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HI SCR48
Concurrent Resolution
Status
3/8/2019
Primary Sponsor
Lorraine Inouye
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AI Summary
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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.
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Urges the Department of Health to not issue any environmental permits for the current Big Island Dairy site in Ookala, Hawaii.
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References a May 2018 discharge of more than two million gallons of rain and wastewater over three days from the Big Island Dairy.
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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.
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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