STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1794

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: S.B. No. 1024
                                     S.D. 3
                                     H.D. 1




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No.
1024, S.D. 3, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ENVIRONMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to, among other things:

     (1)  Specify factors to be considered in the imposition of
          administrative penalties and determining the amount of
          civil penalties for violations under the Water
          Pollution Law;

     (2)  Authorize the Department of Health (DOH) to establish
          an ecological risk assessor position to assess
          ecological risks and damages;

     (3)  Repeal DOH's authority to adopt rules relating to
          fumigation;

     (4)  Delete the requirement that fees paid and collected
          under section 321-11.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS),
          for facility licensure and certification and section
          321-15, HRS, for licensure and registration to practice
          specified occupations, be deposited into the
          Environmental Health Education Fund;


 
 
 
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     (5)  Add a new license category for environmental health
          professionals and delete other license categories; and

     (6)  Broaden the use of the Environmental Health Education
          Fund.

     The Sierra Club, Hawaii Chapter, testified in support of
this measure.  DOH commented on this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No.
1024, S.D. 3, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair