STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3346

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 2006

H.D. 1

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water and Land, to which was referred H.B. No. 2006, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PERMITS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to:

(1) Require the Board of Land and Natural Resources to include as a condition on emergency permits to install sandbags, a requirement for the attachment of identifying information, including the permittee's contact information and the permit number, to the sandbag; and

(2) Require the Board of Land and Natural Resources to specify the form and manner in which the identifying information is to be attached to the sandbag.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

Your Committee finds that temporary erosion control devices, commonly known as "sand burritos", have been authorized as a short-term solution for coastal property owners to combat coastal erosion. "Sand burritos" have been utilized as crucial tools in the event of short-term environmental disasters such as floods, tsunami, landslides, and storms. However, as "sand burritos" and other erosion control devices are considered to be temporary solutions, landowners are not required to obtain a disposition from the Board of Land and Natural Resources. Your Committee further finds that debris from torn bags, including unauthorized propylene bags, has washed up on beaches. To protect Hawaii's shorelines, while also preventing harmful debris from entering coastal waters, the addition of identifying information to sandbags utilized for erosion control will allow for greater enforcement and accountability.

Your Committee has amended this measure by inserting an effective date of July 1, 2022.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water and Land that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2006, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2006, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water and Land,

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LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair