STAND. COM. REP. NO. 168-04

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: H.B. No. 2968

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Energy and Environmental Protection, to which was referred H.B. No. 2968 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to clarify and increase the effectiveness of the deposit beverage container program.

The City and County of Honolulu, Department of Environmental Services and Sierra Club, Hawaii Chapter testified in support of this measure. The Department of Health (DOH) and Retail Merchants of Hawaii supported this bill with amendments. The Legislative Center and the Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii supported the intent of the bill. The Office of Information Practices (OIP), Hawaii Food Industry Association, Star Markets, Times Super Market, Big Save, Inc., Tamura's Wahiawa, KTA Super Stores, Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Hawaii, and Pepsi Bottling Group offered comments.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Changing the name of the advance disposal fee to the glass advance disposal fee;

(2) Allowing commercial and financial information in distributors' monthly reports to be treated as confidential;

(3) Allowing deposit beverage distributor who import or manufactures 100,000 or less beverage containers to submit the required reports and payments semi-annually; and

(4) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Energy and Environmental Protection that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2968, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2968, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

 

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HERMINA M. MORITA, Chair