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HI SCR105
Concurrent Resolution
Status
3/7/2025
Primary Sponsor
Mike Gabbard
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AI Summary
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Urges the Director of Health to require waste combustion facility operators to implement continuous monitoring and sampling technologies tested and verified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
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Identifies H-POWER (Covanta Honolulu Resource Recovery Venture) in Campbell Industrial Park on Oahu as a major source of industrial air pollution, currently monitoring only four air pollutants continuously while others are tested once annually.
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Notes that continuous monitoring at H-POWER's Chester, Pennsylvania facility showed hydrochloric acid emissions 62 percent higher than annual stack testing results, the method currently used in Hawaii.
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Cites studies indicating continuous dioxin sampling reveals actual emissions 32-52 times greater than U.S. annual testing reports, and a more recent study finding underestimation by 460-1,290 times using current methods.
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Requires certified copies be transmitted to the Governor, Director of Health, and all county mayors and council chairs.
Legislative Description
Urging The Director Of Health To Require Operators Of Waste Combustion Facilities To Implement Continuous Monitoring And Sampling Technologies That Have Been Tested And Verified By The United States Environmental Protection Agency To Ensure That The Operators Continuously Monitor, Sample, And Report The Emissions Of Contaminants.
Director of Health
Last Action
Referred to HHS/AEN.
3/11/2025