STAND. COM. REP. NO.  862

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 605

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 605, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO WASTEWATER,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to protect Hawaii's ground water by prohibiting the installation or use of household aerobic units that discharge directly to groundwater, unless they have been approved by the Director of Health.

The Department of Health and Office of Hawaiian Affairs supported this measure.  

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 605, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair