STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1424

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.C.R. No. 136

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 136 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO ESTABLISH A TASK FORCE TO INVESTIGATE AND ADDRESS THE DISPOSAL OF WASTEWATER INTO GROUNDWATER RESOURCES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request that the Department of Health convene a task force to investigate and address the disposal of wastewater into groundwater resources, including by identifying regulatory issues, statutory revisions, and staffing recommendations to address developing standards for wastewater discharge that may affect groundwater or surface water.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Sierra Club of Hawaii and three individuals.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 136 and recommends that it be referred to your Committees on Energy & Environmental Protection and Water & Land.

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

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DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair