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Senators hear support for HB256 to lock in state standards for waste‑to‑energy plants
Summary
Supporters urged the joint Senate committees to preserve state pollution controls for Hawaii’s waste‑to‑energy facility regardless of possible federal rollbacks; environmental groups asked the state to close regulatory gaps for older burners.
Supporters of HB256 told a joint hearing of the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services and the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Environment that the bill would prevent rollbacks of pollution standards for waste‑to‑energy facilities if the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency weakens federal rules.
The measure, described at the hearing as relating to environmental protection, drew testimony from the Department of Health and several environmental and community groups. "This bill would ensure that the standards that are now in place for waste‑to‑energy facilities ... will stay intact regardless of whether the EPA backtracks on any air or…
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