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HI SCR68
Concurrent Resolution
Status
3/28/2018
Primary Sponsor
Mike Gabbard
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AI Summary
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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.
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Report must outline the revision process used, including methodologies implemented to gather wide-ranging public input and any recommendations or proposed legislation.
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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.
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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.
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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