HI SCR167

Request that the Department of Health enforce Hawaii Revised Statutes section 342H-30 to ensure ash and debris from the August 2023 Maui wildfire are managed only through proper landfill containment, not incineration or high-temperature processes.

Require that ash and waste be transported in secured, leak-proof containers and that ash not be used as alternative daily cover material at landfills, with secure tarps used to prevent ash from dispersing.

Support the County of Maui's designation of the Central Maui Landfill as the final disposal site for wildfire waste, which represents approximately two years of the landfill's normal capacity.

Encourage the County of Maui, Army Corps of Engineers, and FEMA to discontinue use of the Olowalu temporary disposal site, decontaminate trucks before departure, and transport waste to landfills at night to minimize traffic impacts.

Oppose consideration of pyrolysis, gasification, incineration, or other high-temperature waste management processes due to health and environmental concerns related to toxic chemical creation and dispersal.