STAND. COM. REP. NO. 64-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2619
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B.
No. 2619 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO NOISE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill, as received by your Committee, is
to authorize construction and maintenance work on the freeway and
freeway ramps between Nuuanu Avenue and Sixth Avenue on Oahu to
temporarily exceed State noise standards without a variance from
the Director of Health.

     Your Committee finds that the Department of Transportation
has faced difficulty in obtaining a noise waiver from the
Department of Health for night construction and maintenance.
Your Committee further finds that by temporarily exceeding noise
variances, freeway construction and maintenance work will be
completed faster and be more cost effective.    

     Testimonies in support of this bill were received from the
Department of Transportation and two concerned citizens.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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     Your Committee has amended the proposed bill by making the
following amendments:

     (1)  Clarifying that there will be no prohibition of
          authorized construction and maintenance work on the
          freeway and freeway ramps between Nuuanu Avenue and
          Sixth Avenue for which prior concurrence for an
          exemption has been obtained from the H-1 corridor task
          force established by the Department of Transportation;
          and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for style,
          consistency, and clarity.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Transportation that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No.
2619, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second
Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2619, H.D. 1, and
be referred to the Committee on Finance.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Transportation,



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                                   KENNETH T. HIRAKI, Chair