STAND. COM. REP. NO. 544

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  S.C.R. No. 33
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Transportation and Intergovernmental
Affairs, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 33 entitled:

     "SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING URGENT ATTENTION TO
     AN EXPEDITIOUS PLAN OF ACTION TO RESTORE KAUMALAPAU HARBOR,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to request that the Governor,
the Department of Transportation, and the Lanai Company design
and implement an expedited plan to restore Kaumalapau Harbor.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the
Department of Transportation, the Maui Electric Company, and
Young Brothers, Limited.

     Your Committee finds that Kaumalapau Harbor is the only
commercial harbor providing service on the island of Lanai.  The
people of Lanai depend on the harbor for the import of
agriculture, fuel, and other necessities.  

     Your Committee further finds that the existing breakwater,
which protects the harbor, was partially destroyed by Hurricane
Iniki, and subsequent storms have added to its further
deterioration.  As a result of the deteriorating breakwater, the
Kaumalapau Harbor faces many hazards and dangers in its exposure
to surge conditions.  Harbor workers utilize dangling weights,
cranes, and high tensioned cables in their attempts to secure the
barges for docking.  These operating conditions endanger not only
the equipment and supplies, but also the lives of all people

 
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working in the harbor.  This measure provides for an action plan
for the repair of this harbor.

     Your Committee made technical, nonsubstantive amendments for
the purpose of clarity.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Transportation and Intergovernmental Affairs that is
attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent
and purpose of S.C.R. No. 33, as amended herein, and recommends
its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 33,
S.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Transportation
                                   and Intergovernmental Affairs,



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                                   CAL KAWAMOTO, Chair

 
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