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HI SCR68

Concurrent Resolution

Status

Engrossed

3/28/2018

Primary Sponsor

Mike Gabbard

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Origin

Senate

2018 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Environmental Council is requested to submit a report on revisions to environmental impact statement rules (Title 11, Chapter 200, Hawaii Administrative Rules) to the legislature no later than twenty days before the 2019 Regular Session convenes.

  • Report must outline the revision process used, including methodologies implemented to gather wide-ranging public input and any recommendations or proposed legislation.

  • Environmental Council's administrative rules were last revised in 1996 and are now being updated with input from fifteen council members (fourteen volunteers representing all Hawaiian islands) and University of Hawaii law students.

  • Environmental Council must hold public hearings pursuant to Chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and conduct at least one public hearing in each county before final adoption of amended rules.

  • A certified copy of the concurrent resolution shall be transmitted to the Director of Environmental Quality Control.

Legislative Description

Requesting The Environmental Council To Submit A Report To The Legislature On The Revision Of Environmental Impact Statement Rules, Title 11, Chapter 200, Hawaii Administrative Rules.

Environmental Council

Last Action

Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Kobayashi, Lowen, McKelvey, Mizuno, Nakamura, Quinlan, Tokioka excused (7).

4/16/2018

Committee Referrals

Finance4/16/2018
Energy & Environmental Protection4/2/2018
Agriculture and Environment3/14/2018

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