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HI SR34

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 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.

  • Notes that Big Island Dairy released more than two million gallons of rain and wastewater over three days in May 2018 and nearly six hundred thousand gallons into Kaohaoha Gulch on December 24, 2018.

  • References a lawsuit alleging Federal Clean Water Act violations against Big Island Dairy, which resulted in a legal settlement requiring the dairy to shut down operations on or about April 30, 2019.

  • Directs transmission of certified copies of the resolution to the Chairperson of the Board of Agriculture and Director of Health.

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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