S.C.R. NO. 77 Summary

• Urges the Department of Health to enforce Hawaii Revised Statutes section 342H-30 to require incinerator ash be managed only through secure containment in landfills, with secure tarps during trucking to prevent wind dispersal into communities.

• Notes that H-Power, Hawaii's only waste incinerator at Campbell Industrial Park on Oahu, burns up to 2,600 tons of waste daily and currently deposits resulting ash at Waimanalo Gulch Landfill.

• Contends that EPA classifies incinerator ash as non-hazardous despite fly ash testing hazardous over 90 percent of the time due to lead and cadmium leaching, and that ash contains toxic dioxins, furans, arsenic, cadmium, chromium, lead, and mercury.

• Opposes the City and County of Honolulu's planned ash "recycling" facility at Campbell Industrial Park, stating that reusing ash in road construction or other applications violates state law and poses public health risks.

• Directs certified copies be transmitted to the Governor, Director of Health, Chief Energy Officer, and all county Mayors notifying them that incinerator ash recycling or reuse is unlawful and should not be pursued.