STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3121

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 2030

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Economic Development, Environment, and Technology and Transportation and Energy, to which was referred H.B. No. 2030, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO POLLUTION,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to prohibit the discharge of treated wastewater into state waters after December 31, 2049, except for wastewater used to create clean energy.

     Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from Larry Jefts Farms, LLC.  Your Committees received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Department of Transportation, City and County of Honolulu Department of Design and Construction, Hawaiian Electric Company, and General Contractors Association of Hawaii.  Your Committees received comments on this measure from the Department of Health.

     Your Committees find that the State's waters are a precious resource that must be protected from pollutants.  Your Committees further find that the term "wastewater" includes sources that may not be suitable for clean energy projects and may have the unintended effect of increased energy costs to consumers.

     Your Committees have therefore amended this measure by replacing the term "treated wastewater" with "treated or raw sewage" and making conforming amendments.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Economic Development, Environment, and Technology and Transportation and Energy that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2030, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2030, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Economic Development, Environment, and Technology and Transportation and Energy,

________________________________ LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair

________________________________ GLENN WAKAI, Chair