STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1358-10

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

RE:   S.C.R. No. 40

      S.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 Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 40, S.D. 1, entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR ENFORCEMENT OF EXISTING OSHA REGULATIONS ON THE USE OF HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM AND URGING OSHA TO DEVELOP SAFER ALTERNATIVES AND BAN HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this resolution is to express support for the enforcement of existing OSHA regulations on the use of hexavalent chromium and urging OSHA to develop safer alternatives and ban hexavalent chromium.

     The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations provided comments on this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor & Public Employment that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 40, S.D. 1, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Economic Revitalization, Business, & Military Affairs.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor & Public Employment,

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KARL RHOADS, Chair