Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water, Land, and Agriculture, to which was referred Governor's Message No. 167, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of:

begs leave to report as follows:

Your Committee has reviewed the personal history, résumé, and statements submitted by the nominee, and finds the nominee to have the necessary qualifications to be appointed to the position of nomination.

Your Committee received testimony in support of the nominee from the Chairperson of the Commission on Water Resource Management, Manager of the Hawaii County Department of Water Supply, Hawaii Leeward Planning Conference, Chairman of the Mauna Kea Soil & Water Conservation District, President of the Hawaii Island Economic Development Board, Waimea Water Services, Inc., Waimea Outdoor Circle, Hawaii Agricultural Research Center, Pineapple Growers Association of Hawaii, and six individuals. The Sierra Club, Hawaii Chapter submitted comments regarding the nominee's appointment.

James A. Frazier is a retired former Executive Director of the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii who managed ocean and domestic water resources for four years in Kona. He has an additional thirty-five years of experience in agribusiness on all of the major islands in the State. Mr. Frazier has extensive experience in water resource management from years of working on irrigation ditch systems on sugar plantations and his involvement with the major ground water supply systems on Oahu and Maui. He served as president of the Hawaiian Sugar Technologist, and served on several Soil and Water Conservation Boards and other professional and community boards. Mr. Frazier is a graduate of Punahou School and Colorado State University.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, and Agriculture that is attached to this report, your Committee, after full consideration of the background, experience, and qualifications of the nominee, has found the nominee to be qualified for the position to which nominated and recommends that the Senate advise and consent to the nomination.