HomeMy WebLinkAboutREP EMC 008 11/06/2007 2006-2008 REPORT OF THE
COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
DATE: November 6, 2007 Re: Comm. No. 738/Bill No. 189
PLACE: Councilroom
Ben Franklin Building
333 Kilauea Avenue, 2°d Floor
Hilo, Hawaii
TIME: 2:45 p.m.
Council Chair and Members
Hawaii County Council
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Your Committee on Environmental Management, to which was referred Bil] 189 reports as
follows:
Bill 189, transmitted by Council Member Emily Naeole, via Communication No. 738, dated
October 9, 2007, transmits an ordinance amending chapter 20 of the Hawaii County Code 1983
(2005 Edition, as amended), relating to refuse.
The purpose of this bill is to ban all forms of tires, whether whole cut, sliced, chipped or
shredded from the island's landfills. According to Mike Dworsky, Solid Waste Management
Chief, tires are not bio-degradable and can and should be recycled into other uses. It was also
mentioned that the `old landfill" (old auto recycling location) in Kona is full of tires and still
burning.
Consideration was given in the bill for vendors to comply with the new ordinance, allowing time
for implementation.
Your Committee on Environmental Management is in accord with the purpose and intent of
Bill 189 and recommends passage of Bill 189 on fist reading.
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HIGA x _ COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL
HOFFMANN x MANAGEMENT
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JACOBSON X
NAEOLE X
F1LACO X _ BOB JA SON, CHAIR
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