STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1611

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  S.C.R. No. 132
                                        S.D. 1




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Labor and Environment, to which was
referred S.C.R. No. 132, S.D. 1, entitled:

     "SENATE CONCURRENT 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,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to request the United States
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
Department of Health, the Department of Agriculture, Hawaii
Agriculture Research Center, RESCUE Hawaii, Brewer Environmental
Industries, Murrayair Limited, Maui Pineapple Company, Gay and
Robinson, Inc., Sugarland Farms, Inc., UAP, and Hawaiian
Commercial and Sugar Co., and ten growers' associations.

     Your Committee finds that implementation of the Food Quality
Protection Act of 1996 is of critical concern to Hawaii's
agricultural industry.  At issue is implementation in a manner
that does not jeopardize the safety, availability, or
affordability of the farm products that are essential for
maintaining a healthy diet.  In particular, the industry is
concerned that the risk determinations used by the EPA for pest

 
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control products are not based on good science and real-world
data.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Labor and Environment that is attached to this
report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of
S.C.R. No. 132, S.D. 1, and recommends its adoption.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Labor and
                                   Environment,



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                                   BOB NAKATA, Chair

 
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