STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1533-18

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2018

 

RE:   H.C.R. No. 130

 

 

 

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 130 entitled:

 

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING STATE AGENCIES TO EVALUATE, COLLABORATE, AND IMPLEMENT BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES, TECHNOLOGIES, AND REGULATIONS TO ADDRESS VESSEL BIOFOULING IN HAWAII HARBORS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to urge state agencies to:

 

     (1)  Work together in planning for Hawaii's involvement in the Alliance for Coastal Technologies and Maritime Environmental Resource Center's program for the assessment and evaluation of biofouling management technologies;

 

     (2)  Review the risks of the non-abrasive cleaning of ship hull microfouling and create processes and conditions to allow certain vessels with low-risk hull coatings or paint to apply for an in-water cleaning permit; and

 

     (3)  Develop and implement a measurable and enforceable program to address biofouling, to launch with a voluntary compliance phase-in period by December 31, 2019.

 

     The Department of Land and Natural Resources, Office of Planning, Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawaii, Life of the Land, Coordinating Groups on Alien Pest Species, and two individuals supported this measure.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 130 and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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CHRIS LEE, Chair