STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1382

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2019

RE: S.B. No. 934

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Energy & Environmental Protection and Water, Land, & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 934, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CONSERVATION DISTRICTS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to prohibit any waste or disposal facility from being located in a conservation district.

The Department of Land and Natural Resources, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and a few individuals supported this measure. The Department of Environmental Services of the City and County of Honolulu provided comments.

Your Committees have amended this measure by:

(1) Allowing the location of waste or disposal facilities in conservation districts in emergency circumstances where it is necessary to mitigate significant risks to public safety and health; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Energy & Environmental Protection and Water, Land, & Hawaiian Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 934, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 934, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Energy & Environmental Protection and Water, Land, & Hawaiian Affairs,

____________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair

____________________________ NICOLE E. LOWEN, Chair