STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1008

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  S.C.R. No. 80
                                        S.D. 1




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Labor and Environment, to which was
referred S.C.R. No. 80 entitled: 

     "SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING A STUDY OF THE
     FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING AN ENVIRONMENTAL HOTLINE TO BE
     KNOWN AS AINA-911,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to request that the
Department of Health convene a meeting to study the feasibility
of establishing an environmental hotline to address citizen
concerns.

     Testimony in support of this measure was received from the
Department of Health, the University of Hawaii Environmental
Center, Na Leo Pohai, the Ahupua'a Action Alliance, the
Ilioulaokalani Coalition, Healing Arts Resources Kauai, and three
individuals.  Testimony in opposition to the measure was received
from Rescue Hawaii.

     Your Committee finds that, increasingly, environmental
management emphasizes community action and involvement.
Instituting a hotline and website reporting method would be a
flagship example of the State's efforts to improve community
participation in environmental protection.

     Your Committee also finds that a telephone hotline and a
website are essential elements in an effective Aina 911 system.


 
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     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Clarifying in the first "Be it Resolved" section that a
          telephone hotline and a website are elements in the
          Aina 911 system;

     (2)  Amending the title to include "website"

     (3)  Providing flexibility as to who should participate in
          the meeting by stating that the meeting shall include,
          rather than consist of, those listed in the measure;
          and

     (4)  Correcting the name of the Ilioulaokalani Coalition.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Labor and Environment that is attached to this
report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of
S.C.R. No. 80, as amended herein, and recommends that it be
referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, in the form attached
hereto as S.C.R. No. 80, S.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Labor and
                                   Environment,



                                   ______________________________
                                   BOB NAKATA, Chair

 
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