STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1536
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2005
RE: S.B. No. 680
S.D. 1
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2005
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection, to which was referred S.B. No. 680, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SOLID WASTE CONTROL,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to extend the applicability of solid waste disposal prohibition laws, including the felony disposal laws, to volumes equal to or greater than one cubic yard.
Your Committee received public testimony on a proposed House draft of this measure which would require the Department of Health (DOH) to develop procedures for the exchange of information between deposit beverage container distributors and certified redemption centers, including universal product code (UPC) information.
Reynolds Recycling, Envipco, Rolloffs Hawaii, and the Hawaii Chapter of the Sierra Club testified in support of the proposed draft. Anheuser Busch Companies, Coca Cola Bottling Company of Hawaii, and the Pepsi Bottling Group submitted testimony in opposition to the proposed draft. The state Attorney General testified in opposition to the proposed draft, and in support of the original language of this measure. DOH supported the intent of the proposed draft.
Your Committee finds that redemption centers require UPC information to process redemptions of empty containers at reverse vending machines. Currently, there is no process for redemption centers to easily access this information.
To address the foregoing concern, your Committee has amended this measure by deleting its substance and replacing it with language that:
(1) Requires DOH to develop procedures to facilitate the exchange of information between deposit beverage container manufacturers, distributors, and retailers and certified redemption centers, including but not limited to UPC information for reverse vending machine purposes;
(2) Requires the procedures developed by DOH to allow for a reasonable time period between the introduction of a new deposit beverage product and the deadline for submitting UPC information to certified redemption centers operating reverse vending machines;
(3) Requires certified redemption centers to request payment from DOH no less than two times per month; and
(4) Inserts a purpose clause with legislative findings regarding the need for UPC information to be provided to certified redemption centers.
Technical, nonsubstantive amendments have been made for clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 680, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 680, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection,
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____________________________ HERMINA MORITA, Chair |
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