STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 1273-20
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2020
RE: S.B. No. 2386
S.D. 2
H.D. 2
Honorable Scott K. Saiki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Thirtieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2020
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2386, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO WASTE MANAGEMENT,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to:
(1) Prohibit any waste or disposal facility from being located in a conservation district except in emergency circumstances to mitigate significant risks to public safety and health;
(2) Require no less than a one-half mile buffer zone around residences, schools, and hospitals for the construction, modification, or expansion of a waste or disposal facility; and
(3) Specify that "waste or disposal facility" excludes individual, state certified, non-industrial redemption centers.
Your
Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Making inapplicable to federal agencies the prohibition on construction, operation, modification, expansion, or closure of a municipal solid waste landfill unit without first obtaining a permit from the Director of Health;
(2) Making inapplicable
to federal agencies the prohibition on construction,
modification, or expansion of a waste
or disposal facility or construction and demolition landfill unit
without a one-half mile buffer
zone around residences, schools, and hospitals;
(3) Making it effective upon approval; and
(4) 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 S.B. No. 2386, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2386, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ SYLVIA LUKE, Chair |
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