STAND. COM. REP. NO.  193

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   H.B. No. 422

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection, to which was referred H.B. No. 422 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SOLID WASTE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to apply the solid waste management surcharge to:  incineration and waste-to-energy facilities that dispose of solid waste within the State; and solid waste reduction facilities that collect and prepare solid waste for transport to out-of-state landfills, incineration facilities, and waste-to-energy facilities.

     The Department of Health testified in support of the measure.

     Your Committee finds that the solid waste management surcharge is the main funding source for the Department of Health's solid waste regulatory program and that this measure will assist the program in maintaining necessary funding levels.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive changes for purposes of style, clarity, and consistency.

     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. 422, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 422, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection,

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HERMINA MORITA, Chair