STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1410

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   H.R. No. 111

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources and Energy & Environmental Protection, to which was referred H.R. No. 111 entitled:

"HOUSE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO REMOVE THE KA`OHE HOMESTEADS FROM THE GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES SUBZONE DESIGNATION,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this resolution is to request the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) to remove the Ka‘ohe homesteads from the geothermal resources subzone designation.

     The Office of Hawaiian Affairs supported this resolution.  DLNR opposed this resolution.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources and Energy & Environmental Protection that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.R. No. 111 and recommend its adoption.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources and Energy & Environmental Protection,

____________________________ HERMINA MORITA, Chair

____________________________ KEN ITO, Chair