STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1872

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    GOV. MSG. NO. 682

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Water, Land, Agriculture, and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred Governor's Message No. 682, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of: 

Commission on Water Resource Management

G.M. No. 682

JAMES A. FRAZIER, for a term to expire 6-30-2011,

begs leave to report as follows:

     Your Committee reviewed the personal history and personal statement submitted by the nominee, James A. Frazier, and finds him to have the necessary qualifications to be reappointed to the Commission on Water Resource Management.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of James A. Frazier from the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Department of Water Supply of the County of Hawai‘i, Hawaii Agriculture Research Center, the previous Acting Deputy Director to the Commission on Water Resource Management, and one individual.

     Mr. Frazier is a graduate of Punahou School and earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Colorado State University.  Presently, Mr. Frazier is retired after working thirty-five years in agribusiness with C. Brewer and Company, where he served in various fields and administrative positions which allowed him to live and work on each of the major Hawaiian islands.  During Mr. Frazier's tenure with C. Brewer and Company, he supervised the operations and irrigation ditch systems on West and North Kauai, as well as in Ka‘u and Hamakua on the Big Island.  He was also indirectly involved with the major ground water supply systems on Oahu and Maui.  Mr. Frazier also worked for four years as the Executive Director of the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii where he oversaw the management of both ocean and domestic water resources.  Mr. Frazier currently serves on the Commission on Water Resource Management where he has demonstrated a strong commitment by balancing both the supply and the conservation of water.  Mr. Frazier's considerable hands-on experience in the field and in the management of ditch systems, and of ground-water supply systems, will provide the Commission on Water Resource Management with a heightened understanding of the competing demands regarding Hawaii's finite water resources in order to ensure that water is available both now, and for future generations.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, Agriculture, and Hawaiian Affairs 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.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water, Land, Agriculture, and Hawaiian Affairs,

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RUSSELL S. KOKUBUN, Chair