STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 614
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2023
RE: H.B. No. 546
H.D. 1
Honorable Scott K. Saiki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Thirty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2023
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Health & Homelessness, to which was referred H.B. No. 546, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE FUEL TANK ADVISORY COMMITTEE,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to require the Fuel Tank Advisory Committee to hold no fewer than one regular meeting in each quarter of a calendar year.
Your Committee finds that the Fuel Tank Advisory Committee was
established in 2016 to study issues related to leaks at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel
Storage Facility, among other responsibilities.
Annual meetings of the Advisory Committee were held until 2020. Due to the November 2021 fuel release at the
Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility, interest in the annual meetings became so
great that semi-annual meetings were held in 2021 and 2022.
Your Committee further
finds that requiring the Advisory Committee to hold quarterly meetings will
allow for more timely disclosure of spill events and the responses to deal with
them; better communication regarding current efforts for aquifer recovery and
remediation; better opportunities for the public to present their concerns; and
more coordination of members of the Advisory Committee to address concerns
related to the Administrative Order on Consent.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health & Homelessness that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 546, H.D. 1, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health & Homelessness,
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____________________________ DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair |
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