STAND. COM. REP. 574

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: H.B. No. 1294

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Energy and Environmental Protection, to which was referred H.B. No. 1294 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to:

(1) Authorize county planning departments to process and accept the final environmental assessment; and

(2) Clarify that the accepting agency or authority for an environmental impact statement is not required to be the approving agency for the permit or approval.

The Office of Environmental Quality Control, County of Maui, County of Hawaii Planning Department, Land Use Research Foundation of Hawaii, Maui Land & Pineapple Company, Inc., and Hawaii Resort Developers Conference testified in support of this bill.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Energy and Environmental Protection that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1294 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Energy and Environmental Protection,

 

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HERMINA M. MORITA, Chair