STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1018

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   S.B. No. 942

      S.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection, to which was referred S.B. No. 942, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to conform the State's underground storage tank laws to the requirements of the federal Energy Policy Act of 2005, to ensure the Department of Health's eligibility for federal grants.

     Specifically, this measure allows the Department to stop petroleum product deliveries, deposits, or acceptance to illegal underground storage tanks before holding a contested hearing.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Health.

     Your Committee finds that by complying with the requirements of federal law, this measure ensures that the Department of Health will not lose approximately $450,000 in annual federal funds from the United States Environmental Protection Agency for the Department's Underground Storage Tank and Leaking Underground Storage Tank programs.

     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 is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 942, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection,

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HERMINA MORITA, Chair