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who listens and will see some of these bills carrying over into future years. The Secretary is trying to get Steve Bader on the line. He is in the Mayor's office, tracking the State legislation and things that are on tap. Hopefully we could get Mr. Bader on the line to talk about the bills that you and DEM are trying to support, and whether now is the time that EMC wishes to submit some letter and support, or opposition. Director Mansour said we have been tracking certain bills. Recycling Coordinator Sanne Berrig could probably give us a run down on the ones that she would love to see go through from a recycling point of view. We talked about it last time and we she said probably the best guy to give us an overview for the whole County is Steve Bader. We extended the invitation and the Secretary can get him hooked up to this meeting at least so you guys could hear from him as well. He asked Ms. Berrig to give an update. Recycling Coordinator Berrig said that the bill increasing the advance disposal fee for glass died. It was set up more than 27 years ago and we still get the same amount, 1.5 pennies. Ms. Berrig is part of the All County Diversion Hui, an informal group, and we all supported it together. DOH was behind us. Henry Gabriel, Recycling Branch Chief with the City and County of Honolulu, calculated that the true cost overall is about 5 cents per container. We made a final pitch last night to Sen. Mike Gabbard’s office. Starting next session we will start to lobby earlier and heavier and get everyone on board. So it's kind of crazy. She really doesn't know what happened the previous day at the hearing on HB 2399, the Extended Producer Responsibility bill from Rep. Lowen's office. What is still alive is a bill regarding composting. It's about changing allowing for composting in ag zone districts. So this kind of goes hand in hand with the county, with us working with Research and Development, they do most of the work. About eight coalition members are applying for a very large grant from the EDA for Build Back Better. They already were able to successfully get an amount Phase 1. So now we're working on Phase 2, which is a huge endeavor. And this composting would support that. It's looking at decentralized composting around the island more, and it's in the relevant districts. They kind of overlap with Council districts, but just different geographic districts on the island. So she really supports that one. January is just the craziest month for legislation. She also doesn’t know also where the eWaste bill was. It was about moving forward just similar with EPR, just getting more money upfront from the manufacturers. Because at the end of the day, end of life, we the counties are left to be dealing with the goods. So as with the ADF glass, we need more money. Especially when there's a new TV design that comes out every six months and everyone buys a bigger, better TV. And the same with computers. Director Mansour reviewed the bills for which DEM submitted testimony:  HB 1411 is relating to the title of vehicles and vehicle registration.  HB 1412 requires the counties to provide a minimum distance a vehicle must be moved within a specified timeframe to avoid a classification of abandonment.  HB 1413 allows the Director of Finance to require payments of outstanding charges and fines owed to the County relating to the disposition of an abandoned vehicle by the 4