STAND. COM. REP. NO. 252

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 1364

       S.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Energy and Environment, to which was referred S.B. No. 1364 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL SITE CLEANUP,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to facilitate environmental cleanups.

     Specifically, this measure repeals the sunset date on the Hawaii Brownfields Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the Office of Planning and the Department of Health.

     Your Committee finds that this measure will enable the State to continue to offer low-cost loans to innocent landowners and prospective purchasers of contaminated properties to cleanup of contaminated properties.  Repealing the sunset date will also ensure the continuation of federal funding for brownfield cleanup. 

     This measure was amended to take effect on June 29, 2007, rather than upon approval, to ensure the amendment takes place before the provisions are repealed on June 30, 2007.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Energy and Environment that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1364, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1364, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Energy and Environment,

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RON MENOR, Chair