Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Energy and Environmental Protection, to which was referred H.B. No. 654 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to:

The Department of Health (DOH) submitted testimony in support of this measure.

Your Committee finds that plumbing fittings and fixtures made out of lead containing materials, such as lead brass, contribute quantities of lead to drinking water. This bill, in conjunction with existing regulations, will further reduce the amount of lead in plumbing fittings and fixtures, and will conform Hawaii's standards to federal requirements.

Further, your Committee finds that this measure will support DOH in qualifying for drinking water grant and drinking water capitalization grant funds.

Your Committee has amended this bill by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Energy and Environmental Protection that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 654, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 654, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.