STAND. COM. REP. NO. 407-10
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2010
RE: H.B. No. 2427
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Fifth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2010
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection, to which was referred H.B. No. 2427 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to extend from five years and as necessary to ten years the required interval for a county to submit a revised integrated solid waste management plan.
Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Environmental Services of the City and County of Honolulu, the Department of Environmental Management of the County of Hawaii, and the Department of Health.
Your Committee finds that the required interval of five years does not provide adequate time for a county to analyze and predict solid waste trends. Moreover, the process of analyzing one complete year of data and to organize and write a revised plan can take well over two years, effectively compelling a county to work continuously to update the plan throughout the five-year period.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Adding a new section that explains the rationale for extending the interval from five to ten years; and
(2) Deleting the phrase "and as necessary" following "ten years"; and
(3) Renumbering remaining sections of the bill consecutively.
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 H.B. No. 2427, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2427, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection,
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____________________________ HERMINA MORITA, Chair |
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