STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1662

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.R. No. 56
                                     H.D. 1




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

Sir:

     Your Committees on Agriculture and Energy and Environmental
Protection, to which was referred H.R. No. 56 entitled: 

     "HOUSE RESOLUTION URGING THE UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL
     PROTECTION AGENCY TO IMPLEMENT THE 1996 FOOD QUALITY
     PROTECTION ACT USING SOUND SCIENCE AND REAL-WORLD DATA FROM
     THE DATA CALL-IN PROCESS FOR REALISTIC RISK ASSESSMENTS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this resolution is to urge the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to implement the 1996 Food
Quality Protection Act using sound science and real-world data
from the data call-in process for realistic risk assessments.

     Testimony in support of this measure was received from the:
Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation, Hawaii Cattlemen's Council, Hawaii
Coffee Association, Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Co., Hawaii Pest
Control Operators Association, Hawaii Agriculture Research
Center, Pineapple Growers Association, Hawaii Export Nursery
Association, Hawaii Macadamia Nut Association, Hawaii Papaya
Industry Association, Murrayair Limited, Brewer Environmental
Industries, RESCUE Hawaii, and Maui Pineapple Company.  The
Department of Agriculture and the Department of Health testified
in support of the intent of this measure.

     Upon consideration, your Committees have amended this
resolution by:


 
 
 
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     (1)  Stating that the cost of developing data to quantify
          real-world risk is prohibitive and minor use data may
          not be financed by pesticide registrants and the State,
          and pesticide users may fund studies to support minor
          uses;

     (2)  Requesting the Administrator of the U.S. Environmental
          Protection Agency (EPA) to implement the registration
          of new crop protection products for minor and major
          crops;

     (3)  Requesting pesticide registrants and EPA to support
          minor use registrations by reserving a meaningful
          portion of the risks projected from the use of
          pesticides or a class of pesticides for minor uses; and

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

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committees on Agriculture and Energy and Environmental Protection
that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the
intent and purpose of H.R. No. 56, as amended herein, and
recommend its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.R. No.
56, H.D. 1.

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

                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
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HERMINA M. MORITA, Chair           FELIPE P. ABINSAY, JR., Chair