STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 465-20
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2020
RE: H.B. No. 1696
H.D. 1
Honorable Scott K. Saiki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Thirtieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2020
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committees on Energy & Environmental Protection and Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 1696 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS,"
beg leave to report as follows:
Your Committees find that legislation
was passed in 2016 to request that the Department of Health convene the Fuel
Tank Advisory Committee to study issues related to leaks from field-constructed
underground fuel storage tanks that
were constructed in the 1940s in response to wartime activities. Scrutiny of these aging large capacity tanks
increased after one of the Navy's tanks at
its Red Hill facility leaked 27,000 gallons of jet fuel, threatening underground
aquifers. Clarifying the Advisory
Committee's meeting frequency provides greater opportunity for public
participation and transparency of underground fuel storage tank issues.
Your Committees have amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Energy & Environmental Protection and Health that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1696, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1696, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Energy & Environmental Protection and Health,
____________________________ JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair |
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____________________________ NICOLE E. LOWEN, Chair |
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