STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 1853
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2021
RE: S.B. No. 367
S.D. 2
H.D. 2
Honorable Scott K. Saiki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Thirty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2021
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 367, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO WATER QUALITY,"
begs leave to report as follows:
Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Health, Department of Land and Natural Resources, Mayor of the County of Maui, Hawai‘i Shore and Beach Preservation Association, Waikīkī Beach Special Improvement District Association, and one individual. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from one individual.
Your Committee finds that Hawaii is losing
its beaches at an alarming rate due to chronic beach erosion, sediment
deficiencies, sea-level rise, and shoreline armoring. Your Committee further finds that while the
Department of Land and Natural Resources promotes adaptive ecosystem-based
management approaches to mitigate erosion and beach loss, these restoration and
maintenance activities must be authorized in a streamlined manner and on a
recurring basis to be effective. Waiving
the section 401 water quality certification requirement for small-scale beach
restoration permit applicants that have met the regulations and qualifying
criteria needed to receive a notice of authorization to proceed from the
Department will ensure that the program functions efficiently and responsibly.
Your Committee has amended this measure by 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 Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 367, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 367, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs,
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____________________________ MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Chair |
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