THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2013

 

COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT

Senator Mike Gabbard, Chair

Senator Russell E. Ruderman, Vice Chair

 

COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY, INTERGOVERNMENTAL AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

Senator Will Espero, Chair

Senator Rosalyn H. Baker, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

DATE:

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

TIME:

2:15 p.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 224

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

SB 16

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO ENERGY RESOURCES.

Requires appropriate county permitting agency to receive and process application for variances for installation of solar water heating systems.  Requires county councils to establish procedures and standards by which their respective county permitting agencies approve, disapprove, or approve with conditions.  Clarifies existing application procedures.

 

ENE/PSM, WAM

SB 1132

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO SOLID WASTE.

Increases the solid waste management surcharge to $1.25 per ton of solid waste disposed of in landfills or shipped out-of-state;  increases the solid waste management surcharge to 60 cents per ton of solid waste disposed of at waste-to-energy facilities that accept 150,000 tons or more of solid waste annually;  provides for no surcharges to waste-to-energy facilities that accept less than 150,000 tons of solid waste annually and for ash disposed of in landfills that originates from a waste-to-energy facility; and defines "waste-to-energy facility".

 

ENE/PSM, WAM

 

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

 

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FOR AMENDED NOTICES:  Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored.  If a measure is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.

 

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Senator Will Espero

Chair

 

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Senator Mike Gabbard

Chair