STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1579

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

 

RE:   H.R. No. 58

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection, to which was referred H.R. No. 58 entitled:

 

"HOUSE RESOLUTION REQUESTING HAWAII AMERICAN WATER COMPANY TO IMPLEMENT AN ODOR MITIGATION PLAN FOR ITS FACILITY IN HAWAII KAI,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this resolution is to request:

 

     (1)  Hawaii American Water Company (HAWC) to develop an odor mitigation plan by September 2009; and

 

     (2)  The Director of the Department of Health (DOH) to monitor the implementation of odor mitigation measures and report to the Hawaii Kai Neighborhood Board on the progress.

 

     Several concerned individuals supported this resolution.  DOH and HAWC opposed this resolution.  The Representative for the 17th District provided comments.

 

     Your Committee finds that the Public Utilities Commission (PUC), as the regulator of rates charged by HAWC, has a role in addressing the resources available to HAWC in its efforts to mitigate offensive odors emanating from its facility.

 

     Accordingly, your Committee has amended this resolution by requesting PUC to:

 

     (1)  Review the rates charged by HAWC and to determine whether they are sufficient to make adequate facilities upgrades, including odor mitigation measures; and

 

     (2)  Determine whether odor mitigation measures have been implemented if the rates are deemed sufficient;

 

     Other technical, nonsubstantive amendments have been made for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.R. No. 58, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.R. No. 58, H.D. 1.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection,

 

 

 

 

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DENNY COFFMAN, Acting Chair and Vice Chair