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 |
AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING
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Tuesday, February 17, 2009 |
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2:45 p.m. |
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Conference Room 225 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
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RELATING TO SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST ONE PLANET PACIFIC ENERGY, LLC, A PROCESSING ENTERPRISE. Provides the issuance of $35,000,000 in special purpose revenue bonds to One Planet Pacific Energy, LCC.
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ENE, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST EPOD, INC., IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF RENEWABLE ENERGY ON THE ISLAND OF OAHU. Authorizes the issuance of Special Purpose Revenue Bonds to EPOD Inc. for a renewable energy project.
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ENE, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST CARBON DIVERSION INC. Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist Carbon Diversion Inc.
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ENE, WAM |
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RELATING TO SEAWATER AIR CONDITIONING. Allows the sale of cooling from seawater air conditioning district cooling systems to qualify for state enterprise zone benefits.
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ENE, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST SEAWATER AIR CONDITIONING PROJECTS ON OAHU. Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to Honolulu Seawater Air Conditioning, LLC, for the purpose of design and construction of a seawater air conditioning district cooling system in downtown Honolulu.
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ENE, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST HONOLULU SEAWATER AIR CONDITIONING, LLC PROJECTS ON OAHU. Extends the authorization to issue special purpose revenue bonds for Honolulu Seawater Air Conditioning, LLC for the design and construction of a seawater air conditioning/thermal energy storage district cooling system on Oahu.
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ENE, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES. Authorizes issuance of SPRBs for BioEnergy Hawaii, LLC.
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ENE, WAM |
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RELATING TO COQUI FROGS. Appropriates funds for grants-in-aid to the counties for coqui frog eradication.
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ENE, WAM |
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RELATING TO ZONING. Requires counties to adopt zoning ordinances to require a minimum percentage of all roof tops on structures in multi-family, hotel, and industrial districts to be landscaped.
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ENE, TIA |
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RELATING TO ENERGY EFFICIENCY. Directs the department of business, economic, development and tourism to adopt rules pertaining to appliance efficiency that are consistent with the California Appliance Efficiency Regulations. Prohibits the sale of appliances in the State after January 1, 2011, that do not meet efficiency standards.
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ENE, CPN |
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RELATING TO ENERGY RESOURCES. Directs each state agency to establish cost-effective programs that encourage personnel to conserve electricity and water.
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ENE, JGO |
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RELATING TO SOLID WASTE. Establishes a solid waste management commission. Assigns responsibility for developing the State's integrated solid waste management plan to the commission and authorizes the commission to establish an advisory council. Establishes the waste resource management special fund. Funds the special fund with moneys from the environmental response tax and the deposit beverage container deposit special fund.
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ENE, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE DEPOSIT BEVERAGE CONTAINER PROGRAM. Requires retail dealers with more than seventy-five thousand square feet of retail space to operate redemption centers. Effective 10/1/2009.
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ENE, HTH |
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RELATING TO RECYCLING. Establishes a task force within the department of health to prepare a report on recycling programs in other states and countries and to create a plan for implementing a statewide recycling program based on the task force's findings. Makes an appropriation.
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ENE, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE DEPOSIT BEVERAGE CONTAINER PROGRAM. Requires dealers and redemption centers to pay the scrap value for aluminum containers in addition to the deposit refund value.
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ENE, WAM |
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RELATING TO WATER POLLUTION. Establish exempt positions entitled Total Maximum Daily Load Coordinator.
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ENE, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT LAW. Requires an environmental assessment for any development on lands with an average slope of 20% or greater.
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ENE, WTL |
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RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE. Excludes bona fide prospective purchasers and owners of contiguous properties who meet certain conditions from liability under the environmental response law.
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ENE, JGO |
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RELATING TO POLLUTION. Prohibits the use of leaf blowers during certain hours and with emissions greater than 10 g/kW-hr; restricts the use of leaf blowers for certain periods of time and near operable doors, windows, and air ducts.
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ENE, JGO |
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RELATING TO NOISE. Makes it unlawful for a person to play, use, or operate a radio, tape recorder, cassette player or other machine or device for reproducing sound, if the sound generated is audible at a distance of fifty feet and the device is located in or on any public property or motor vehicle on a public street, highway, or public space; establishes penalties.
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ENE, JGO |
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RELATING TO NUCLEAR ENERGY. Establishes a nuclear energy commission within the department of business, economic development, and tourism.
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ENE, EDT |
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RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT. Enables the receipt and use of moneys from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 for drinking water and wastewater infrastructure. (SD1)
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ENE [Measure added 02-13-09] |
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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 |
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