STAND. COM. REP. NO. 225-14
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2014
RE: H.B. No. 2307
H.D. 1
Honorable Joseph M. Souki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Seventh State Legislature
Regular Session of 2014
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection, to which was referred H.B. No. 2307 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTRONIC WASTE RECYCLING,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The Department of Health, City and County of Honolulu's Department of Environmental Services, Sierra Club of Hawai‘i, and Ulupono Initiative testified in support of this measure. Consumer Electronics Association testified in opposition to this measure. The Hawaii Food Industry Association, Sims Recycling Solutions, and Hewlett-Packard Company commented on this measure.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Clarifying that the Department of Health has the authority to discuss with and notify each manufacturer of its recycling obligation, by weight;
(2) Requiring that there be at least one collection service in every zip code for counties with a population under 750,000, and at least one collection service in every county district for counties with a population over 750,000;
(3) Providing that a manufacturer that does not meet its recycling obligation pay the Department of Health for the amount not achieved at a rate determined by the Department; 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 H.B. No. 2307, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2307, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection,
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____________________________ CHRIS LEE, Chair |
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