STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1581-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: S.C.R. No. 89
                                     S.D. 2
                                     




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ocean Recreation and Marine Resources, to
which was referred S.C.R. No. 89 entitled: 

     "SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF
     LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO CONVENE A WORK GROUP TO STUDY
     CONDITIONS AT PUNALU'U BEACH AND THE NEAR-BY KAMEHAME BEACH
     AND RECOMMEND APPROPRIATE ACTIONS TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT
     THE AREA'S ENDANGERED SPECIES AND THE ECOSYSTEM",

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to request that the
Department of Land and Natural Resources convene a study group to
determine how to protect the endangered turtles and other
threatened species at Punalu'u Beach and Kamehame Beach nearby
and recommend appropriate actions to preserve and protect the
endangered species as well as the beaches themselves.

     Testimony in support of this measure was given by the
Department of Land and Natural Resources.
  
     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Ocean Recreation and Marine Resources that is
attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent
and purpose of S.C.R. 89 and recommends its adoption.



 
 
 
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                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Ocean Recreation
                                   and Marine Resources,



                                   ______________________________
                                   BRIAN SCHATZ, Acting Chair and
                                   Vice Chair