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HI HR137
Resolution
Status
3/8/2019
Primary Sponsor
Joy San Buenaventura
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AI Summary
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Urges the State Board on Geographic Names to consult with community members having direct traditional, cultural, and familial ties to the district of Puna when naming volcanic features from the 2018 Kilauea eruption.
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Notes that Fissure 8 opened on May 5, 2018, near Luana Street in Leilani Estates and subsequently sent fast-moving lava flows that destroyed hundreds of homes, filled Kapoho Bay, and destroyed the Waiopae Tidepools Marine Life Conservation District.
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States that the term "Fissure 8" is inaccurate for the large tephra cone created, as the United States Geological Survey defines a fissure as an "elongate fracture or crack at the surface from which lava erupts."
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Recognizes that Hawaiian language names for volcanic features can encode information about physical characteristics, historical events, ecology, geography, and oral histories.
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Directs that a certified copy of the resolution be transmitted to the Chairperson of the State Board on Geographic Names.
Legislative Description
Urging The State Board On Geographic Names To Consult With Community Members Who Have Direct Traditional, Cultural, And Familial Ties To The District Of Puna To Establish Appropriate Names For The Fissure 8 Vent And Other Features Of The 2018 Eruption Of Kilauea Volcano.
State Board on Geographic Names
Last Action
Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on JUD with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cabanilla Arakawa, C. Lee excused (2).
3/28/2019