URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO ENSURE THE SAFE MANAGEMENT OF INCINERATOR ASH FROM WASTE INCINERATOR FACILITIES.

SCR 202 is a Senate Concurrent Resolution urging Hawaii's Department of Health to ensure safe management of ash from waste incinerators, specifically targeting the H-POWER facility in Honolulu. It requests that ash be treated as regulated solid waste under Hawaii Revised Statutes (Chapter 342H), rather than being "recycled" for construction like roads, which the resolution states risks public health due to potential exposure to toxic metals and dioxins. The resolution also directs Honolulu officials to halt plans for ash reuse, citing concerns that current EPA testing overlooks inhalation and ingestion hazards.