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SB1260
Status and Testimony
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RELATING TO RECYCLING.
Mandates the recommendations made by the office of the auditor to the
department of health regarding advance disposal fee glass containers and
glass recycling. Requires the department of health to report on its
implementation of the recommendations to the legislature.
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ENE/HTH, WAM
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SB1170
Status and Testimony
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RELATING TO PLASTIC PRODUCTS.
Requires the department of health to adopt a standard specification for
compostable and that plastic products labeled as "compostable" meet
the applicable standard specification adopted by the department of health.
Prohibits a person from selling plastic products labeled as "biodegradable"
or implying that a plastic product will break down, fragment, biodegrade, or
decompose in a landfill or other environment; and provides an exception for
plastic products labeled as "compostable" if certain criteria are
met. Establishes fines for violators. Takes effect on 1/1/2016.
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ENE/HTH, CPN/JDL
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SB1168
Status and Testimony
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RELATING TO UNDERGROUND STORAGE.
Requires the department of health to establish rules requiring
field-constructed underground storage tanks or tank systems to meet the same
requirements that must be met by all other owners and operators of underground
storage tanks or systems under chapter 11-281, Hawaii Administrative Rules.
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ENE/HTH, CPN/WAM
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SB1118
Status and Testimony
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MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
FOR HAZARD EVALUATION AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE PREPAREDNESS.
Makes an emergency appropriation to the Department of Health to support
public health and environmental hazard evaluation and emergency response
preparedness.
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ENE/HTH, WAM
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SB1111
Status and Testimony
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RELATING TO WATER INFRASTRUCTURE.
Establishes the authority to transfer federal capitalization grant funds
between the Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund and the Drinking Water
Treatment Revolving Loan Fund within the Department of Health, in accordance
with the existing federal Safe Drinking Water Act, and as codified in Title
40 Code of Federal Regulations section 35.3530(c). Effective July 1, 2015.
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ENE/HTH, WAM
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SB689
Status and Testimony
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RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.
Prohibits the sale of personal care products that contain synthetic plastic
microbeads beginning on January 1, 2016. Requires violators to pay a fine.
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ENE/HTH, JDL/WAM
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SB132
Status and Testimony
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RELATING TO TAXATION.
Establishes a cesspool system upgrade income tax credit for taxpayers who
connect or upgrade a cesspool system to a septic system or any department of
health-approved individual wastewater system; and requires any annual amount
over $1,500,000, in the department of health's sanitation and environmental
health special fund, be used to fund the cesspool system upgrade income tax
credit rather than having the excess special fund moneys be deposited into
the general fund. Repeals July 1, 2019.
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HTH/ENE, WAM
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SB180
Status and Testimony
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RELATING TO RECYCLABLE MATERIALS.
Establishes a pilot program to accept for recycling products that are not
easily recycled in Hawaii. Makes an appropriation for the pilot program.
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ENE/HTH, WAM
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SB1049
Status and Testimony
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RELATING TO ELECTRONIC WASTE RECYCLING.
Prohibits an electronic device manufacturer's recycling plan from providing
an electronic device owner with only a mail-back option to return a covered
electronic device to the electronic manufacturer for recycling. Takes effect
on 1/1/2016.
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ENE/HTH
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