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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

655

TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2001

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

RELATING TO SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT DISPOSAL SURCHARGE.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. Section 342G-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding two new definitions to be appropriately inserted and to read as follows:

""Construction and demolition waste" means solid waste, largely inert waste, resulting from the demolition or razing of buildings, roads, or other structures, including but not limited to concrete, rock, brick, bituminous concrete, lumber, masonry, composition roofing and roofing paper, steel, plaster, minor amounts of metals, and residual amounts of waste paints, solvent, sealers, adhesives, or similar materials."

"Inert waste" means solid waste that is limited to earth and earth-like product, concrete, cured asphalt, rock, brick, and material that will not cause a leachate of environmental concern."

SECTION 2. Section 342G-62, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

"(a) There is established a solid waste management surcharge. The solid waste management surcharge shall be [35]

75 cents per ton of solid waste disposed of within the State at permitted or unpermitted solid waste disposal facilities[.], except that the surcharge shall be 35 cents per ton of solid waste disposed of at a permitted inert waste facility or a permitted construction and demolition waste disposal facility. The surcharge shall be paid by the person or entity doing the disposal. The owner or operator of the disposal facility shall transfer all moneys collected from the surcharge to the department through a quarterly reporting and payment schedule. Estimates of quarterly solid waste disposal shall be submitted prior to the first day of each quarter and the transfer of moneys collected shall occur within thirty days of the end of each quarter."

SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2001.

INTRODUCED BY:

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