STAND

 

STAND. COM. REP. NO. 243-04

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: H.B. No. 559

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 559 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to amend the Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to health in a short form bill.

Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended this bill by replacing its contents with an amendment to section 342J-34, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to rules governing standards applicable to owners and operators of facilities for treatment, storage, or disposal of hazardous waste, so that a public hearing may be held on the substantive contents. Specifically, this amendment adds a further item to those subjects concerning which the Director of Health has the power to adopt rules, namely, the prohibition on the disposal of hazardous wastes from medical facilities in landfills.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 559, as amended herein, and recommends that it be recommitted to the Committee on Health, for the purpose of holding a public hearing thereon, in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 559, H.D. 1.

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

 

		____________________________ DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Chair