STAND. COM. REP. NO. 53-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2405
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Agriculture and Energy and Environmental
Protection, to which was referred H.B. No. 2405 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PESTICIDES,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to strengthen the Hawaii
Pesticides Law by:

     (1)  Defining "integrated pest management";

     (2)  Amending the definition of "pest" to more closely track
          the definition under federal law;

     (3)  Allowing the Pesticide Use Revolving Fund (Fund) to be
          used for the development of integrated pest management
          strategies and personnel costs;

     (4)  Removing the ceiling on the balance of the Fund and
          allowing the Fund to retain all moneys;

     (5)  Clarifying that penalties imposed by the Board of
          Agriculture are administrative penalties and providing
          procedures to recover administrative penalties imposed;

     (6)  Deleting pesticides that are no longer registered for
          use from coloration requirements; and


 
 
 
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     (7)  Exempting pesticides deregulated by the U.S.
          Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from regulation
          in Hawaii.

     The Department of Agriculture and the Hawaii Farm Bureau
Federation testified in support of this measure.  RESCUE Hawaii
testified in support of the measure with an amendment.  Comments
were received from the University of Hawaii at Manoa
Environmental Center.

     Your Committees have amended this bill by:

     (1)  Broadening the definition of "integrated pest
          management" to include eradication strategies;

     (2)  Specifying that pesticides exempted by the EPA pursuant
          to title 7, United States Code, section 136w(b) relate
          to food grade substances; and

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity
          and consistency.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committees on Agriculture and Energy and Environmental Protection
that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord
with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2405, as amended herein,
and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached
hereto as H.B. No. 2405, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee
on Finance.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committees on Agriculture and
                                   Energy and Environmental
                                   Protection,

                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
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HERMINA M. MORITA, Chair           FELIPE P. ABINSAY, JR., Chair