STAND. COM. REP. NO. 758

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 1462

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Energy and Environment, to which was referred S.B. No. 1462 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PETROLEUM-CONTAMINATED SOIL,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to repeal the law that requires persons to obtain a permit to transport petroleum contaminated soil.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Health (DOH).  Comments were received from two individuals.

 

     Your Committee finds that the DOH has seen a significant decrease in the number of releases and cleanups of petroleum contaminated soil.  Since federal law required the cleanup of petroleum contaminated soil caused by underground storage tanks by 1998, there has been a dramatic decline in incidences of transportation of contaminated soil, particularly to remediation sites.  Your Committee notes that the DOH has increased its oversight on the proper management and disposal of petroleum contaminated soil at both the site of generation and the site of disposal.

 

     Therefore, the intent of this measure is to eliminate redundancy in the State's environmental protection law without threat to the public health, safety, and welfare.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Energy and Environment that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1462 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Energy and Environment,

 

 

 

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RON MENOR, Chair