STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1703

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  S.C.R. No. 65
                                        S.D. 1




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred
S.C.R. No. 65 entitled:

     "SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING SUPPORT FROM THE
     DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IN ESTABLISHING A ROOFING MATERIAL
     RECYCLING PROGRAM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to request the Department of
Health to study the feasibility of recycling roofing materials
into economically viable products.

     Your Committee finds that business and government should
work in partnership to develop and expand commercial markets for
recyclable materials and recycled content products, and to
facilitate recycling and environmental business and technology
development.  Landfilling roofing materials that can be recycled
into economically viable products does little to improve the
environment or the State's economy because contractors must pay a
hefty tipping fee to bury these materials in landfills that could
become the site of pollution problems in the future.  Your
Committee also finds that asphalt-bearing roofing materials are
not accepted for burning at the H-POWER plant and, consequently,
does not contribute to meeting the energy needs of the State.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:


 
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     (1)  Requesting the Department of Health to consult
          specifically with the Department of Business, Economic
          Development, and Tourism and the Clean Hawaii Center in
          conducting this study; and

     (2)  Making technical nonsubstantive changes for purposes of
          clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your
Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 65,
as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form
attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 65, S.D. 1.

                                 Respectfully submitted on behalf
                                 of the members of the Committee
                                 on Ways and Means,



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                                 CAROL FUKUNAGA, Co-Chair



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                                 ANDREW LEVIN, Co-Chair

 
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