STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1537

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   S.B. No. 725

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 725, S.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SOLID WASTE,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to expand the application of the solid waste management surcharge to solid waste that is:

 

(1)  Disposed of within the State at permitted or unpermitted incineration facilities and waste-to-energy facilities; or

 

(2)  Transferred to solid waste reduction facilities within the State that collect solid waste for transport to an out-of-state landfill, incineration facility, or waste-to-energy facility.

 

     The Department of Health testified in support of this bill.  The PVT Land Company and Honua Power, LLC opposed this measure.  The City and County of Honolulu Department of Environmental Services provided comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

(1)  Increasing the solid waste management surcharge from 35 cents to 75 cents per ton of solid waste;

 

(2)  Deleting the application of the solid waste management surcharge to waste-to-energy facilities;

 

(3)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2011; 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 Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 725, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 725, S.D. 2, H.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

 

 

 

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair