STAND. COM. REP. NO.  63-16

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2055

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Economic Development & Business, to which was referred H.B. No. 2055 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO A WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY FOR THE NATURAL ENERGY LABORATORY OF HAWAII AUTHORITY,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to protect public health and safety, particularly with regard to nearshore waters and areas surrounding the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority, by authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds for the design and construction of a wastewater treatment plant for the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority.

 

     A concerned individual testified in support of this measure.  The Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority provided comments.

 

     The Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority currently has oversight of the Hawaii Ocean Science and Technology Park on the island of Hawaii, which provides an environment for ocean related research, aquaculture, and education.  Tenants of the Park currently use high volumes of seawater supplied by the Authority, which produces seawater that must be disposed of.  Other wastewater is also produced by tenants and their employees.  While the Authority informed your Committee that seawater disposal is currently handled through dispensing of the water in drywells or trenches and that installation of Department of Health permitted septic systems is required by Park lease agreements for the disposal of other types of wastewater, your Committee finds that this matter deserves further consideration.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Development & Business that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2055 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Water & Land.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Economic Development & Business,

 

 

 

 

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DEREK S.K. KAWAKAMI, Chair