H.C.R. No. 75 Summary

• Requests the United States Marine Corps to complete an environmental impact statement for the shoreline stabilization project at Puuloa Range Training Facility (PRTF) in Ewa, Oahu.

• Project involves impact pile driving to install steel sheet piles 20 feet deep along 1,500 to 2,500 feet of shoreline to create a bulkhead for erosion control.

• Resolution cites concerns that University of Hawaii studies show shoreline hardening causes beach narrowing and loss, and that a similar 2013 hardening project at nearby Iroquois Point (completed without an environmental impact statement) was followed by increased erosion at PRTF.

• Raises community concerns about potential impacts to endangered Hawaiian monk seals, sea turtles, essential fish habitat, the karst water system, and historic structures, and notes inadequate public notification of the 2019 environmental assessment.

• Directs certified copies be sent to Marine Corps Base Hawaii Commander, Hawaii's congressional delegation, Governor, Board of Land and Natural Resources, and Ewa Beach Neighborhood Board.