STAND. COM. REP. 3367

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: S.C.R. No. 161

S.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Energy and Environment and Health, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 161 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A JOINT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR WASTE TREATMENT IN HONOKAA,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request the Department of Health, in collaboration with other state and county agencies and area residents, to develop a joint implementation plan for waste treatment in Honokaa.

Testimony in support of this measure was received from Hotel Honokaa Club and an individual. The Department of Health supported the over-all concept, but offered comments about their concerns.

Your Committees find that waste treatment in Honokaa has become a concern within the community. Community members have identified many properties that must implement a non-cesspool alternative to waste treatment, including state properties under the Departments of Education, Human Services, Health, and Land and Natural Resources, and several county properties, including fire and police departments.

Residents and businesses in Honokaa have also expressed an interest in collaborating with the State and county to develop a community-wide solution to waste.

Your Committees have amended this measure to request Hawaii County, in collaboration with the Department of Land and Natural Resources, to develop a joint implementation plan for waste treatment in Honokaa.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Energy and Environment and Health that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 161, as amended herein, and recommend its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 161, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Energy and Environment and Health,

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair

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J. KALANI ENGLISH, Chair