STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2823

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2480

S.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2480 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds to conduct a study on the feasibility of constructing a wastewater treatment facility for Kapoho Vacationland Estates and Farmlots.

The study also includes the feasibility of constructing public restrooms at the Wai O Pae Marine Life Conservation District located within Kapoho Vacationland Estates and Farmlots.

Your Committee finds that the Kapoho Vacationland Estates and Farmlots on the island of Hawaii rely primarily on cesspools and septic tanks as a means of wastewater disposal. Due to the high groundwater table, close proximity to the valuable nearshore water and porous ground formations, wastewater from these communities may be impacting the nearshore waters.

This bill provides the funds to conduct a feasibility study to determine whether a wastewater treatment facility or other alternative will work best to protect the environment in this area.

Your Committee has amended the bill by making technical nonsubstantive changes for the purposes of clarity and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2480, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2480, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair