STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1190-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.C.R. No. 120
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Water and Land Use, to which was referred
H.C.R. No. 120 entitled: 

     "HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF
     A TASK FORCE TO CREATE A MASTER PLAN FOR WATER QUALITY AND
     FLOOD MITIGATION FOR WAIMANALO,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this resolution is to request the
establishment of a task force to create a master plan for water
quality and flood mitigation for Waimanalo.

     The Department of Health (DOH) testified in support of the
intent of this resolution and offered a proposed amendment.

     The Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) and the
Department of Agriculture testified in opposition to this
resolution.

     Your Committee finds that the DOH has been working with
Waimanalo community members for over a year on preparing
estimates of the maximum amount of sediments that can be
discharged into the ocean without adversely affecting water
quality.  This project, which will include community-generated
recommendations for water pollution controls, will be completed
by mid-summer of 2000.

     Your Committee further finds that this master plan is a
duplication of current efforts by the DLNR.

 
 
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     Your Committee amended this resolution by:

     (1)  Deleting language that the master plan will address
          water quality;

     (2)  Revising the role of the task force, that the task
          force will advise DLNR in the development of the master
          plan;

     (3)  Deleting the Director of Health, or the director's
          representative, from the structure of the task force;

     (3)  Adding community groups to the structure of the task
          force; and

     (4)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the
          purposes of style and clarity.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Water and Land Use that is attached to this report,
your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No.
120, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the
Committee on Finance, in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No.
120, H.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Water and Land
                                   Use,



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                                   ROMY M. CACHOLA, Chair