HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	1490
TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2014
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO electrical power generators.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 

     SECTION 1.  Chapter 342B, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

     "§342B-     Electrical power generators; diesel; filters.  Any diesel-powered electrical power generator capable of generating more than       kilowatts of power used in the State shall be equipped with a diesel particulate filter that is capable of filtering out no less than eighty-five per cent of the particulate matter in the exhaust produced by the generator."

     SECTION 2.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval and shall apply to diesel-powered electrical power generators affected by this Act and used on or after January 1, 2015.

 

INTRODUCED BY:	_____________________________

 

Report Title:

Electrical Power Generators; Diesel-powered; Filters

 

Description:

Requires certain diesel-powered electrical power generators to be equipped with diesel particulate filters that remove no less than 85% of the particulate matter.

 

 

 

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