STAND. COM. REP. NO. 131-16
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2016
RE: H.B. No. 2165
H.D. 1
Honorable Joseph M. Souki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Eighth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2016
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection, to which was referred H.B. No. 2165 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC HEALTH,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to protect public health by:
(1) Appropriating funds to the Department of Health (Department) to establish five full-time positions and contract consultants to monitor the Navy and the Defense Logistics Agency's compliance with an Administrative Order on Consent regarding leaks of fuel at the Red Hill Fuel Storage Facility;
(2) Requiring the Department to seek reimbursement from the Navy and the Defense Logistics Agency for the appropriations; and
(3) Requiring the Department to submit annual reports to the Legislature on the status of the Navy and the Defense Logistics Agency's compliance with the Administrative Order on Consent.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Appropriating an unspecified amount for the siting and installation of two monitor wells to test the condition of the groundwater aquifer underneath and surrounding the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility;
(2) Changing the appropriation amounts for the establishment of five full-time positions and contracting of consultants to unspecified amounts; and
(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.
Should your Committee on Finance deliberate this measure further, your Committee on Energy and Environmental Protection respectfully requests that it consider appropriating to the Department of Health:
(1) $110,472 to hire two full-time equivalent geologist I employees;
(2) $144,864 to hire two full-time equivalent engineer IV employees;
(3) $49,056 to hire one full-time equivalent environmental health specialist IV employee;
(4) $200,000 to hire consultants to monitor the United States Navy and the Defense Logistics Agency's compliance with the Administrative Order on Consent; and
(5) $600,000 for the siting and installation of two monitor wells for the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility.
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 is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2165, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2165, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection,
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____________________________ CHRIS LEE, Chair |
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