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Dr. Josh Green
Who is the Governor of Hawaii?
Issues and enforces NPDES - National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System - Permits and goes after illegal dischargers to State waters.
Who is the Clean Water Branch?
Inspects every x-ray machine in the State of Hawaii.
Who are Environmental Health Specialists in the Indoor and Radiological Health Branch? (Physics background preferred!)
Monitors air quality before, during, and after Mauna Loa and Kilauea eruptions.
Who is the Clean Air Branch?
9
What is the number of active landfills in the state? (As overseen by the Solid and Hazardous Waste Branch)
Dr. Kenneth Fink
Who is the Director of Health?
Cuts up slugs to perform DNA testing on tissue samples to determine the presence of nematodes that cause rat lung worm disease.
Who is the Vector Control Branch? (Performed this during the rat lung worm aka Angiostrongylus cantonensis outbreak)
Goes to Smoke School.
Who are the Engineers and Environmental Health Specialists in the Clean Air Branch (and other branches)?
Issued recall notices in the last few weeks (belVita Breakfast Sandwich, Van's Gluten Free Waffles, and Whole Food Asian Salad Kit).
Who is the Food and Drug Branch?
275
What is the number of employees in EHA Staff Offices/EMD/EHSD as counted by the Environmental Resources Office?
Kathy Ho
Who is the Deputy Director for Environmental Health?
Works on recycling programs for Hawaii - e-waste, Hi-5, tires, composting, ADF (Advanced Disposal Fee) - other than Hi5 glass such as wine bottles.
Who is the Solid and Hazardous Waste Branch?
In a HAZMAT emergency works with fire, police and military officials.
Who are Environmental Health Specialists - aka State On-Scene Coordinators - from the HEER Office?
Receives certifications to apply pesticides to spray and control invasive species.
Who is the Vector Control Branch?
Went door to door on Hawaii Island to inform residents that their yard may contain UXOs (unexploded ordnances aka bombs).
Who are the Hazard Evaluation and Emergency Response Office?
Joanna Seto & Dr. Ed Desmond
Who are the Division Chiefs in the Environmental Health Administration?
Makes presentations at elementary schools on the importance of groundwater protection.
Who is the Safe Drinking Water Branch?
Goes to the beach 4 times a week and issues brown water advisories.
Who are Environmental Health Specialists in the Clean Water Branch? Monitoring Section tests the most heavily used beaches for enterococci (indicator for presence of sewage). BS with strong chemistry and biological science background preferred, no vacancies right now!
Issues checks for millions of dollars every month to can and bottle recyclers.
Who is the Solid and Hazardous Waste Branch? (Office of Solid Waste Management
83,000
Approximately how many cesspools are in the state of Hawaii?
Grace, Elaine, Nancy, Marianne, Darryl, Lene & Glenn (Acting), Sina, Dennis, Matt, Fenix, Mike (Acting), Peter!
Who are the Branch and Office Chiefs of EHA staff offices, EMD, and EHSD?
Red Hill central for DOH.
Who is the Solid and Hazardous Waste Branch? (Although ALL branches and offices were involved with Red Hill, SHWB continues to lead the effort)
May hike past waterfalls to perform sanitary surveys.
Who are Engineers along with Environmental Health Specialists in the Safe Drinking Water Branch?
Monitors for dirty bombs when the POTUS is in town.
Who is Indoor and Radiological Health Branch?
2050
What is the year all cesspools must be converted or updated to another individual wastewater system (Wastewater Branch)