STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2713

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 2879
                                        S.D. 2




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B.
No. 2879, S.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE TIRES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to establish a program to
regulate the disposal of used motor vehicle tires.

      More specifically, the bill:

     (1)  Requires all facilities that accept, collect, or
          transport used tires to maintain records for three
          years on the entity from whom the tires were received;

     (2)  Establishes a motor vehicle tire surcharge of $1 on
          each new tire imported into the State to fund tire
          management, collection, disposal, recycling, marketing
          and reuse, as well as illegal dumping prevention
          programs; and

     (3)  Provides penalties for violations.

     Your Committee finds that disposal of used tires is a
serious problem in the State.  Your Committee further finds that
this bill will give the Department of Health the authority and
means to ensure that generators or transporters are properly
disposing of tires.

 
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     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Exempting permitted municipal solid waste disposal
          facilities from the recordkeeping requirements;

     (2)  Requiring tire importers to register with the
          Department of Health by September 1, 2000, and maintain
          records relating to the importation of tires;

     (3)  Providing for recovery of costs relating to tire
          cleanups and associated environmental assessments and
          remediation;

     (4)  Imposing strict liability upon persons engaged in
          illegal dumping;

     (5)  Adding definitions of "facility", "import", and
          "importer"; and

     (6)  Making technical nonsubstantive changes for purposes of
          style, clarity, and consistency.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No.
2879, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass
Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2879, S.D.
2.

                                 Respectfully submitted on behalf
                                 of the members of the Committee
                                 on Ways and Means,



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                                 CAROL FUKUNAGA, Co-Chair



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                                 ANDREW LEVIN, Co-Chair

 
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