Bill Text: HI SB2172 | 2022 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Underground Fuel Storage Tanks.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2022-03-17 - The committee(s) on HHH/EEP recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. [SB2172 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2022-SB2172-Amended.html
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THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO UNDERGROUND FUEL STORAGE TANKS.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that fresh water and streams have been among the most important natural resources to Hawaii's people. Dating back to ancient Hawaii, the sanctity of fresh water, or wai, is reflected in the way water permeates throughout olelo Hawaii, the Hawaiian spoken language. For example, the Hawaiian word for "law" is kanawai, which literally translates to the "equal sharing of water". The Hawaiian word waiwai, water repeated twice, means abundance and prosperity. In native Hawaiian culture, to have water is to have wealth.
The purpose of this Act is to:
(1) Prohibit the department of health from issuing new permits for underground fuel storage tanks mauka of the underground injection control line, as defined by the department of health, except for the repair or removal of existing tanks;
(2) Prohibit the renewal of permits for underground fuel storage tanks mauka of the underground injection control line as defined by the department of health, beginning January 1, 2023; and
(3) Create a new definition for "underground fuel storage tank".
SECTION 2. Chapter 342L, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to part I to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§342L- Permits near aquifer prohibited. (a) Beginning July 1, 2022, the department shall
not issue a permit for a new underground fuel storage tank mauka
of the underground injection control line as defined by the department pursuant
to chapter 342E; provided that a permit
may be issued by the department for purposes of repairing or removing an
existing underground fuel storage tank.
(b)
Beginning January 1, 2023, no person shall operate an underground fuel
storage tank mauka of the underground injection control line as
defined by the department pursuant to chapter 342E, and no permit for an underground fuel storage tank mauka of the
underground injection control line as defined by the department pursuant to
chapter 342E shall be renewed.
(c) As used in this section, "underground
fuel storage tank" means any fuel tank or tank facility and associated
infrastructure that is or includes field constructed tanks, or that has a
capacity of over one hundred thousand gallons."
SECTION 3. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.
Report Title:
Underground Fuel Storage Tanks; Aquifers; Permits; Prohibition
Description:
Prohibits issuance of future underground fuel storage tanks mauka of the underground injection control line as defined by the Department of Health beginning July 1, 2022. Prohibits operation of and renewal of underground fuel storage tank permits located mauka of the underground injection control line as defined by the department of health beginning January 1, 2023. Defines underground fuel storage tank as any fuel tank or tank facility and associated infrastructure that is or includes field constructed tanks, or that has a capacity of over one hundred thousand gallons. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
