STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3322

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  H.B. No. 2615
                                        




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Transportation and Intergovernmental
Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 2615 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of the measure is to conform state statutes on
the transportation of hazardous materials to federal regulations.

     Testimony in support of this measure was received from the
Department of Transportation.

     Currently, the clause "hazardous waste, hazardous
substances, infectious substances, and medical waste" is repeated
throughout chapter 286, part XII, Hawaii Revised Statutes.  This
measure incorporates the clause into the definition of "Hazardous
material" and deletes the repetitive clause from the chapter.
This measure also amends the scope of "transport" to include
storage incidental to transportation, and makes housekeeping
amendments to federal citations.   

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Transportation and Intergovernmental Affairs that is
attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the
intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2615 and recommends that it pass
Third Reading.


 
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                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Transportation
                                   and Intergovernmental Affairs,



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                                   CAL KAWAMOTO, Chair

 
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