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HI HR97
Resolution
Status
3/8/2019
Primary Sponsor
Chris Lee
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AI Summary
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Urges the Department of Health to complete the total maximum daily load (TMDL) process for the Kaelepulu Watershed in Kailua, Oahu by the end of 2019 using the best available data.
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Notes that Kaelepulu Stream has been listed as an impaired water body since 2004 due to turbidity, nutrients, bacteria, and chlorophyll pollution and was designated high priority by the State Department of Health.
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Identifies that the TMDL process was initiated but never completed despite drafting a Scoping Report and Sampling and Analysis Plan in 2005, neither of which were finalized.
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Raises concerns that the Department of Health downgraded the Kaelepulu Watershed from high priority (2016) to low priority (2018) without completing the required TMDL process, despite water quality data showing standards were not being attained.
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Directs certified copies of the resolution be transmitted to the Governor, Director of Health, and Mayor of the City and County of Honolulu.
Legislative Description
Urging The Department Of Health To Complete The Required Assessment And Total Maximum Daily Load Process For Kaelepulu Watershed To Restore And Protect The Kailua Waterways.
Water Quality
Last Action
Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cabanilla Arakawa, C. Lee excused (2).
3/28/2019