku 1,” which is adjacent to “Upland Kahuku 2” is second on the revised list.

The Ameron Quarry moved from first on Friday’s list to fifth on the revised list.

Here is the new updated list released Wednesday afternoon.

1. Upland Kahuku 2 – (previously ranked #7)

2. Upland Kahuku 1- (previously ranked #3)

3. Upland Pupukea 2 – (previously ranked #6)

4. Upland Pupukea 1 – (previously ranked #4)

5. Ameron Quarry – (previously ranked #1

This is the list:

REQUESTING THE CITY ADMINISTRATION TO EVALUATE FOR COMPLIANCE
WITH ACT 73, SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII 2020, THE ELEVEN SITES PREVIOUSLY
IDENTIFIED BY CITY STUDIES AS POTENTIAL REPLACEMENTS FOR THE
WAIMANALO GULCH SANITARY LANDFILL AND ADDITIONAL POTENTIAL
WAIMANALO GULCH SANITARY LANDFILL REPLACEMENT SITES, INCLUDING
LANDS HELD BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS IN
KALAELOA.

• Ameron Quarry,

• Kaneohe by H-3,

• Kapaa Quarry Road,

• Keaau,

• Upland Hawaii Kai,

• Upland Kahuku 1,

• Upland Kahuku 2,

• Upland Laie,

• Upland Nanakuli 1,

• Upland Pupukea 1, and •

Upland Pupukea 2; and

A New Mayor, A New Commission:

Here is more reading material for this issue.

The City and County of Honolulu (“City”) Department of Environmental Services (“ENV”) has begun identifying potential sites for its next municipal solid waste landfill. To help discern potential sites, ENV formed a Landfill Advisory Committee (“LAC”) to evaluate the sites identified to meet current State regulations. The LAC process is documented in the Final Report.