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HI SR30

Resolution

Status

Introduced

3/3/2011

Primary Sponsor

Maile Shimabukuro

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Origin

Senate

2011 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requests all landfills on Oahu to stop accepting municipal solid waste effective July 1, 2012, with exceptions only for special waste and disaster-generated waste

  • Requests landfills on Hawaii, Maui, and Kauai to stop accepting municipal solid waste on dates to be determined by their respective county councils, with the same exceptions for special and disaster waste

  • Cites Hawaii's excessive per-capita solid waste production (nearly twice the national average) and state landfills operating at or near capacity as primary justifications

  • References the Land Use Commission's 2009 decision regarding Waimanalo Gulch Sanitary Landfill and a January 12, 2011 incident where heavy rain dislodged medical waste that contaminated west Oahu coastlines

  • Directs distribution of the resolution to the Governor, Director of Health, Land Use Commission Chairperson, and county mayors and council chairs

Legislative Description

Solid Waste Management; Landfills

Last Action

(S) Referred to ENE/PGM, WAM.

3/8/2011

Committee Referrals

Energy and Environment3/8/2011

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