Bill Text: HI HB2579 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To The Department Of Health.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-14 - Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Holt, Takayama excused (2). [HB2579 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2020-HB2579-Introduced.html
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THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2020 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to the department of health.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 128D-7, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
"(b)
The department shall adopt, by rules, the criteria for the selection and
for the priority ranking of sites pursuant to subsection (c) for removal and
remedial action under this chapter, and shall adopt criteria for the ranking of
sites in order of priority. The criteria
shall take into account the pertinent factors relating to the public health and
the environment, which shall include, but are not limited to, potential hazards
to public health and the environment, the risk of fire or explosion, toxic
hazards, the extent to which the deferral of remedial action will result, or is
likely to result, in a rapid increase in cost or in a hazard to human health
and the environment. The criteria may
include a minimum hazard threshold below which sites shall not be listed
pursuant to this section[.]; provided that any minimum hazard threshold
levels, including any environmental cleanup levels, developed by the department
pursuant to this section shall be peer reviewed and approved by an independent technical
advisory committee consisting of subject matter experts in toxicology, chemistry,
environmental contaminant fate and transport, and Oahu hydrogeology and geology."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
DOH; Minimum Hazard Threshold Levels; Peer Review; Approval
Description:
Requires certain minimum hazard threshold levels developed by the Department of Health to be peer reviewed and approved of by an independent technical advisory committee.
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