Bill Text: HI SB1132 | 2014 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Solid Waste; Disposal Surcharge
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-12-18 - Carried over to 2014 Regular Session. [SB1132 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2014-SB1132-Amended.html
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TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2013 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO SOLID WASTE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The purpose of this Act is to:
(1) Clarify that the solid waste management surcharge applies to solid waste shipped outside the State for disposal;
(2) Clarify that the solid waste management surcharge applies to solid waste disposed of at waste-to-energy facilities; and
(3) Increase the solid waste management surcharge using a tiered structure commensurate with the impact of the means of disposal on the department.
SECTION 2. Section 342G-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new definition to be appropriately inserted and to read as follows:
""Waste-to-energy facility" means a facility that uses a waste source to create energy in the form of electricity or heat or to derive a form of fuel through processes that include incineration, gasification, thermal depolymerization, pyrolysis, plasma arc gasification, anaerobic digestion, fermentation, or mechanical biological treatment."
SECTION 3. Section 342G-62, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) There is established a solid waste
management surcharge. The solid waste management surcharge shall be [35
cents]:
(1) $1.25 per ton of solid waste disposed of
within the State at a permitted or unpermitted [solid waste disposal
facilities.] landfill or transferred to a solid waste reduction
facility within the State that collects solid waste for transport to an
out-of-state landfill or incineration facility; provided that there shall be no
surcharge for ash originating from waste-to-energy facilities within the State
that is disposed of at any permitted or unpermitted landfill within the State;
and
(2) 60 cents per ton of solid waste disposed of within the State at a permitted or unpermitted waste-to-energy facility; provided that there shall be no surcharge for solid waste disposed of within the State at a permitted or unpermitted waste-to-energy facility that accepts less than 150,000 tons of solid waste annually.
The surcharge shall be paid by the person or entity
doing the disposal[.] at a permitted or unpermitted landfill or at a
waste-to-energy facility, or the person or entity responsible for the
preparation of the out-of-state transfer of collected solid waste, as the case
may be. The owner or operator of the landfill or facility shall
transfer all moneys collected from the surcharge to the department through a
quarterly reporting and payment schedule. Estimates of quarterly solid waste
disposal shall be submitted prior to the first day of each quarter and the
transfer of moneys collected shall occur within thirty days of the end of each
quarter."
SECTION 4. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.
Report Title:
Solid Waste; Disposal Surcharge
Description:
Increases the solid waste management surcharge to $1.25 per ton of solid waste disposed of in landfills or shipped out-of-state; increases the solid waste management surcharge to 60 cents per ton of solid waste disposed of at waste-to-energy facilities that accept 150,000 tons or more of solid waste annually; provides for no surcharges to waste-to-energy facilities that accept less than 150,000 tons of solid waste annually and for ash disposed of in landfills that originates from a waste-to-energy facility; and defines "waste-to-energy facility". Effective 7/1/50. (SD1)
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