STAND. COM. REP. NO.  889-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   H.B. No. 2656

      H.D. 2

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2656, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AIR POLLUTION CONTROL,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require all crematoriums operating in the State, including those that were constructed before March 20, 1972, to be subject to the air pollution control requirements of Chapter 342B, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

The Sierra Club Hawaii Chapter and numerous concerned individuals supported this measure.  Oahu Cemetery Association and Hosoi Garden Mortuary, Inc. opposed this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Extending from December 31, 2012, to December 31, 2015, the date by which crematoriums constructed before March 20, 1972, and operating without a permit must submit permit applications to the Department of Health; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2656, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2656, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair