STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1444

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    GOV. MSG. NO. 272

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred Governor's Message No. 272, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of: 

 

Board of Certification of Operating Personnel in Wastewater Treatment Plants

 

G.M. No. 272

DANA P. RIDDLE,

for a term to expire 6-30-2013,

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     Upon review of the statement submitted by the nominee, your Committee finds that the aforementioned nominee will work with compassion and commitment to assist in administering the functions related to the certification of operating personnel in wastewater treatment plants for the people of Hawaii.  Your Committee further finds that the nominee has been appointed based on his credentials, integrity, and a desire to make Hawaii better through his participation on the Board of Certification of Operating Personnel in Wastewater Treatment Plants to which he has been nominated.

 

     Your Committee received testimony supporting the nomination of Dana P. Riddle from the Department of Health.

 

     Written testimony presented to the Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

 

     Mr. Dana P. Riddle is a Grade-4 certified wastewater treatment plant operator with the County of Hawaii and is currently working at the Kealakehe Wastewater Treatment Plant in Kona, Hawaii.  He has over thirty years of operation and maintenance experience having worked at both water and wastewater facilities in Hawaii as well as in Georgia.  He has been a member of the Board for the past year and represents operators from the Big Island.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee, after full consideration of the background, experience, and qualifications of the nominee, has found the nominee to be qualified for the position to which nominated and recommends that the Senate advise and consent to the nomination.

 

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

 

 

 

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair