THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2002

COMMITTEE ON WATER, LAND, ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT

Senator Lorraine R. Inouye, Chair

Senator Suzanne Chun Oakland, Vice Chair

COMMITTEE ON TOURISM AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS

Senator Donna Mercado Kim, Chair

Senator J. Kalani English, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Wednesday, March 20, 2002

TIME:

1:30 P.M.

PLACE:

Conference Room 224

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

WLE/TIA

HB 536

(HSCR562-02)

RELATING TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

Allows the counties to continue administering special management area permits and shoreline setback variances in community development districts where no community development plan is in effect.

TIA/WLE, WAM

HB 2002

(HSCR490-02)

RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS.

Authorized the department of land and natural resources to issue new leases to existing lessees for specific parcels on Kauai.

WLE/TIA, WAM

 

 

WLE Only

HB 2710

HD1

(HSCR518-02)

RELATING TO OCEAN LEASING.

Repeals certain ocean leasing sunset provisions.

WLE, WAM

HB 2554

(HSCR513-02)

RELATING TO NONCOMMERCIAL PIERS.

Authorizes the BLNR to lease, by direct negotiation and with recourse to public auction, State submerged lands for private nonresidential noncommercial piers.

WLE, WAM

HB 2455

(HSCR588-02)

RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL SITE CLEANUP.

Establishes a Brownfields Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund to provide low interest loans for the clean-up of contaminated brownfields sites.

WLE, WAM

HB 870

(HSCR787-02)

Proposed SD1

RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS.

Clarifies that obtaining a loan shall not be a prerequisite to modifying or extending the term of a lease.

WLE, WAM

HB 2723

HD2

(HSCR586-02)

RELATING TO COUNTIES.

Requires counties to identify and assess food waste feasible to recycle or bioconvert as well as existing levels of recycling and bioconversion, and identify and assess methods to increase and improve recycling efforts.

WLE, TIA

SCR 27

REQUESTING AN EVALUATION OF THE PROBLEMS OF LEASES ON PUBLIC LANDS DUE TO EXPIRE.

WLE, WAM

DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW, IF TIME PERMITS.

Persons wishing to testify should submit 35 copies of their testimony to the committee clerk, Room 201, State Capitol 24 hours prior to the hearing. Testimony may also be faxed if less than 5 pages in length, to the Senate Sergeant-At-Arms Office at 586-6659 or 1-800-586-6659 (toll free for neighbor islands), at least 24 hours prior to the hearing. When faxing, please indicate to whom the testimony is being submitted, the date and time of the hearing, and the required number of copies needed for submittal.

If you require special assistance or auxiliary aids or services to participate in the public hearing process (i.e., sign language interpreter, wheelchair accessibility, or parking designated for the disabled) please contact the committee clerk 24 hours prior to the hearing so arrangements can be made.

Public Folder. A folder labeled "Public Folder" containing the measures and testimonies for the hearing will be available for shared use by members of the public.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-7335.

 

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Senator Donna Mercado Kim

Chair

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Senator Lorraine R. Inouye

Chair