STAND. COM. REP. NO. 702-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2405
                                     H.D. 2




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No.
2405, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PESTICIDES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to strengthen Hawaii Pesticides
Law by:

     (1)  Making state law more consistent with federal law;

     (2)  Allowing moneys from the pesticide use revolving fund
          to be used for personnel; and

     (3)  Clarifying the penalty and penalty collection
          procedures.

     The Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation testified in support of
the measure.  The Department of Agriculture (DOA) and RESCUE
Hawaii also testified in support of this measure but with
suggested amendments.  The Hawaii Agriculture Research Center
testified in support of the intent of the measure.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Changing the definition of "integrated pest management"
          to mean a sustainable approach to managing pests by
          combining biological, cultural, physical, and chemical

 
 
 
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          tools in a way that minimizes economic, health, and
          environmental risks;

     (2)  Clarifying the provision regarding pesticides exempted
          by the EPA Administrator, to specify that any pesticide
          exempted by the EPA Administrator pursuant to title 7,
          United States Code, section 136w(b), shall be exempt
          from the provisions of the Hawaii Pesticides Law, if
          the pesticide product meets the terms and conditions of
          the EPA's exemption, except for pesticides that DOA has
          determined by rule may cause unreasonable adverse
          effects on the environment; and

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

     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 H.B. No.
2405, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass
Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2405, H.D.
2.

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



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair