THE TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2009
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COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT |
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Senator Mike Gabbard, Chair |
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Senator J. Kalani English, Vice Chair |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Thursday, February 12, 2009 |
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TIME: |
4:00 p.m. |
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PLACE: |
Conference Room 225 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A G E N D A
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RELATING TO SOLID WASTE. Establishes goals of increasing the solid waste landfill diversion rate by 75% by 2013 and reducing the amount of solid waste entering Hawaii's waste stream by 75% by 2015.
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Provides that high occupancy vehicle lanes may be used by hybrid and other energy-efficient vehicles, regardless of the number of occupants.
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RELATING TO ENERGY-EFFICIENT VEHICLES. Requires all newly purchased or leased light-duty vehicles to have fuel economy of at least 18 miles per gallon.
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RELATING TO VEHICULAR EMISSIONS. Directs DOH to adopt California regulations relating to reducing vehicle emissions.
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RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES. Requires the director of health to establish, by rule, motor vehicle emission standards by adopting the motor vehicle emission standards established by the State of California.
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RELATING TO GASOLINE. Repeals section 486-J10, ten per cent ethanol by volume requirement for gasoline sold in Hawaii for use in motor vehicles.
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RELATING TO GASOLINE. Reinstates the maximum pre-tax wholesale price of gasoline if the PUC determines that the actual pre-tax wholesale price of gasoline exceeds the maximum pre-tax wholesale price of gasoline calculated pursuant to section 486H-13 for 3 consecutive weeks and reinstates the suspension of the maximum price limit when the actual pre-tax wholesale price of gasoline does not exceed the maximum limit for a period of 3 consecutive months.
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RELATING TO FUEL. Repeals the sunset date of the tax exemption on gross income or proceeds from the sale of alcohol fuels.
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Repeals the sunset provision relating to the one cent tax on naphtha fuel used in a power-generating facility.
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Clarifies that the additional one cent license tax added to diesel fuel is not applicable to diesel oil that is sold for use in electric power generation by a power-generating facility.
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Decision Making to follow, if time permits.
FOR AMENDED HEARING NOTICES: If the notice is an amended notice, measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored. If there is a measure that is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.
Persons wishing to testify should submit testimony in one of the following ways by 4:00 p.m. the day prior to the hearing:
· By Email: Testimony may be emailed if less than 5 pages in length, to the Committee at ENETestimony@Capitol.hawaii.gov . Please indicate the measure, date and time of the hearing. Email sent to individual offices or any other Senate office will not be accepted.
· By Web: Testimony may be submitted online if less than 4MB in size, at http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/emailtestimony.
· In person: 1 copy of their testimony to the committee clerk, Room 201, State Capitol.
· By fax: Testimony may be faxed if less than 5 pages in length, to the Senate Sergeant-At-Arms Office at 586-6659 or 1-800-586-6659 (toll free for neighbor islands), at least 24 hours prior to the hearing. When faxing, please indicate to which committee the testimony is being submitted and the date and time of the hearing.
Please note: If you submit your written testimony after 4:30 p.m. the day prior to the hearing, please sign-in at the staff table to testify orally. A copy of your testimony may not be available during the hearing but will be posted online for the public after the hearing.
If you require special assistance or auxiliary aids or services to participate in the public hearing process (i.e., sign or foreign language interpreter or wheelchair accessibility), please contact the committee clerk 24 hours prior to the hearing so arrangements can be made.
Please note: All testimony received by the Hawaii Senate will be posted on the Hawaii Legislature's Website. Documents made available through the Testimony hyperlink(s) above may not be posted until the start of the hearing.
Public Folder. A folder labeled “Public Folder” containing the measures and testimonies for the hearing will be available for shared use by members of the public.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-6830.
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________________________________________ Senator Mike Gabbard Chair |