STAND. COM. REP. NO.  166

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

RE:   H.B. No. 645

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts, to which was referred H.B. No. 645 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE MILITARY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate moneys out of the environmental response revolving fund to address concerns relating to and the repair of leaking underground fuel storage tanks at the Red Hill fuel storage facility.

The Honolulu Board of Water Supply submitted testimony in support of this measure.

     Your Committee finds that this measure would help mitigate the harmful effects of a major fuel leak and protect an important underground aquifer and other precious natural resources from contamination.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 645 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts,

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KEN ITO, Chair