HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2011

 

COMMITTEE ON ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Rep. Hermina M. Morita, Chair

Rep. Denny Coffman, Vice Chair

 

Rep. Rida T.R.  Cabanilla

Rep. Robert N. Herkes

Rep. Mele Carroll

Rep. Ken Ito

Rep. Jerry L. Chang

Rep. Mark M. Nakashima

Rep. Pono Chong

Rep. Gil Riviere

Rep. Sharon E. Har

Rep. Cynthia Thielen

 

AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING

 

DATE:

Thursday, February 03, 2011

TIME:

8:30 a.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 325

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A M E N D E D  A G E N D A

The following 2 measure(s) has been ADDED to the agenda: 

HB 402

Status

RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS.

Requires all environmental assessments and environmental impact statements to include a cultural impact assessment.  Requires OHA's approval of cultural impact assessments.

 

EEP, HAW/CUA, FIN

HB 927

Status

RELATING TO ROADWAY MATERIALS.

Clarifies that state agencies may purchase roadway materials with a minimum recycled glass content.  Allows use of minimum glass of ten per cent crushed glass aggregate in all basecourse and subbase.

 

EEP, FIN

 

 

 

HB 99

Status

RELATING TO GRAY WATER.

Requires the Department of Health to establish standards for county gray water recycling programs and requires such programs to conform to the standards.

 

EEP, FIN

HB 422

Status

RELATING TO SOLID WASTE.

Applies the solid waste disposal surcharge to waste that is deposited in landfills, incinerators, or waste-to-energy facilities, whether the waste is disposed of in-state or transferred out-of-state.

 

EEP, FIN

HB 786

Status

RELATING TO SOLID WASTE.

Increases the solid waste management surcharge and extends the surcharge to solid waste shipped for ultimate disposal outside the State.

 

EEP, FIN

HB 1400

Status

RELATING TO SOLID WASTE.

Establishes the goal of reducing the amount of solid waste entering the State's waste stream by seventy-five per cent.

 

EEP, FIN

HB 504

Status

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Renames the Department of Health to the Department of Health and Environmental Services.

 

EEP, HLT, FIN

HB 874

Status

RELATING TO SOLID WASTE.

Creates a minimum penalty for felony disposal of solid waste of $2,000, and a minimum penalty for petty misdemeanor disposal of solid waste of $500.

 

EEP, JUD

HB 792

Status

RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT.

Requires a supplemental environmental assessment or supplemental environmental impact statement to be provided if an action by an agency or applicant is anticipated to have a significant effect on the environment.  Establishes public disclosure system of environmental review.

 

EEP, FIN

HB 1068

Status

RELATING TO GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION RULES.

Remove the  requirement that the Department of Health adopt rules by the end of 2011 to implement a Greenhouse Gas reduction plan.  The requirement and deadline are no longer relevant and the amendments will allow the department to adopt applicable rules at the proper time.

 

EEP, FIN

HB 1346

Status

RELATING TO ENERGY EFFICIENCY.

Establishes minimum energy efficiency standards for televisions one thousand four hundred square inches or smaller sold or installed in the State.

 

EEP, ERB

 

DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW

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Rep. Hermina Morita

Chair