STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2154

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 2143
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Transportation and Intergovernmental
Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 2143 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to authorize the development
of a heliport on the Olowalu Sanitary Landfill site to service
the West Maui area.

     Testimony in support of this measure was received from the
Department of Transportation, the Council Chair of the County
Council of Maui, the Mayor of the County of Maui, and Landtec,
Inc.  Comments were received from the Department of Health and
the Department of Land and Natural Resources.  

     Your Committee finds that a heliport in Olowalu will provide
another means of emergency access to and from West Maui and will
provide emergency medical, fire safety, and passenger service.

     Your Committee has amended the measure by stating a concern
raised by the Department of Health regarding the continuing
effects of an underground fire on potential development at the
former Olowalu Sanitary Landfill site.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Transportation and Intergovernmental Affairs that is
attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the
intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2143, as amended herein, and

 
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recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached
hereto as S.B. No. 2143, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee
on Ways and Means.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Transportation
                                   and Intergovernmental Affairs,



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                                   CAL KAWAMOTO, Chair

 
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