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<div class="ocr">Finding of No Significant Impact
for
Site Specific Environmental Assessment for Hawaiian Waste System’s Proposal to
Transport Municipal Solid Waste from Hawaii to Roosevelt Regional Landfill,
Environmental Assessment,
December 2009

The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
(APHIS) has prepared an environmental assessment that analyzes the potential impact to
the human environment from the movement, under compliance agreement, of municipal
solid waste (MSW) from Hawaii to the Roosevelt Regional Landfill in Klickitat County,
Washington. The environmental assessment, incorporated by reference in this document,
is available from:

http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/component/main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS
-2006-0172 (Click on “Supporting and Related Materials’).

U.S. Department of Agriculture
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Policy and Program Development
4700 River Road, Unit 20
Riverdale, MD 20737-1236

The environmental assessment analyzed two alternatives — the proposed action, barging
of baled MSW from Hawaii in shipping containers from Honolulu, Hawaii to three ports
in the States of Oregon and Washington, followed by transport via truck or train to the
Roosevelt Regional Landfill in the State of Washington under a compliance agreement
with APHIS. The no action alternative considered the transportation of baled MSW
from Hawaii to the Roosevelt Regional Landfill (USDA APHIS 2006) and the
transportation of baled MSW from Hawaii to the Columbia Ridge Landfill in Arlington,
Oregon (USDA APHIS 2008). The no action alternative movements that were
previously analyzed and approved by APHIS include the movement of uncontainerized
baled MSW from Honolulu, Hawaii by barge up the Columbia River, where it would be
offloaded and trucked to the Roosevelt Regional Landfill (USDA APHIS 2006); and the
movement of baled MSW from Honolulu, Hawaii via barge up the Columbia River to the
Teevin Terminal in Rainier, Oregon and transported either by truck or train to the
Columbia Ridge Regional Landfill, in Arlington, Oregon. Currently, a facility for
offloading barges in the vicinity of the Roosevelt Regional Landfill as authorized in the
2006 Compliance Agreement does not exist; therefore, there is no movement of baled
MSW from Hawaii to this location. Additionally, the movement of baled MSW from
Hawaii to the Columbia Ridge Landfill is not currently active.

The proposed action, the barging of baled MSW in shipping containers from Hawaii to
three ports in the States of Oregon and Washington, followed by transport via truck or
train to the Roosevelt Regional Landfill in the State of Washington under compliance
agreement with APHIS, was analyzed and APHIS determined that it would not result in

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<div class="ocr">significant impacts to the human environment. In December 2006, in a separate finding
of no significant impact, APHIS determined that the use of packing and pressing
technology coupled with plastic baling technology of MSW, the barging and truck
transport to Roosevelt Regional Landfill in Klickitat County Washington, similar to what
has been analyzed under this alternative, would not result in a significant impact to the
human environment. In February 2008, APHIS also reached a finding of no significant
impact for the movement of up to 500,000 tons of baled Hawaiian MSW to Washington,
Idaho and Oregon. The potential for waste spillage during the transportation and
handling of bales was evaluated. The potential for barges to strike marine mammals and
sea turtles was also evaluated, as well as the potential to impact other federally listed
endangered and threatened species. It was concluded, in a biological assessment, that
endangered and threatened species were not likely to be adversely affected. The U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service concurred with this
conclusion.

This environmental assessment analyzed the potential impact from the barging, handling,
truck and rail transport and disposal of a maximum of 150,000 tons per year of plastic
baled MSW from Hawaii to the Roosevelt Regional Landfill in Washington which is
capable of accepting MSW from out of state sources. It also considered the potential for
pest species to be included in bales of municipal waste and the capacity of the baling
process to mitigate that risk. The evaluation determined that the potential for significant
impact was low. On January 19, 2010, a notice of availability and a request for
comments on this environmental assessment was published in the Federal Register. The
public comment period concluded on March 18, 2010. We received 37 comment letters
related to this environmental assessment, which focused on public concerns over the
waste baling and handling operations in Hawaii, port operations in Oregon and
Washington and the potential impacts of additional barge, train and truck traffic in the
vicinity of these ports, as well as the risk of pest introduction in the mainland United
States and the manner in which APHIS evaluated these risks. We have evaluated and
responded to each of these comments

(http://www.regulations. gov/fdmspublic/component/main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHI
S-2006-0172) and have determined that none of the issues raised during the public
comment period have substantively altered our finding that this action will not result in
significant impacts to the human environment.

Therefore, I find that implementation of the proposed action is not expected to result in a
significant impact to the human environment, and an environmental impact statement
does not need to be prepared under the National Environmental Policy Act. Further, I
find that the environmental process undertaken for this program is entirely consistent

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<div class="ocr">with the principles of “environmental justice,” as expressed in Executive Order 12898,
“Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-
Income Populations.”

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Rebecca Bech

Deputy Administrator

Plant Protection and Quarantine

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

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