Bill Text: HI HCR281 | 2011 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Equitable distribution of waste management burdens.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-13 - (H) The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred. [HCR281 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2011-HCR281-Amended.html
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TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2011 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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HOUSE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION
REQUESTING THE STATE AND THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU TO SUPPORT A WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THAT EQUITABLY DISTRIBUTES ITS BENEFITS AND BURDENS ACROSS THE COMMUNITY.
WHEREAS, landfills in the State benefit the entire island or county upon or in which they are located, but may adversely and disproportionately affect the residents of neighborhoods closest to them; and
WHEREAS, residents of neighborhoods located closest to landfills deserve special consideration in the name of environmental justice; and
WHEREAS, exposure to landfills may have cumulative and long-term health effects on the residents of neighborhoods located closest to landfills; and
WHEREAS, concerns have been raised by private citizens that non-municipal solid waste deposited at landfills within the state is piled aboveground and includes construction waste, waste, sludge, concrete construction debris with lead-based painted surfaces, lead acid batteries, and waste containing less than 50 parts per million of polychlorinated biphenyl; and
WHEREAS, the State and the City and County of Honolulu acknowledge that the Leeward Coast is burdened as the locale of a major part of the waste management system of the City and County of Honolulu; and
WHEREAS, the State and the City and County of Honolulu acknowledge that other communities on Oahu must share in the burdens of an effective and fair waste management system; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-sixth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2011, the Senate concurring, that the State, through the Governor, and the City and County of Honolulu are urged to support a waste management system that equitably distributes its benefits and burdens across the community; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Governor, Director of Health, Mayor of the City and County of Honolulu, Chairperson of the Honolulu City Council, and Director of the Department of Environmental Services of the City and County of Honolulu.
Equitable distribution of waste management burdens.
