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Joint Senate committees pass resolution to form statewide solid‑waste working group with amended membership and scope
Summary
The Senate committees on Agriculture and Environment and on Health and Human Services voted to pass SCR 104 / SR 85 with amendments directing the Department of Health to convene a working group on solid‑waste management and to broaden invited membership and reporting requirements.
The joint Senate Committee on Agriculture and Environment and the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services advanced SCR 104 / SR 85 on a recommendation to pass with amendments, directing the Department of Health to convene a working group to review solid‑waste management and materials‑management policies.
The amendment package approved by the committees changes proposed language on landfill siting, expands the list of entities the governor is asked to invite to the working group, and clarifies reporting elements. Committee members removed several lines from the original text, specified the Waimanalo Gulch landfill location reference be changed to Kapolei, and directed that the working group’s report address materials‑management programs and a list of alternative…
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