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 S.C.R. No. 86, S.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to request the Department of Health (DOH) to report on the status of its litigation against Waste Management of Hawaii, Inc., and the City and County of Honolulu, concerning violations of the operating permit for Waimanalo Gulch Sanitary Landfill in West Oahu.

DOH testified in support of this concurrent resolution.

Upon careful consideration, your Committee proposed to replace the contents of this concurrent resolution with a resolution that would urge the Hawaii 2050 Task Force to use a science-based framework as the guide to mapping and measuring the successes in realizing the goals of the Sustainability Plan.

Your Committee recognizes that the future of our state depends on sustainable planning to ensure that Hawaii's limited resources and workforce are applied wisely. Your Committee finds that having the Hawaii 2050 Task Force employ a science-based framework will be useful in setting goals that address Hawaii's quality of life concerns.

Sustain Hawaii testified in support of the proposed HD1.

Accordingly, your Committee has amended this concurrent resolution by replacing its entire contents and inserting the contents of the proposed H.D. 1. Specifically, as amended, this concurrent resolution:

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 S.C.R. No. 86, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 86, S.D. 1, H.D. 1.