2021-02-24 EMC Meeting Agenda and Director's Informational Report

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Comm. # Requests comprehensive update of Possible placement on March 16, wastewater treatment facilities on Hawai'i 2021, agenda Island. (CM Richards) b. Active bills in the Legislature as of 2/18 SB 369 Establishes the time of transfer wastewater system inspection program in the Department of Health to oversee the inspection and repair of any individual wastewater system at the time of sale or transfer of residential real property attached to the wastewater system. Excludes certain sales or transfers. (WAM) SB 434 Allows the director of finance of a county to require payment of outstanding charges owed to the county for the towing, removal, or disposal of an abandoned or derelict vehicle within the county before issuing a motor vehicle certificate of registration. (JDC) SB 502 SDI Proposes a constitutional amendment which guarantees individuals the right to a clean and healthy environment, including pure water, clean air, healthy ecosystems, and a stable climate, and to the preservation of the natural, cultural, scenic, and healthful qualities of the environment. Self-executing. SD1 (JDC/WAM) SB 587 **Requires the department of health to periodically update its co -composting rules. Requires department of health to establish a multi -tiered registration and permitting system for composting facilities. Allows composting and co -composting in agricultural districts.** (JDC) SB 964 SDI Broadens the definition of "food waste" as used in integrated solid waste management. Excludes facilities designed primarily for composting organic material such as food waste and green waste, on-site school campus food waste programs, and recycling drop-off facilities from the requirement that disposal facilities shall not be constructed, modified, or expanded without first establishing a buffer zone of no less than one-half mile from the nearest residential, school, or hospital property line. Establishes a class of artisan -scale composting operations exempt from department of health regulations to divert organic materials from Hawaii's landfills. Takes effect 7/1/2050. SD1 (JDC) SB 997 SDI Allows county governments to enter into private -public partnerships for the services and transferring, or joint venturing of one or more of their wastewater treatment facilities to a private entity, or its wholly owned nonprofit management entity, for the delivery of those services. SD1 (JDC) SB 1298 **Increases the advance disposal fee collected on glass containers to five cents. Removes the exemption for glass deposit beverage containers.** (WAM) SB 1419 Establishes the Municipal Product Stewardship Program. (JDC) ** -- Means a committee voted to pass it with amendments but as of the posting of this agenda the amendments are not known. Therefore, the text of the bill description may not be accurate. The committee name in parentheses at the end of the description notes each bill's current referral. Each of the above bills must clear their final committees in the Senate by the First Decking deadline before crossing over to the House. None of the House bills that were being tracked from the start of the 2021 session remains active.