STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1511

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   S.B. No. 871

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Education and Energy & Environmental Protection, to which was referred S.B. No. 871, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD WASTE RECYCLING,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to protect Hawaii's environment and promote recycling by establishing a three-year food waste recycling pilot project in one or more school districts, to be developed and implemented by the Department of Education (DOE) in partnership with the Department of Health (DOH), as part of the State's integrated solid waste management plan.

     DOE and Eco Feed, Inc., testified in support of this bill.  DOH and the Senior Policy Advisor to the Governor testified in opposition to this measure.

     Your Committees have amended this bill by:

     (1)  Changing the method of financing of this pilot project from an appropriation from the Environmental Management Special Fund to a general fund appropriation; and

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

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Education and Energy & Environmental Protection that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 871, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 871, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Education and Energy & Environmental Protection,

____________________________ HERMINA MORITA, Chair

____________________________ ROY TAKUMI, Chair