STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1530

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2025

RE: H.C.R. No. 28

H.D. 1

Honorable Nadine K. Nakamura

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2025

State of Hawaii

Madame:

Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 28 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO RECONVENE THE WORKING GROUP ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 18, H.D. 1 (2024) TO CONTINUE THE EFFORTS TO ADDRESS ISSUES RELATED TO WATER AND AIR CONTAMINATION AND REMEDIATION ARISING FROM THE OPERATION OF THE PUULOA RANGE TRAINING FACILITY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request the Department of Health to reconvene the working group established pursuant to House Resolution No. 18, H.D. 1 (Regular Session of 2024) to continue efforts to address issues related to water and air contamination and remediation from the operation of the Puuloa Range Training Facility.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Environmental Caucus of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i; Hawai‘i Reef and Ocean Coalition; Free Access Coalition; Shimanchu Wai Protectors; Relocate Puʻuloa Range Coalition; Malu ‘Aina Center for Non-violent Education & Action; Sierra Club of Hawai‘i and numerous individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Health.

Your Committee finds that the working group established by House Resolution No. 18, H.D. 1 (Regular Session of 2024) (HR18) to address concerns of lead contamination from the Puuloa Range Training Facility will cease on June 30, 2025. Your Committee further finds that the longstanding issues surrounding this facility remains; therefore, the activities of the working group should be continued.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Clarifying that the working group should consist of the members originally requested or invited to serve on the working group pursuant to HR18 and that the Director of Health, or the Director's designee, is requested to serve as an additional member of the working group, rather than as its chair;

(2) Requesting the Representative of House District 40 and Councilmember for District 9 of the City and County of Honolulu to serve as co-chairs and co-conveners of the working group;

(3) Amending the list of recipients of certified copies of this measure;

(4) Amending its title in accordance with its amended purpose; and

(5) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

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. 28, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 28, H.D. 1.

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

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GREGG TAKAYAMA, Chair