Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection, to which was referred H.R. No. 58 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request the Department of Health to report on the status of its litigation against Waste Management of Hawaii, Incorporated and the City and County of Honolulu with respect to violations of the operating permit for the Waimanalo Gulch Sanitary Landfill on Oahu.

Your Committee understands that the Department of Health recently issued an order to the City and County of Honolulu and Waste Management of Hawaii, Incorporated, citing eighteen violations of the operating permit for the Waimanalo Gulch Sanitary Landfill. The status and outcome of this enforcement matter is of concern to the Legislature and the public, including the people living and working in the communities surrounding the Waimanalo Gulch Sanitary Landfill and the workers of the landfill itself.

Your Committee also understands that there is a need for information on how the Department of Health conducts health surveillances related to matters of environmental concern, including landfill and infectious disease issues, and how the divisions of the Department of Health work together, share information, and determine actions to be taken by the Department.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

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 concurs with the intent and purpose of H.R. No. 58, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.R. No. 58, H.D. 1.