HI SR138

Urges the United States Marine Corps to relocate all live fire training and aviation activity away from Puuloa Range Training Facility in Ewa Beach.

Cites concerns including noise pollution from shooting exercises and planned helicopter night landing operations that cause hundreds of community complaints and documented health effects including hearing loss, cardiovascular disease, and sleep disturbances.

Notes environmental contamination with lead levels more than seventy times the legal limit and high risk of munitions constituents migrating to nearshore waters, nearby parks, and homes.

Highlights safety risks from potential stray bullets, ricochets, and accidental weapons discharges near schools, churches, and homes, including a 2020 incident where range gunfire was mistaken for an active shooter.

Identifies alternative locations including the First Responder Campus in Mililani, Camp Blaz sniper training facility on Guam, or Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kaneohe where training was previously conducted until 1979.