STAND. COM. REP. NO. 689-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2895
                                     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 Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which
was referred H.B. No. 2895 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
     STATEMENTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to require that environmental
assessments and environmental impact statements include the
disclosure of the effects of proposed action on the cultural
practices of the community and State.

     Testimony in support of this measure was received from the
Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Office of Environmental Quality
Control, University of Hawai`i at Manoa Environmental Center,
Sierra Club Hawai`i Chapter and Kaua`i Group of the Hawaii
Chapter, American Friends Service Committee, Annette's
Adventures, Life of the Land, Ho`okipa Network, Hawaiian
Environmental Coalition, `Ilio`ulaokalani Coalition, Kohanaiki
`Ohana, Hawaii's Thousand Friends, Earthjustice Legal Defense
Fund, and a concerned individual.

     Your Committee finds that the provisions of this measure
will help clarify the requirement that adverse effects on
cultural practices must be assessed in the environmental review
process.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by making technical,
nonsubstantive amendments for clarity and style.

 
 
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     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to
this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and
purpose of H.B. No. 2895, as amended herein, and recommends that
it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No.
2895, H.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Judiciary &
                                   Hawaiian Affairs,



                                   ______________________________
                                   ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Chair