Statutory Recommendations to the Legislature: Appendix 2
In the Report to the Legislature, Appendix 2 provides a list of participants in the review process.
View ArticleStatutory Recommendations to the Legislature: Appendix 3
The Report to the Legislature's Appendix 3 is the omnibus bill that serves as the basis for the recently introduced SB2185 and HB2322.
View ArticleStatutory Recommendations to the Legislature: Appendix 4
The Report to the Legislature's Appendix 4 is a full-text version of Chapters 341 and 343 that include footnotes and how the statute would look if the omnibus bill were passed.
View ArticleAlternative Approach to Chapter 343 - Modify the Existing System
The Study considered a range of alternatives to applicability that were ultimately not preferred. This background document presents one alternative approach.The purpose of providing this alternative...
View ArticleAlternative Approach to Chapter 341 - Expand the Role of OEQC
The Study considered a range of alternatives that were ultimately not preferred. This background document presents one alternative approach to governance.The purpose of providing this alternative...
View ArticleHouse Bill 2398: Relating to Environmental Protection
Another version of the Study's omnibus bill has been introduced to the House as HB2398. To monitor the progression of the bill, visit here.For those new to the legislative process, the Hawaii State...
View ArticleSenate Bill 2818: Relating to Environmental Protection
The Study's omnibus bill has been introduced to the Senate as SB2818. To monitor the progression of this bill, visit here.For those new to the legislative process, the Hawaii State Legislature website...
View ArticleAlternative Proposal: Senate Bill 2830: Relating to Environmental Protection
An alternative proposal to the Study's omnibus bill has been introduced into the Senate. SB2830 proposes toRemove the University of Hawaii Environmental Center from the environmental quality control...
View ArticleTwitter Updates of Environmental Protection Bills
A twitter page has been set up with automatic updates of any bill relating to environmental protection that has been introduced to the 2010 Hawaii State Legislature. Each update contains a link back to...
View ArticleHearing Notice for SB2818
THE SENATETHE TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATUREREGULAR SESSION OF 2010COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTSenator Mike Gabbard, ChairSenator J. Kalani English, Vice ChairCOMMITTEE ON WATER, LAND, AGRICULTURE,...
View ArticleSB2818 Passes Out of ENE Committee
At 2:45 p.m. today, ENE passed SB2818 with amendments after Chairman Gabbard made a few remarks.After thanking the Study Team for addressing concerns from the February 2 hearing, SB2818 was recommended...
View ArticleSB2818 Passes Out of WTL Committee
Wednesday, February 11, 2010, SB2818 passed out of the Senate Committee on Water, Land, Agriculture and Hawaiian Affairs (WTL). The major proposed changes to Chapter 341 include:Delete the transfer of...
View ArticleSB2818 SD1 Available
Senate Bill 2818 has been amended to SD1, which is available here.This amended bill incorporates the recommendations by Senators Gabbard and Hee at their respective committee meetings.
View ArticleUpdate: SB2818 Now SD2; Hearing Today
After the Feb. 26 meeting of WAM, SB2818 was passed and amended to SD 2. The bill then passed over to the House on March 2 and passed its first reading there March 3.It will be heard today, March 9, at...
View ArticleHouse Amends SB2818 SD2 to SB2818 SD2 HD1
Yesterday, the joint-meeting of the House Committee on Energy and Environmental Protection (EEP), the Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources (WLO), and the Committee on Economic Vitalization,...
View ArticleUpcoming JUD Hearing for SB2818 SD2 HD1
The House Committee on Judiciary will hear SB2818 SD2 HD1 on Tuesday, March 16, 2010 at 2:15 pm. As the bill moves through the House Committee hearings, the Working Group appointed by Senator Gabbard...
View ArticleWorking Group Recommendation for Ch. 341 - SB2818 SD2 HD3
The Working Group presented its recommended amendments to SB2818 today to the House Committee on Finance. The working group, convened by Senator Gabbard, completed its work on Monday and submitted its...
View ArticleWorking Group Recommendations for Ch. 343 - SB2957 SD1 HD2
Senator Gabbard has released the Working Group recommendations for Chapter 343 HRS in a proposed SB2957 SD1 HD2. The House Committee on Judiciary is supposed to hear the bill next, but the Committee...
View ArticleUpdate on SB2818 SD2 HD3 - Working Group Recommendations to Chapter 341 HRS
The House Committee on Finance recommended that SB2818 SD2 HD2 be deferred, thus choosing at this point to not consider the Working Group's recommendations embodied in SB2818 SD2 HD3.
View ArticleWorking Group Thank You Letters to Senator Gabbard
At the conclusion of the Working Group, the members wrote two thank you letters to Senator Gabbard. The first letter describes the unanimous consensus of the Working Group for recommendations to...
View ArticleEnvironmental Review in the News
Last week on Thursday, April 1, Dan Nakaso had an article in the Honolulu Advertiser on the Working Group that Sen. Gabbard convened.Today in Sunday's paper, Senator Gabbard has a commentary responding...
View ArticleWorking Group Participants' Agreement
As noted before, Senator Gabbard convened a Working Group for those who testified on the first draft of SB2818 to come together, work out their differences, and develop language to improve the bill....
View ArticleBackground Document: Environmental Justice Report
As the Study prepares its final report, background materials will be posted. These materials are resource documents that the Study has referenced throughout its project.One of the motivating reasons...
View ArticlePresentation on the Working Group's Recommendations
On Tuesday, four members of the Working Group, Professor Denise Antolini, Lee Sichter, David Arakawa, and Robert Harris, presented the Working Group's recommendations to the Natural Resources Section...
View ArticleFinal Report on Hawaii's Environmental Review System
The Study has completed its Final Report on Hawaii's Environmental Review System. It was prepared pursuant to Act 1, Session Laws of Hawaii 2008, which requested that the University of Hawaii conduct...
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