STAND. COM. REP. NO.  338-10

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2556

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection, to which was referred H.B. No. 2556, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE PRODUCTS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to change the designating authority that approves the preferred environmentally-sensitive cleaning and maintenance products to be used by public schools, from the Green Seal Program to the Design for the Environment Program of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

 

     The Office of the Governor and Department of Education testified in support of this bill.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2556, H.D. 1, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection,

 

 

		____________________________ HERMINA MORITA, Chair