STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1945

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    GOV. MSG. NOS. 490, 489, 540

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred Governor's Message Nos. 490, 489, and 540, submitting for study and consideration the nominations of: 

Board of Certification of Operating Personnel in Wastewater Treatment Plants

G.M. No. 490	VICTOR DALE MORELAND, Ph.D., for a term to expire 6-30-2011;
G.M. No. 489	MARSHALL LUM, for a term to expire 6-30-2011; and
G.M. No. 540	EASSIE M. MILLER, for a term to expire 6-30-2011,

begs leave to report as follows:

     Your Committee received testimony in support of Victor Dale Moreland, Ph.D., from the Department of Health and the Board of Certification of Operating Personnel in Wastewater Treatment Plants.

     The nominee has worked in the environmental field for over thirty years.  He presently works half-time for the Water Resources Research Center at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.  He also conducts environmental engineering consulting on his own.  Dr. Moreland is a licensed professional engineer in Hawaii and California, and is a certified wastewater treatment plant operator in Hawaii.

     The nominee received a Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering from California State Polytechnic College, and a Master of Science degree in sanitary engineering and Doctor of Philosophy degree in environmental engineering from the University of Hawaii.  He holds a Grade 4 wastewater treatment plant operator certificate.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of Marshall Lum from the Department of Health and the Board of Certification of Operating Personnel in Wastewater Treatment Plants.  The nominee received a Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering from the University of Hawaii. 

     Mr. Lum is a registered professional environmental engineer in the Department of Health.  He has over twenty-nine years of experience in engineering and wastewater operation and maintenance work.  He is the supervisor of the construction and operations section of the Wastewater Branch, which monitors the construction, operation, and maintenance activities of wastewater facilities throughout the State. 

     The nominee currently serves on the Board of Certification of Operating Personnel in Wastewater Treatment Plants.  He has extensive knowledge about administrative rules concerning wastewater technology.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of Eassie M. Miller from the Department of Health and Board of Certification of Operating Personnel in Wastewater Treatment Plants.

     The nominee is a registered professional engineer and President of Aqua Engineers, Inc., a private engineering consulting firm that provides operation and maintenance services to wastewater treatment plants throughout the State.  He has over thirty years of managerial, engineering, and wastewater experience in various capacities in State, county, and private employment and holds a Grade 4 wastewater treatment plant operator certificate.

     Your Committee believes that the nominees possess the knowledge and expertise that will assist the Board of Certification of Operating Personnel in Wastewater Treatment Plants in effectively carrying out its duties.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that are attached to this report, your Committee, after full consideration of the background, experience, and qualifications of the nominees, has found the nominees to be qualified for the positions to which nominated and recommends that the Senate advise and consent to the nominations.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health,

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair