STAND. COM. REP. 636

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: H.B. No. 744

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 744, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FUEL,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to protect Hawaii's water supply from contamination by methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) by:

(1) Prohibiting the intentional addition of MTBE to gasoline, motor fuel, or clean fuel produced for sale or use in Hawaii after December 31, 2003;

(2) Limiting allowed trace levels of MTBE to 0.05 percent in these products after December 31, 2003; and

(3) Imposing a fine for any violations.

The Department of Health and Life of the Land submitted testimony in support of this bill. The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism and Aloha Petroleum, Ltd., submitted testimony in support of the intent of this bill.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 744, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

 

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DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair