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HI SCR48

Concurrent Resolution

Status

Introduced

3/8/2019

Primary Sponsor

Lorraine Inouye

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Origin

Senate

2019 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Urges the Department of Agriculture to disallow any other dairy from operating on the same site as the former Big Island Dairy located in Ookala, Hawaii.

  • Urges the Department of Health to not issue any environmental permits for the current Big Island Dairy site in Ookala, Hawaii.

  • References a May 2018 discharge of more than two million gallons of rain and wastewater over three days from the Big Island Dairy.

  • References a December 24, 2018 discharge of nearly 600,000 gallons of wastewater into Kaohaoha Gulch and a August 2018 overflow caused by Hurricane Lane that sent untreated effluent into a nearby gulch.

  • Notes the Big Island Dairy reached a legal settlement following a Federal Clean Water Act lawsuit and must shut down dairy operations on or about April 30, 2019.

Legislative Description

Urging The Department Of Agriculture To Restrict The Development Of Another Dairy Farm On The Current Big Island Dairy Site In Ookala, Hawaii.

Department of Health

Last Action

Referred to AEN/CPH.

3/8/2019

Committee Referrals

Agriculture and Environment3/8/2019

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