STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3189

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 3124

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Ways and Means and Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 3124, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR COSTS RESULTING FROM THE RELEASE OF PETROLEUM FROM THE RED HILL BULK FUEL STORAGE FACILITY,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to make an emergency appropriation to the Department of Health for response and enforcement activities relating to the petroleum leaks and spills associated with the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility.

Your Committees received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Health, Board of Water Supply for the City and County of Honolulu, Environmental Caucus of the Democratic Party of Hawaii, 350Hawaii, and five individuals.

Your Committees received written comments on this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance.

Your Committees find that by funding the Department of Health's emergency response, regulatory oversight, and enforcement actions, the moneys appropriated by this measure will help the department address the ongoing public health impacts of the release of petroleum from the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Ways and Means and Judiciary that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3124, S.D. 1, and recommend that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Ways and Means and Judiciary,

________________________________ KARL RHOADS, Chair

________________________________ DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair