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COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
DATE: October 20, 2015 Re: Comm. No. 493/Bill No. 100
PLACE: Council Chambers
Kailua-Kona, Hawai`i
TIME: 2:00 p.m.
Council Chair and Members
Hawai`i County Council
Hilo, Hawai`i 96720
Your Committee on Environmental Management, to which was referred Bill No. 100, reports as
follows:
Bill No. 100, transmitted by Council Member Margaret Wille via Communication No. 493 dated
September 30, 2015, amends Chapter 20, Article 5, Sections 20-50 and 20-52 of the Hawai`i
County Code 1983 (2005 Edition, as amended), relating to Refuse.
Two members of the public testified in support of Bill 100.
Council Member Wille commented that the bill will give the Director of Environmental
Management ability to authorize waste to be transported to alternative landfills. Council Member
Wille would like to move the bill forward as written.
Council Member Karen Eoff asked if biodegradable plastics would be separated out. Bobbie Jean
Leithead Todd, Director of Environmental Management, replied there are two forms of plastics:
1) plastics made from renewable materials; and 2) plastics made from petro-chemicals. Director
Todd does not want to "lump out"plastics made from plant materials.
Environmental Management Commission Chair Tom Randle commented that Bill 100 is on the
October 28 Commission agenda.
Council Member Dennis "Fresh" Onishi asked Corporation Counsel Molly Stebbins if any
amendments need to go to Environmental Management Commission. She commented that
Bill 100 has been drafted in response to the Commission's comments and recommendations to
Bill 33, also related to Refuse, so further amendments would not need to go back to the
Commission.
EMC Rept. No.: 4
EMC-4 Page 2 October 20, 2015
Your Committee on Environmental Management is in accord with the purpose and intent of
Bill 100, and recommends passage on first reading.
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AYES NOES ABS EX Respectfully submitted,
CHUNG X
DAVID x COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL
EOFF x MANAGEMENT
ILAGAN X
KANUHA X Iv S.
ONISHI X
PALEKA x DENNIS "FRESH" ONISHI, CHAIR
POINDEXTER X EMC REPORT NO.: 4
WILLE X ADOPTED: NOV 0 3 2015