STAND. COM. REP. NO. 357

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 701

       S.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committees on Energy and Environment and Transportation, International and Intergovernmental Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 701 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LANDFILLS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to place a moratorium for any new landfills on the leeward coast, including Nanakuli, Waianae, Maili, Makaha, and Makua on or after August 1, 2009.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by one private organization and one individual.  Testimony in opposition to the measure was submitted by one state department.  Comments were submitted by one county department.  Written testimony presented to your Committees may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

     Your Committees find that the residents of the Leeward Coast have justified concerns regarding the location of any future landfill sites and feel that they have been disproportionately carrying the burden of accepting much of Oahu's municipal solid waste.

     Your Committees have amended this measure by:

     (1)  Adopting the recommendation of the Ironworkers Stabilization Fund by expanding the moratorium to include private landfills and the expansion of existing private landfills; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive stylistic changes.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Energy and Environment and Transportation, International and Intergovernmental Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 701, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 701, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Water, Land, Agriculture, and Hawaiian Affairs.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Energy and Environment and Transportation, International and Intergovernmental Affairs,

____________________________ J. KALANI ENGLISH, Chair

____________________________ MIKE GABBARD, Chair