[AIHA Membership] Important survey for HI-AIHA membership - HB 1260 Poll

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Aloha Hawaii Local Section Members,

Neil Yamamoto recently sent this  information in an e-mail to his ASSE 
membership (which includes me), and since  imitation is the sincerest form of 
flattery, I would like to do the same for our  group.
 
As you have probably heard over the past week, Hawaii's 25th  Legislature
is proposing House Bill 1260, in which Part III would repeal  Chapter 396
H.R.S.  This chapter pertains to HIOSH and if this is  passed, HIOSH would
no longer exist and Hawaii would no longer have a state  plan, but revert
to Federal OSHA.  

I've attached the link that  Neil provided, which will direct you to the 
actual bill for your  review.  As a safety and health professional in Hawaii, 
this bill will  directly impact you and your employer.  Please review the 
bill and let me  know if you are in
support of, or against the proposed bill.  Some of  you have already 
written to me about this bill.   
 
I know the HI-AIHA Executive Committee wants to represent the  interests of 
our
members.  We would like to know where you stand on  this important issue.  
Please provide your comments to me at this e-mail  address by 12 noon on 
Thursday, April 16, 2009. 

Ms. Shelly Wheeling-Park  (currently an AIHA Board Member) has contacted 
Aaron Trippler,  AIHA's Governmental Affairs representative, on our behalf.  I 
will  forward any information I learn from Mr. Trippler.  A recent 
communication  from Aaron indicates that over the past few years some states have 
made the move  from a state plan to the federal, and others have chosen to 
change from a  federally-run OSHA to a state plan.  It depends on the local 
political and  financial climate, among other influencing factors.

Link to bill:
_http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2009/lists/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype
=HB&billnumber=1260_ 
(http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2009/lists/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1260) 

Thanks  to Neil for his timeliness and leadership on this issue, and to 
Shelley, Nira  Cooray and the other members of the EC for their continued 
support.  
 
Looking forward to hearing from all of you.

Jerry A. Formisano, Jr.,  PhD, CIH, CSP
President
AIHA Hawaii Local Section
 
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