STAND. COM. REP. NO.  567-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.B. No. 2456

      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 Water & Land, to which was referred H.B. No. 2456 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO WATER QUALITY CERTIFICATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish time limits for the approval or disapproval of water quality certification applications for state projects.

The Department of Land and Natural Resources provided testimony in support of the measure.  The Department of Health provided testimony in opposition.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Specifying that applicants who have been notified that additional information is necessary to process their applications have thirty days to supply the information or to correct a deficiency; and

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water & Land that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2456, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2456, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water & Land,

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair