STAND. COM. REP. NO.
Honolulu, Hawaii
MAR 3 1 2025
RE: S.R. No. 84
S.D. 1
Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi
President of the Senate
Thirty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2025
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Agriculture and Environment, to which was
referred S.R. No. 84 entitled:
"SENATE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE GOVERNOR TO CONVENE A
TEMPORARY WORKING GROUP TO INVESTIGATE THE EXISTENCE TUSTD
ENVIRONMENTAL DANGERS OF PER- AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES
AND OTHER RELATED CHEMICALS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to:
(1) Request the Governor to convene a temporary working
group to investigate the existence and environmental
dangers of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)
and other related chemicals; and
(2) Request the working group to submit interim reports to
the Legislature before the Regular Sessions of 2026 and
2027, with a final report to be submitted before the
Regular Session of 2028.
Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure
from the Department of Agriculture, Honolulu Board of Water
Supply, Environmental Caucus of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i,
Hawaii Reef and Ocean Coalition, Climate Protectors Hawaii,
Coalition Earth, and two individuals.
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Your Committee received comments on this measure from the
Department of Health.
Your Committee finds that PEAS are present and persistent in
the environment and little is known of their impact in the State.
Your Committee notes that, in addition to the over nineteen
thousand gallons of JP-5 jet fuel released at the United States
Navy's Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility complex in November
2021, another leak of the fire suppression system at the Red Hill
complex released over one thousand three hundred gallons of
aqueous film forming foam concentrate, containing PFAS, into the
environment a little over a year later on November 29, 2022. Your
Committee believes that the investigation requested in this
measure is necessary for the ongoing monitoring and long-term
cleanup of PFAS in the State.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Clarifying that any other relevant stakeholders
requested to serve as members of the working group be
determined by the members of the working group; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the
purposes of clarity and consistency.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Agriculture and Environment that is attached to this
report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.R.
No. 84, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form
attached hereto as S.R. No. 84, S.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on
behalf of the members of the
Committee on Agriculture and
Environment,
MIKE GABBARD, Chair
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 The Senate
Thirty-Third Legislature
State of Hawaii
Record of Votes
Committee on Agriculture and Environment
AEN
Bill / Resolution No.:* Committee Referral: Date:
AEN OS- IT-T-S
__ The Committee is reconsidering its previous decision on this measure.
If so, then the previous decision was to:___________________________________
The Recommendation is:
__ Pass, unamended Pass, with amendments __ Hold __ Recommit
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Members .Aye Aye (WR) Nay Excused
GABBARD, Mike (C)
RICHARDS, III, Herbert M. “Tim” (VC)
DECOITE, Lynn
RHOADS, Karl
AWA, Brenton
TOTAL
Recommendation: i—
Adopted __ Not Adopted
Chair’s or Designee’s Sigriature: .
Distribution: Original Yellow Pink Goldenrod
File with Committee Report Clerk's Office Drafting Agency Committee File Copy
*Only one measure per Record of Votes
Revised: 12/09/24