STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1542-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.C.R. No. 263

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 263 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE RESEARCH CORPORATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII, WITH CONSULTATION FROM THE INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAM ESTABLISHED BY HOUSE BILL NO. 2510, H.D. 2, TO REVIEW THE FEASIBILITY AND IMPACT OF REQUIRING AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT TO INCLUDE EFFECTS OF A PROPOSED ACTION AS A CONTRIBUTOR TO CLIMATE CHANGE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to request the Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii with consultation from the interdisciplinary team established by House Bill No. 2510, H.D. 2, to review the feasibility and impact of requiring an environmental impact statement to include effects of a proposed action as a contributor to climate change.

     The Office of Hawaiian Affairs supported this concurrent resolution.

     Your Committee has amended this concurrent resolution by:

(1)  Changing the title to read: REQUESTING THE RESEARCH CORPORATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AND THE INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAM REVIEWING CHAPTERS 341, 343, AND 344, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES, TO REVIEW THE FEASIBILITY AND IMPACT OF REQUIRING AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT TO INCLUDE EFFECTS OF A PROPOSED ACTION AS A CONTRIBUTOR TO CLIMATE CHANGE; and

(2)  Deleting any references to House Bill No. 2510, H.D. 2. 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 263, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Higher Education in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 263, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection,

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HERMINA MORITA, Chair