STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1311

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  S.C.R. No. 132
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Economic Development and Transportation
and Intergovernmental Affairs, to which was referred S.C.R.
No. 132 entitled:

     "SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING THE UNITED STATES
     ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY TO IMPLEMENT THE 1996 FOOD
     QUALITY PROTECTION ACT USING SOUND SCIENCE AND REAL-WORLD
     DATA FROM THE DATA CALL-IN PROCESS FOR REALISTIC RISK
     ASSESSMENTS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to request the United States
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to implement the 1996 Food
Quality Protection Act using sound science and real-world data
from the data call-in process for realistic risk assessments.

     Your Committees received testimony in support of this
measure from the Department of Agriculture (DOA), the Department
of Health, the Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation, the Hawaii
Cattlemen's Council, the Hawaii Coffee Association, Hawaiian
Commercial & Sugar Co., the Hawaii Pest Control Association, the
Hawaii Agriculture Research Center, the Pineapple Growers
Association, the Hawaii Food Manufacturers Association, the
Hawaii Pork Industry Association, UAP Pacific, the Hawaii Export
Nursery Association, the Hawaii Macadamia Nut Association, the
Hawaii Papaya Industry Association, Murrayair Limited, Brewer
Environmental Industries, RESCUE Hawaii, Maui Pineapple Company,
Gay & Robinson, Inc., and Sugarland Farms, Inc.


 
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     Your Committees find that implementation of the Food Quality
Protection Act (FQPA) of 1996 is of critical concern to Hawaii's
agricultural industry.  The industry fully supports the goals of
the FQPA to reaffirm the safety of the American food supply by
establishing a "reasonable standard of no harm" for pesticide
residues.  At issue is implementation in a manner that does not
jeopardize the safety, availability, or affordability of the farm
products that are essential for maintaining a healthy diet.  In
particular, the industry is concerned that the risk
determinations used by the EPA for pest control products are not
based on good science and real-world data.

     Your Committees believe that the industry has valid
concerns, which should be fully considered in order to ensure
appropriate implementation of the FQPA.  Your Committees have
addressed an additional concern raised by the DOA regarding the
potential cost of developing real-world data.  Your Committees
have amended this measure to add:

     (1)  A Whereas clause on the prohibitive cost of developing
          real-world data;

     (2)  A Be It Further Resolved clause to request that
          pesticide registrants and the U.S. Environmental
          Protection Agency support minor use registrations by
          reserving a meaningful portion of the risks projected
          from the use of a pesticide or a class of pesticides
          for minor uses; and

     (3)  The American Crop Protection Association, the American
          Farm Bureau Federation, and Responsible Industry for a
          Sound Environment to the list of organizations
          receiving a copy of the Concurrent Resolution.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committees on Economic Development and Transportation and
Intergovernmental Affairs that are attached to this report, your
Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 132,
as amended herein, and recommend that it be referred to the
Committee on Labor and Environment, in the form attached hereto
as S.C.R. No. 132, S.D. 1.


 
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                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committees on Economic
                                   Development and Transportation
                                   and Intergovernmental Affairs,



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CAL KAWAMOTO, Chair                LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair

 
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