HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2001

COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Rep. Hermina Morita, Chair

Rep. Brian Schatz, Vice Chair

Rep. Helene Hale

Rep. Kika Bukoski

Rep. Ken Ito

Rep. Mindy Jaffe

Rep. Ezra Kanoho

Rep. Colleen Meyer

Rep. Blake Oshiro

Rep. Cynthia Thielen

 

COMMITTEE ON WATER AND LAND USE

Rep. Ezra Kanoho, Chair

Rep. Helene Hale, Vice Chair

Rep. Ken Ito

Rep. Kika Bukoski

Rep. Hermina Morita

Rep. Mindy Jaffe

Rep. Blake Oshiro

Rep. Colleen Meyer

Rep. Brian Schatz

Rep. Cynthia Thielen

AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING

DATE:

Tuesday, March 20, 2001

TIME:

8:30 am

PLACE:

Conference Room 312

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

A M E N D E D A G E N D A

This is to properly reflect the correct senate committee report numbers.

SB 606

SD1

(SSCR756)

RELATING TO RECYcLED WATER.

Promotes use of recycled water for state and county facilities and improved commercial property using potable water. (SD1)

EEP/WLU, FIN

SB 1129

(SSCR630)

RELATING TO SAFE DRINKING WATER.

Extends the requirement to use "lead free" components in drinking water distribution systems.

EEP, FIN

SB 1135

(SSCR600)

RELATING TO HAZARDOUS WASTE.

Facilitates reporting requirements by making it easier for hazardous waste brokers to notify the DOH of their activities.

EEP

SB 1137

SD1

(SSCR700)

RELATING TO CRIMINAL PENALTIES.

Establishes criminal penalties for the abandonment of hazardous waste or used oil, and increases certain criminal penalties from a misdemeanor to a felony; defines "abandon". (SD1)

 

EEP, JHA

SB 484

SD1

(SSCR665)

RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES.

Authorizes issuance of up to $25,000,000 in special purpose revenue bonds to assist Hilo Coast Power Company, a division of Brewer Environmental Industries, LLC, an industrial enterprise for the construction of a waste-to-energy facility at Pepeekeo on the Big Island. (SD1)

EEP, FIN

SB 1558

(SSCR947)

relating to the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds.

Authorizes issuance of $15,000,000 in special purpose revenue bonds for West Hawaii Recovery Systems, LLC.

EEP, FIN

SB 1561

SD1

(SSCR678)

relating to the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds.

Authorized issuance of $5,000,000 in special purpose revenue bonds for Central Kauai Sanitary Landfill, LLC. (SD1)

EEP, FIN

SB 1435

SD1

(SSCR946)

RELATING TO HYDROGEN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.

Establishes a hydrogen private-public partnership within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, with assistance from the Hawaii natural energy institute of the University of Hawaii; appropriates unspecified funds. (SD1)

EEP, FIN

SB 1136

SD2

(HSCR758)

RELATING TO USED OIL.

Establishes a comprehensive used oil collection and recycling program. (SD2)

 

EEP, FIN

 

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Rep. Ezra Kanoho

Chair

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Rep. Hermina M. Morita

Chair