STAND. COM. REP. NO.  166

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

 

RE:   H.B. No. 901

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection, to which was referred H.B. No. 901 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SOLID WASTE,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to:

 

     (1)  Clarify that the solid waste management surcharge applies to certain solid waste disposed of in landfills or shipped outside the State for disposal;

 

     (2)  Clarify that the solid waste management surcharge applies to solid waste disposed of at waste-to-energy facilities that accept 150,000 tons or more of solid waste annually;

 

     (3)  Increase the solid waste management surcharge using a tiered structure commensurate with the impact of the means of disposal on the Department of Health; and

 

     (4)  Clarify who is responsible for paying the solid waste management surcharge.

 

     The Department of Health; Department of Environmental Services of the City and County of Honolulu; and Sierra Club, Hawaii Chapter provided testimony in support of this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Leaving the solid waste management surcharge amounts unspecified; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     Your Committee believes that the Committee on Finance is the appropriate committee to determine the increased solid waste management surcharge amounts.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 901, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 901, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Health.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection,

 

 

 

 

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CHRIS LEE, Chair