STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1108-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   S.B. No. 2822

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection, to which was referred S.B. No. 2822, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO RECYCLING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish, within the Department of Health, the Hawaii Electric Device Recycling Task Force to make recommendations for a workable recycling program for electric devices.

The Department of Health, Reynolds Recycling, Retail Merchants of Hawaii, Hawaiian Hope, and a concerned individual testified in support of this measure.  The Consumer Electronics Association supported this measure with amendments.  The Sierra Club Hawaii Chapter, Technology Association of America, and TechNet offered comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Including household batteries as part of the focus of the task force in making recommendations for a recycling program;

     (2)  Adding to the task force up to two representatives of consumer or industrial technology manufacturers that have experience with recycling programs for electric devices;

     (3)  Clarifying that no member of the task force be an employee of the State, except for the Director of Health, or the Director's designee, and program manager of the Department of Health's Solid and Hazardous Waste Branch; and

     (4)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     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 S.B. No. 2822, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2822, S.D. 2, 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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DENNY COFFMAN, Chair