STAND. COM. REP. NO.  580

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

 

RE:   H.B. No. 749

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 749, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to require the Department of Health and county authorities to include waste-to-energy processing as a priority for solid waste management practices.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation, American Chemistry Council, Ulupono Initiative, and an individual.  Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Department of Health.  Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Environmental Services of the City and County of Honolulu.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2090, to encourage further discussion.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 749, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 749, H.D. 2.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health,

 

 

 

 

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DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair