STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1186

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.C.R. No. 89

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Energy and Environment, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 89 entitled:

 

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE CLEAN UP AND INVESTIGATION OF ILLEGAL DUMPING AND ILLEGAL STRUCTURES AT LAUMAILE STREET IN KALIHI AND THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF MEASURES TO PREVENT ILLEGAL DUMPING AND ILLEGAL STRUCTURES IN THE AREA,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to request that the Department of Health's Clean Water Branch and Solid and Hazardous Waste Branch, the Honolulu Police Department, and the City and County of Honolulu's Departments of Environmental Services and Planning and Permitting investigate illegal dumping and illegal structures along Laumaile Street in Kalihi and to coordinate the cleanup, pollution prevention, and the enforcement of pollution, anti-dumping, and other applicable laws in that area.

 

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by one state department and two individuals.  Written testimony presented to your Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

 

     Your Committee finds that there are ongoing challenges in this area, due to actions by residents and others.  These challenges are compounded by the limited resources of state and county agencies that are needed to monitor this area to ensure compliance with federal and state laws and county ordinances.  While it appears that community groups and government agencies have separately attempted to address the problems in this area, a more effective strategy may be to remedy these issues and other associated problems through a combined effort among the Department of Health's Clean Water Branch and Solid and Hazardous Waste Branch, the Honolulu Police Department, and the City and County of Honolulu's Departments of Environmental Services and Planning and Permitting.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Energy and Environment that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 89, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 89, S.D. 1.

 

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

 

 

 

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MIKE GABBARD, Chair