CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 55

                            Honolulu, Hawaii
                                            , 1999

                            RE:   H.B. No. 1548
                                  H.D. 1
                                  S.D. 1
                                  C.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the
House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate
in H.B. No. 1548, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

    "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO WASTEWATER REUSE,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to
recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final
passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purpose of this bill is to:

     (1) Define "recycled water" and "reclaimed water" in chapter
         342D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to water
         pollution; and

     (2) Direct the Director of Health to give priority to
         adopting rules that will encourage the voluntary reuse
         of water where economically feasible.

     Because this bill sets forth policy on the reuse of water,
your Committee on Conference agrees that it would be

 
 
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inappropriate to make it voluntary.  Accordingly, your Committee
has deleted the phrase "...that will encourage the voluntary
reuse of water where economically feasible."

     This bill has been further amended by:

     (1) Stating that state laws and rules must ensure that the
         cost of recycled water is reasonable, fair, and
         economically feasible for both the processor and water
         consumer; and

     (2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the
         purposes of clarity and to conform to correct drafting
         conventions.

     Your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent
and purpose of H.B. No. 1548, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein,
and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached
hereto as H.B. No. 1548, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted,

MANAGERS ON THE PART OF THE        MANAGERS ON THE PART OF THE
           SENATE                              HOUSE
                                   
                                   
                                   
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BOB NAKATA, Chair                  HERMINA M. MORITA, Co-Chair
                                   
                                   
                                   
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MARSHALL K. IGE, Member            BRIAN SCHATZ, Co-Chair
                                   
                                   
                                   
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LES IHARA JR., Member              ROY M. TAKUMI, Member
                                   
                                   
                                   
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SAM SLOM, Member                   CYNTHIA HENRY THIELEN, Member