HomeMy WebLinkAbout24-02-04 1642 - Re_ Notice of hearing for HB 1688 - Norris (aye)From:Dorothy Norris
To:Georjean Adams
Cc:Sur, Peter; Tavares, Sherilyn K.; Agustin, Noah; Jim Beets; laura acasio; Dell Otsuka; Mahinakai50; Lee
McIntosh; GONZALO GARCIA
Subject:Re: Notice of hearing for HB 1688
Date:Sunday, February 4, 2024 4:41:37 PM
I consent to HB1688.
Dorothy Norris
dorothynorris88@gmail.com
On Feb 2, 2024, at 21:08, Georjean Adams <gadamsemc@gmail.com> wrote:
EMC Commissioners,
Please see the attached letter on HB1688.
I ask for majority consent (meaning at least 5 in favor) to approve the
attached statement. Please respond by the morning of Feb 6, so I'll have
time to submit the letter as testimony by Feb 7, if approved.
Mahalo,
Georjean
On Thu, Feb 1, 2024 at 8:40 AM Sur, Peter <Peter.Sur@hawaiicounty.gov>
wrote:
1. HRS 92-2.5(h)
(h) Where notice of the deadline to submit testimony to the legislature is
less than the notice requirements in this section, a board may circulate for
approval a statement regarding a position previously adopted by the board;
provided that the position previously adopted by the board, the statement to be
submitted as testimony, and communications among board members about the
statement, including drafts, shall be in writing and accessible to the public,
within forty-eight hours of the statement's circulation to the board, on the
board's website, or, if the board does not have a website, on an appropriate state
or county website.
2. The Environmental Management Commission at its duly noticed meeting
on January 24, 2024, adopted a motion to support extended producer
legislation in the 2024 session of the Legislature, and to authorize
recommendations to the Department of Environmental Management, the
Hawai‘i County Council, and the Legislature.
3. House Bill 1688:
Requires the Department of Health to conduct a statewide needs assessment to
determine what would be needed to transition to a more circular system with
less waste generation, more reuse, and an extended producer responsibility
program for packaging materials and paper products. Appropriates funds.
(H ) 1/31/2024 - Bill scheduled to be heard by EEP on Thursday, 02-08-24
9:30AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
4. All communications among commissioners related to this item shall
include the Board Secretary and shall be posted to
https://records.hawaiicounty.gov/weblink/Browse.aspx?
dbid=1&startid=128265.
<image002.png>Peter Sur
Private Secretary
Department of Environmental Management
(808) 961-8099
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Georjean Adams
Chair, Environmental Management Commission
gadamsEMC@gmail.com
<HB 1688 EMC letter 2024.docx>