STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1262-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   S.B. No. 2245

      S.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs and Energy & Environmental Protection, to which was referred S.B. No. 2245, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO BEACHES,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to exclude certain locally sourced beach sand from the definition of "water pollutant" as used in chapter 342D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to allow for the use of sand for erosion mitigation, sediment management, beach restoration, erosion control, or dune restoration on Hawaii's beaches.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Coastal Planners, LLC, Hawaii Shore and Beach Preservation Association, Land Use Research Foundation of Hawaii, and one concerned individual.  Your Committee received opposition to this measure from the Department of Health.  Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs and Energy & Environmental Protection that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2245, S.D. 1,  and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs and Energy & Environmental Protection,

____________________________ CHRIS LEE, Chair

____________________________ KANIELA ING, Chair