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HI SB150
Bill
Status
1/15/2025
Primary Sponsor
Jarrett Keohokalole
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AI Summary
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Establishes a Red Hill Water Alliance Initiative (WAI) Policy Coordinator position within the Department of Land and Natural Resources to lead state implementation of WAI remediation recommendations from the November 2023 report.
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Creates the Red Hill Remediation Special Fund to receive legislative appropriations, gifts, donations, grants, and interest earnings for monitoring, applied research, public outreach, and evaluation of Red Hill contamination; federal government bears aquifer remediation costs.
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Requires the WAI Policy Coordinator to facilitate implementation of WAI initiatives, monitor ecosystem health, maintain a public dashboard of test results, and coordinate a thirty-six-month public education program on post-defueling remediation phases.
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Mandates all state and county agencies provide information and data requested by the WAI Policy Coordinator within thirty calendar days or an extended deadline at the coordinator's discretion.
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Requires annual reports to the legislature, governor, and Honolulu mayor and city council beginning December 1, 2025, detailing the coordinator's activities and expenditures; bill takes effect January 1, 2050.
Legislative Description
Relating To Red Hill.
Red Hill Remediation Special Fund
Last Action
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
2/14/2025