CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 12-04

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: H.B. No. 1840

H.D. 1

S.D. 1

C.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 1840, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AIR POLLUTION CONTROL,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

The purpose of this bill is to allow the Department of Health to adopt rules necessary to control fugitive dust, both within and beyond a property lot boundary line, regardless of whether the emissions enter the ambient air.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this bill by:

(1) On page 1, line 13, changing "property boundary line" to "property lot boundary line";

(2) On page 1, line 16, changing "property lot line boundary line" to "property lot boundary line"; and

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

As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1840, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1840, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

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ROSALYN BAKER, Co-Chair

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HERMINA M. MORITA, Chair

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J. KALANI ENGLISH, Co-Chair