CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO.86
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2005
RE: H.B. No. 408
H.D. 2
S.D. 1
C.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2005
State of Hawaii
Honorable Robert Bunda
President of the Senate
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2005
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 408, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT,"
having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.
The purpose of this bill is to clarify the environmental impact statement (EIS) law by adding definitions for "collection system", "disposal system", "individual wastewater system", "treatment unit", "treatment works", and "wastewater facility" to the law.
Your Committee on Conference has amended this bill by:
(1) Inserting a legislative findings and purpose section;
(2) Deleting the definitions previously added by the bill, which do not serve to clarify the EIS law;
(3) Defining "wastewater treatment unit" in the EIS law to make it clear that proposed changes to a portion of an existing wastewater treatment facility do not trigger the environmental review process;
(4) Clarifying that when the proposing agency and the determining agency are the same, the Office of Environmental Quality Control is authorized to review an agency's determination, consult the agency, and advise of non-compliance with the EIS law; and
(5) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for style, clarity, and consistency.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 408, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 408, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:
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ON THE PART OF THE SENATE |
ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE |
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____________________________ J. KALANI ENGLISH, Chair |
____________________________ HERMINA MORITA, Co-Chair |
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____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Co-Chair |
____________________________ CINDY EVANS, Co-Chair |
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