STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3791

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.C.R. No. 90

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Agriculture and Environment and Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 90 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII TO UPGRADE THE CAPACITY OF ITS SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT AND REDUNDANCY OF THE COMPONENTS TO ENSURE THAT FINAL EFFLUENT QUALITY IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to urge Marine Corps Base Hawaii to upgrade the capacity of its sewage treatment plant and redundancy of the components to ensure that final effluent quality is in compliance with state permitting requirements.

Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawai‘i Reef and Ocean Coalition and one individual.

Your Committees find that Marine Corps Base Hawaii discharges two million gallons of treated wastewater into Kailua Bay each day. To protect the water quality in Kailua Bay and the health of swimmers, paddlers, divers, and surfers, Marine Corps Base Hawaii must comply with final effluent bacteria limitations set forth by the Department of Health through the issuance of a National Pollutant Discharge Eliminations System permit. This measure urges Marine Corps Base Hawaii to upgrade the capacity and redundancy of its sewage treatment plan to ensure that final effluent quality is in compliance with state permitting requirements.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Agriculture and Environment and Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 90 and recommend its adoption.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Agriculture and Environment and Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs,

________________________________ CLARENCE K. NISHIHARA, Chair

________________________________ MIKE GABBARD, Chair