STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3102

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  S.R. No. 62
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Labor and Environment, to which was
referred S.R. No. 62 entitled:

     "SENATE RESOLUTION REQUESTING A STUDY OF UNPLANNED RELEASES
     OF EMISSIONS AND SPILLS BY FACILITIES AT CAMPBELL INDUSTRIAL
     PARK,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to request the Department of
Health (DOH) to convene a Campbell Industrial Park task force to
examine various issues pertaining to unplanned releases of toxic
emissions and spills.

     Testimony in support of this measure was received from the
Department of Health, Hawaiian Electric Company, Maui Electric
Company, and Hawaii Electric Light Company.  Comments were
received from the Ogden Energy Group, Inc., and Tesoro Hawaii
Corporation.

     The Air Quality Advisory Task Force (AQATF) concluded that
the Campbell Industrial Park (CIP) could accommodate new
facilities and the expansion of existing facilities.  From
1995-1996 and in 1999, there were a handful of unplanned releases
of toxic emissions by BHP Petroleum, Chevron Products, Co., and
C. Brewer Chemical Company.  This measure requests the DOH to
convene a Campbell Industrial Park task force to examine issues
pertinent to unplanned releases of toxic emissions and spills.
Your Committee is in agreement that the health risk concerns of

 
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the affected citizens be addressed in discussions between
community groups and government agencies.

     Your Committee amended the measure by changing the owners'
representation in the task force from "a representative of the
owners of facilities" to "three representatives of the owners or
operators of facilities" operating at CIP.  Your Committee also
amended the measure by modifying the scope of the study from the
last ten years to the last five years.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Labor and Environment that is attached to this
report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of
S.R. No. 62, as amended herein, and recommends that it be
referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, in the form attached
hereto as S.R. No. 62, S.D. 1.

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



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                                   BOB NAKATA, Chair

 
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