STAND. COM. REP. NO.  384

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

 

RE:   H.B. No. 245

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Agriculture and Water, Land, & Ocean Resources, to which was referred H.B. No. 245 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY FACILITIES,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to support renewable energy development in Hawaii by declaring that the siting, development, construction, and operation of a renewable energy facility shall be deemed to be compatible with the:

 

     (1)  Purposes, standards, and permissible uses of lands within the conservation and agricultural districts; and

 

     (2)  Objectives, policies, and guidelines of the special management area and applicable county general plans and zoning ordinances.

 

     Castle & Cooke Hawaii, The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii, Hawaii Developers' Council, and Hawaii Crop Improvement Association supported this bill.  The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, Department of Agriculture, Department of Land and Natural Resources, and Sierra Club, Hawaii Chapter, opposed this bill.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Agriculture and Water, Land, & Ocean Resources that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 245 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Agriculture and Water, Land, & Ocean Resources,

 

 

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KEN ITO, Chair

 

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CLIFT TSUJI, Chair