THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2007

COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT

Senator Ron Menor, Chair

Senator Gary L. Hooser, Vice Chair

COMMITTEE ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

Senator Lorraine R. Inouye, Chair

Senator Shan S. Tsutsui, Vice Chair

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

Senator Norman Sakamoto, Chair

Senator Jill N. Tokuda, Vice Chair

COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TAXATION

Senator Carol Fukunaga, Chair

Senator Will Espero, Vice Chair

NOTICE OF HEARING

DATE:	Tuesday, February 13, 2007
TIME:	2:45 p.m.
PLACE:	Conference Room 414 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street

A G E N D A

ENE/IGM

SB 1701	RELATING TO RECYCLING. Requires counties with a population of over 750,000 to establish a residential curbside recycling program; makes a grant-in-aid to the city and county of Honolulu for this purpose.	ENE/IGM, WAM
SB 1865	RELATING TO INTEGRATED SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT. Permits the department of health to make grants from the deposit beverage container deposit special fund to the counties for the purchase, placement, maintenance, and collection of community recycling bins and HI‑5 fundraiser bins.	ENE/IGM, WAM
SB 654	RELATING TO RECYCLING. Makes an appropriation for grants-in-aid to the counties to develop and operate recycling programs.	ENE/IGM, WAM
SB 924	RELATING TO RECYCLING. Requires state and county offices and buildings to create and implement plans for mandatory recycling.  Appropriates funds to the counties.	ENE/IGM, WAM
SB 991	RELATING TO ENERGY. Require agencies to provide priority handling and processing, and expedite action on all state and county permits required for renewable energy projects.	ENE/IGM, WAM
SB 783	RELATING TO NOISE ABATEMENT. Appropriates funds to the counties to develop noise abatement programs to increase enforcement of noise abatement laws.	ENE/IGM, WAM

ENE/EDU

SB 1001	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A MARINE ALGAE PILOT PROJECT. Appropriates $3,000,000 in research and development funding to the University of Hawaii for a five-acre marine algae pilot project to produce biodiesel, based at the natural energy laboratory of Hawaii.	ENE/EDU, WAM
SB 1669	RELATING TO ENERGY. Appropriates funds for various renewable energy projects in Hawaii.	ENE/EDU, WAM
SB 1757	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII COLLEGE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE AND HUMAN RESOURCES FOR BIOFUEL PRODUCTION RESEARCH. Makes an appropriation for biofuels feedstock research.	ENE/EDU, WAM

ENE/EDU/EDT

SB 1866

RELATING TO ENERGY. Establishes the Hawaii natural energy institute at the University of Hawaii, with responsibilities for administering the energy development special fund.  Creates the biofuels development revolving loan program administered by the Hawaii strategic development corporation.  Makes appropriations.

ENE/EDU/EDT, WAM

EDT/ENE

SB 853	RELATING TO THE NATURAL ENERGY LABORATORY OF HAWAII AUTHORITY. Directs the auditor to conduct a financial and management audit of NELHA's deep sea water pumping system and establish a reasonable rate structure.  Freezes rates until the audit is complete.	EDT/ENE, WAM
SB 801	RELATING TO ESTABLISHMENT OF NATURAL ENERGY LABORATORY OF HAWAII AUTHORITY INNOVATION CORPORATION. Establishes the natural energy laboratory of Hawaii innovation corporation.	EDT/ENE, WAM

ENE Only

SB 1942	RELATING TO ENERGY. Establishes the office of energy to be administratively attached to the department of business, economic development, and tourism.	ENE, WAM
SB 1915	RELATING TO HYDROGEN. Further the State's transition to energy independence by defining hydrogen as a transportation fuel and allocating funds for the development of Hawaii's hydrogen industry through investment in the State's hydrogen infrastructure, integration of twelve hydrogen powered vehicles into the State's automotive fleet, establishment of a hydrogen public awareness campaign, and the construction hydrogen refueling stations.	ENE, WAM

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

Persons wishing to testify on ENE/IGM bills should submit 25 copies of their testimony to the committee clerk, Room 208, State Capitol, 24 hours prior to the hearing. Persons wishing to testify on ENE/EDU bills should submit 30 copies of their testimony to the committee clerk, Room 208, State Capitol, 24 hours prior to the hearing. Persons wishing to testify on ENE/EDU/EDT bills should submit 35 copies of their testimony to the committee clerk, Room 208, State Capitol, 24 hours prior to the hearing. Persons wishing to testify on EDT/ENE bills should submit 25 copies of their testimony to the committee clerk, Room 208, State Capitol, 24 hours prior to the hearing. Persons wishing to testify on ENE-only bills should submit 20 copies of their testimony to the committee clerk, Room 208, State Capitol, 24 hours prior to the hearing.   At the top of your testimony, please include your name, position/title, organization, contact information, the hearing date, bill name, bill title, your position on the measure (support, oppose, comments, amendments), and committee to which your testimony should be referred. Please submit separate testimony for each bill on which you are testifying. Please submit your testimony on one side of an 8½x11-inch paper with 1-inch margins. E-mail testimony will not be accepted at the office. However, e-mail testimony for the bills scheduled in the above agenda may be sent to the Public Access Room at testimony@capitol.hawaii.gov.  Or testimony may be faxed if less than 5 pages in length, to the Senate Sergeant-At-Arms Office at 586-6659 or 1-800-586-6659 (toll free for neighbor islands), at least 24 hours prior to the hearing.  When faxing, please indicate to whom the testimony is being submitted, the date and time of the hearing, and the required number of copies needed for submittal.

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Public Folder.  A folder labeled “Public Folder” containing the measures and testimonies for the hearing will be available for shared use by members of the public.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-6740.

________________________________________ Senator Lorraine R. Inouye Chair	________________________________________ Senator Ron Menor Chair
________________________________________ Senator Carol Fukunaga Chair	________________________________________ Senator Norman Sakamoto Chair