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Home My WebLink AboutCOM 0107.041 2016-2018 Murashige, Laura From: Lim Victor(US Partners) <victor.lim@partners.mcd.com> Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2017 8:34 PM To: Council Testimony Subject: Bill 13 for Committee on Environmental Management, February 21, 2017 at 1:30 pm Attachments: Bi1113 Hawaii County Polystyrene Containers.docx Attached is the Hawaii Restaurant Association's testimony in Opposition to Bi1113 that will ban Polystyrene Foam food containers. Thanks. COUNTY CLERK :. COUNTY OF HAWAI°I RECEIVED Time �•OO corky B Late • 01. „. Ref. To: • :4. W Ref. f. �te Board of Directors Tom Jones ' N '''45.40.17—CMHelititti,. ', Gyotaku/AGU a Ramen Bistro Pat Kashani Tropics Tap House Ben Dowling :` ''£ Ocean House x �m t Hide Sakurai Shokudo,Buho,Bread+Butter Michael Miller,Chairman-Tiki's Grill&Bar Tyler Roukema,Incoming Chair-Outback Steakhouse Eric Waddell Kelii Gouveia,Vice Chair-Hula Grill Michael Skedelski,Secretary-Eggs N Things Fleetwood's on Front Street Mark Noguchi Dirk Koeppenkastrop,Treasurer—IL Gelato Eron Read,Past Chair Pili Group Gary Manago Gregg Fraser,Executive Director Sunny Obrey,Executive Assistant Holly Kessler,Director of Membership Relations Hilton Waikiki Beach Hotel Michelle Brumblay Kahala Hotel and Resort Bilki Locke l's Sydney To: Eileen O'Hara,Chair Jetsun Dutcher Herbert M. "Tim" Richards III,Vice Chair Kona Brewing Company Members of the Committee on Environmental Management Patrick Fass Turtle Bay Resort Hawaii County Council Hideo Simon Square Barrels Yuka Raso From: Victor Lim, Hawaii Restaurant Association Nobu Restaurants Nick Roschi Subj: Bill 13 Polystyrene Food Containers Luana Hospitality Dr.Thomas E.Metzger CiCi's Pizza Date: February 19, 2017 Dianne Vicheinrut Outrigger Hotels Jed Roa The Hawaii Restaurant Association representing about 3,500 restaurants here in Hawaii opposes Bill 13 that Lola's Grill&Pupu Bar Paul Yokota will ban polystyrene food containers. FCH Enterprise I Zippys Conrad Nonaka For more than 50 years,the US Food and Drug Administration have approved the use of polystyrene for Culinary Inst.of the Pacific Jim Cremins food service products. Styrene,the material used in the manufacturing of polystyrene,is a naturally Y.Hata occurring substance found in common foods and beverages(notably beer, beef,and cinnamon). James Baloaloa SWS-Red Bull Naomi Azama Maui City council had a task force led by council member Michael Victorino in 2014 found that Polystyrene HMAA Len Delekta materials comprise actually less than one percent of the waste entering the land fill. Image Apparel Hawaii Thomas Frigge In our current environment, businesses have choices as to which type of containers to use with different TOBE Co.Food Safety Biff Graper types of food they sell along with different costs. Hawaii's highly diverse ethnic population and the varied Colliers International types of foods offered,one will find that our local ethnic dishes that usually go with heat and gravies, uses Doug Harris Harris Agency polystyrene containers primarily to hold the product integrity and safety in transporting. Anne Lee HONOLULU Magazine We are all concerned about the beautiful Hawaii that we lived in and that's why in 2016,the Hawaii Sharon Shigemoto Hawaii Gas Restaurant Association along with many partners launched(Malama 808)to rally the industry to educate Gordon Chow the general public and to make sure that are disposed in the right places. Today,we are continuing with C&S-Hansen Advisory Board these efforts. Victor Lim-NRA Director McDonald's/LWD Inc. Thank you for giving us this opportunity to share our view and please let us know if we can be of help. Kehau Giles Kaiser Permanente Jonathan Youngs Aloha. Atlas Insurance Matt Rose SaniKleen Jason Wong HFM Foodservice Gerda Tom Aloha Shoyu Justin Yoshino Triple FFF Distributors Richard Turbin Turbin&Chu Law Firm Ray L'Heureux Pacific Historic Parks Derek Conselva PAO&Associates Gail Ann Chew Make a Wish Foundation Jon Muranaka DTRIC Insurance Keith Kamisugi Equal Justice Society Cuyler Shaw 2909 Waialae Avenue,#22 Honolulu,Hawaii 96826 Office 808-944-9105 Fax 808-441-5355 Ashford&Wriston 1