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

NOTICE OF HEARING

DATE:	Tuesday, February 6, 2007
TIME:	5:00 p.m.
PLACE:	Conference Room 414 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street

A G E N D A

SB 1612	RELATING TO GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. Requires the department of health to adopt reporting and verification of statewide greenhouse gas emissions and to monitor and enforce compliance.  Requires adoption of a statewide greenhouse gas emissions limit equivalent to the statewide greenhouse gas emissions levels in 1990 to be achieved by 2020.  Requires the adoption of rules to achieve the maximum technologically feasible and cost-effective greenhouse gas emission reductions.  Authorizes the adoption of market-based compliance mechanisms.	ENE, WAM
SB 1364	RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL SITE CLEANUP. Repeats the sunset date of the Hawaii brownfields revolving loan fund to enable the State to continue to offer low-cost loans to enable eligible borrowers for the cleanup of contaminated properties.	ENE, WAM
SB 1395	RELATING TO FORMATION OF A RENEWABLE ENERGY FACILITIES SITING COUNCIL. Creates a state renewable energy facilitates siting council.	ENE, WAM
SB 1592	RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES. Requires an advance disposal fee for new motor vehicles.	ENE, WAM
SB 719	RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES. Appropriates funds to the county of Kauai for the control and eradication of coqui frogs.	ENE, WAM
SB 1595	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE COUNTY OF HAWAI'I FOR COQUI FROG ERADICATION AND CONTROL. Appropriates funds to control or eradicate the coqui frog.	ENE, WAM
SB 1627	RELATING TO THE ERADICATION AND CONTROL OF THE COQUI FROG. Makes an appropriation to eradicate and control the coqui frog.	ENE, WAM
SB 1718	RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS FOR ELECTRICAL GENERATION ON THE ISLAND OF MAUI. Authorizes special purpose revenue bonds to BlueEarth Maui Biodiesel, LLC, for construction of a biodiesel refinery on Maui.	ENE, WAM
SB 1720	RELATING TO SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST JACOBY DEVELOPMENT, INC., A PROCESSING ENTERPRISE. Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds for the planning, designing, constructing, and equipping of, and the acquisition of lands for, a plasma municipal solid waste processing system to convert solid wastes into electricity and chemically and biologically inert slag on Oahu.	ENE, WAM
SB 1375	RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY. Provides the PUC with authority to consider the need for increased renewable energy use.	ENE, CPH

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

Persons wishing to testify should submit 20 copies of their testimony to the committee clerk, Room 208

, State Capitol, 24 hours prior to the hearing. Please include your name, position/title, organization, contact information, position on the measure, the hearing date, bill title 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 but may be sent to the Public Access Room.  Testimony may also 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.

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Senator Ron Menor

Chair