STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3329

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.B. No. 2030

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 2030, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO POLLUTION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to prohibit the discharge of treated or raw sewage into state waters after December 31, 2049, except when used to create clean energy.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii Fresh Water Council; Larry Jefts Farms, LLC; and one individual.  Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the City and County of Honolulu Department of Environmental Services and City and County of Honolulu Department of Design and Construction.  Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Health.

 

     Your Committee notes that the testimony submitted in opposition to this measure from the City and County of Honolulu Department of Environmental Services and City and County of Honolulu Department of Design and Construction pertain to H.B. No. 2030, H.D. 1, a previous version of this measure.

 

     Your Committee finds that the State's waters are a precious resource that must be protected from pollutants.  Decreasing pollution of the State's water resources and protecting the State's drinking water, streams, and oceans, are essential for the health of Hawaii's residents and visitors.  Your Committee further finds that it is also critical to allow residents cost-effective ways to utilize the State's water resources by using recycled or reclaimed water in beneficial ways, such as for agriculture, that adhere to the law.

 

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

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2030, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2030, H.D. 1, S.D. 2.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health,

 

 

 

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair