STAND. COM. REP. NO. 616-16
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2016
RE: H.B. No. 2626
H.D. 1
Honorable Joseph M. Souki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Eighth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2016
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committees on Energy & Environmental Protection and Water & Land, to which was referred H.B. No. 2626 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS,"
beg leave to report as follows:
(1) Prohibiting the permitting of new underground storage tanks within 100 yards of the shoreline;
(2) Allowing holders of permits for existing underground storage tanks within 100 yards of the shoreline to renew their permits until January 1, 2029; and
(3) Prohibiting the operation of any underground storage tank within 100 yards of the shoreline as of January 1, 2030.
Your Committees have amended this measure by:
(1) Removing the deadline by which holders of permits for existing underground storage tanks within 100 yards of the shoreline can renew their permits;
(2) Deleting the prohibition against the operation of any underground storage tank within 100 yards of the shoreline as of January 1, 2030; and
(3) Changing its effective date to January 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Energy & Environmental Protection and Water & Land that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2626, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2626, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Energy & Environmental Protection and Water & Land,
____________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair |
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____________________________ CHRIS LEE, Chair |
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