STAND. COM. REP. NO. 363^
Honolulu, Hawaii
APR 0 3 202i
RE; S.R. No. 63
S.D. 1
Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi
President of the Senate
Thirty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2024
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committees on Health and Human Services and Agriculture
and Environment, to which was referred S.R. No. 63 entitled:
"SENATE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH AND THE
CHIEF ENERGY OFFICER TO CONTINUOUSLY MONITOR AIR POLLUTANTS
EMITTED BY WASTE INCINERATION FACILITIES,"
beg leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to request the
Director of Health and the Chief Energy Officer to continuously
monitor air pollutants emitted by waste incineration facilities.
Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure
from the Energy Justice Network, Environmental Caucus of the
Democratic Party of Hawai‘i, and two individuals.
Your Committees received testimony in opposition to this
measure from the Covanta Honolulu Resource Recovery Venture, LLC.
Your Committees received comments on this measure from the
Department of Health and Hawaii State Energy Office.
Your Committees find that of the twenty-two known pollutants
that waste incineration facilities emit, only four are monitored
continuously. Further, as emissions may vary based on what
materials are being incinerated, the measurements of certain
emissions that are taken only once per year may not accurately
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reflect the pollutants being emitted at other times of the year,
which is critical with respect to certain dioxin emissions that
are restricted by the Environmental Protection Agency due to their
toxicity. This measure would request the Department of Health, in
collaboration with the Hawaii State Energy Office, to conduct
monitoring of air pollutants emitted by waste incineration
facilities. Your Committees further find that this measure's
proposed request would require additional staff, time, and effort,
and that no funds are being allocated to the Department of Health
or Hawaii State Energy Office to fulfill these requests.
Your Committees note that H.C.R. No. 153 (2024) was recently
passed out of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on
Energy and Environmental Protection and requests the Department of
Health to conduct a feasibility study on the implementation of
continuous monitoring and sampling technologies in waste
combustion facilities and municipal solid waste landfills. Your
Committees find that the language in H.C.R. No. 153 is preferable
because it does not request the Department of Health or the Hawaii
State Energy Office to actually conduct continuous monitoring of
air pollutants, but rather to conduct a feasibility study on the
implementation of continuous monitoring of air pollutants.
Accordingly, your Committees have amended this measure by:
(1) Deleting its contents and inserting the contents of
H.C.R. No. 153, which requests the Department of Health
to conduct a feasibility study on the implementation of
continuous monitoring and sampling technologies in waste
combustion facilities and municipal solid waste
landfills;
(2) Inserting language to request the Department of Health
to seek fees from users of waste facilities to fund the
requested development of the emissions data disclosure
website;
(3) Amending its title to reflect its amended purpose; and
(4) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the
purposes of clarity and consistency.
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As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committees on Health and Human Services and Agriculture and
Environment that are attached to this report, your Committees
concur with the intent and purpose of S.R. No. 63, as amended
herein, and recommend its adoption in the form attached hereto as
S.R. No. 63, S.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on
behalf of the members of the
Committees on Health and Human
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 The Senate
Thirty-Second Legislature
State of Hawaii
Record of Votes
Committee on Health and Human Services
HHS
Bill / Resolution No.:* Committee Referral: Date;
__ The Committee is reconsidering its previous decision on this measure.
If so, then the previous decision was to; ___________________________________
The Recommendation is:
__ Pass, unamended Pass, with amendments __ Hold __ Recommit
2312 2311_______________ 2310________ 2313
Members Aye Aye (WR) Nay Excused
SAN BUENAVENTURA, Joy A. (C)
AQUINO, Henry J.C. (VC)
KEOHOKALOLE, Jarrett
SHIMABUKURO. Maile S.L
AWA, Brenton
TOTAL
Recommendation:
L^J^dopted __ Not Adopted
Chair’s or Designee’s Signature:^------ - ---------- V,----------?
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Distribution: Original Yellow Pink Goldenrod
File with Committee Report Clerk's Office Drafting Agency Committee File Copy
*Only one measure per Record of Votes
Revised: 12/27/23
 The Senate
Thirty-Second Legislature
State of Hawaii
Record of Votes
Committee on Agriculture and Environment
AEN
Bill / Resolution No.:* Committee Referral: Date: .
SR 63 3 /i-^
__ The Committee is reconsidering its previous decision on this measure.
If so, then the previous decision was to: ___________________________________
The Recommendation is: xI/l
Pass, unamended Pass, with amendments __ Hold __ Recommit
2312 2311 2310 2313
Members Aye Aye (WR) Nay Excused
GABBARD, Mike (C)
RICHARDS, III, Herbert M. “Tim” (VC)
DECOITE, Lynn
RHOADS. Karl
AWA, Brenton ^^x^
TOTAL 0
Recommendation:
Adopted __ Not Adopted
Chair’s or Designee’s Signature:
Distribution: Original Yellow Pink Goldenrod
File with Committee Report Clerk's Office Drafting Agency Committee File Copy
*Only one measure per Record of Votes
Revised: 12/27/23