THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2010

 

COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT

Senator Mike Gabbard, Chair

Senator J. Kalani English, Vice Chair

 

COMMITTEE ON WATER, LAND, AGRICULTURE, AND HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS

Senator Clayton Hee, Chair

Senator Jill N. Tokuda, Vice Chair

 

AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Thursday, February 18, 2010

TIME:

2:45 p.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 225

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A M E N D E D  A G E N D A

 

 

SB 2957

        Testimony

        Status

RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT.

Provides an exemption for projects that protect, preserve, and enhance the environment, land, or natural resources, under certain conditions.  Requires the environmental council to make a determination of whether the exemption should be applicable after a public hearing.

 

ENE/WTL

SB 2923

        Testimony

        Status

RELATING TO SOLAR ENERGY.

Authorizes solar energy facilities on class B and C agricultural land; requires the solar energy facility on class B and C land to provide for the energy requirements via a renewable energy source for the agricultural operations on the land on which the solar energy facility is established.

 

ENE/WTL

SB 2520

        Testimony

        Status

RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION ACT.

Authorizes the native Hawaiian lessees of Hawaiian homestead land to sublease a portion of their land to renewable energy producers.

 

ENE/WTL

SB 2526

        Testimony

        Status

RELATING TO WIND ENERGY FACILITIES.

Provides for a setback when wind energy facilities are being used in agricultural districts.

 

ENE/WTL

HB 979, HD1

        (HSCR746)

        Testimony

        Status

RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT.

Utilizes certain special funds to support invasive species control and mitigation and to promote reforestation and sediment run-off mitigation. Effective 07/01/2020.  (HB979 HD1)

 

WTL/ENE, WAM [Measure added 02-12-10]

 

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

 

 

FOR AMENDED HEARING NOTICES:  If the notice is an amended notice, measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored.  If there is a measure that is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.

 

 

 

Persons wishing to testify should submit testimony in one of the following ways by 4:00 p.m. the day prior to the hearing:

 

·         By Email:  Testimony may be emailed if less than 5 pages in length, to the Committee at ENETestimony@Capitol.hawaii.gov .  Please indicate the measure, date and time of the hearing. Email sent to individual offices or any other Senate office will not be accepted.

 

·         By Web: Testimony may be submitted online if less than 4MB in size, at http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/emailtestimony.

 

·         In person:  1 copy of their testimony to the committee clerk, Room 201, State Capitol.

 

·         By fax:  Testimony may be faxed if less than 5 pages in length, to the Senate Sergeant-At-Arms Office at 586-6659 or 1-800-586-6659 (toll free for neighbor islands), at least 24 hours prior to the hearing.  When faxing, please indicate to which committee the testimony is being submitted and the date and time of the hearing.

 

Please note:  If you submit your written testimony after 4:00 p.m. the day prior to the hearing, please sign-in at the staff table to testify orally.  A copy of your testimony may not be available during the hearing but will be posted online for the public after the hearing. 

 

If you require special assistance or auxiliary aids or services to participate in the public hearing process (i.e., sign or foreign language interpreter or wheelchair accessibility), please contact the committee clerk 24 hours prior to the hearing so arrangements can be made.

 

Please note:  All testimony received by the Hawaii Senate will be posted on the Hawaii Legislature's Website.  Documents made available through the Testimony hyperlink(s) above may not be posted until the start of the hearing.

 

Public Folder.  A folder labeled “Public Folder” containing the testimonies for the hearing will be available for shared use by members of the public.

 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-6830.

 

 

 

________________________________________

Senator Clayton Hee

Chair

 

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Senator Mike Gabbard

Chair