Bill Text: HI SCR57 | 2015 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: DOH; Task Force; Red Hill; Fuel Leak; Report
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-16 - Certified copies of resolutions sent, 06-16-15. [SCR57 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2015-SCR57-Amended.html
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SENATE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION
EXPANDING THE TASK FORCE STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF THE JANUARY 2014 FUEL TANK LEAK AT THE RED HILL UNDERGROUND FUEL STORAGE FACILITY, ESTABLISHED UNDER SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 73, H.D. 1, REGULAR SESSION OF 2014, TO INCLUDE AN ADDITIONAL TWENTY-SIX UNDERGROUND FUEL STORAGE TANKS IN THE STATE OWNED BY THE UNITED STATES MILITARY.
WHEREAS, Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 73, H.D. 1, Regular Session of 2014 (S.C.R. No. 73), entitled "REQUESTING THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH TO CONVENE A TASK FORCE TO STUDY THE EFFECTS OF THE JANUARY 2014 FUEL TANK LEAK AT THE RED HILL UNDERGROUND FUEL STORAGE FACILITY", was adopted in final form on April 24, 2014; and
WHEREAS, the task force concluded that the United States Navy intends to study secondary containment options and advanced leak detection technologies in collaboration with the Department of Health and the Environmental Protection Agency; and
WHEREAS, in addition to the United States Navy, other branches of the United States military own an additional twenty-six underground fuel storage tanks located throughout the State; and
WHEREAS, the additional twenty-six underground fuel storage tanks located throughout the State should be added to the scope of the task force study in the interests of public health and safety given the gravity of the Red Hill storage tank conditions; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Twenty-eighth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2015, the House of Representatives concurring, that the task force study under S.C.R. No. 73 be expanded to include an additional twenty-six underground fuel storage tanks located at Hickam Pol Annex (Kipapa), Kuahua Peninsula, Pacific Missile Range Facility Barking Sands, and Schofield Barracks; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the members of Hawaii's Congressional delegation, or their representatives, be added to the membership of the task force established under S.C.R. No. 73; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force established under S.C.R. No. 73 submit another report to the Legislature to encompass the additional twenty-six sites no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2016; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force continue to monitor the United States Navy's plans for remediation of the Red Hill facility fuel tank leaks; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the members of Hawaii's Congressional delegation; Director of Health, Commander of the United States Pacific Fleet, Commander of the United States Pacific Command, Environmental Protection Agency's Pacific Islands Contact Office, Commander of the Pacific Missile Range Facility, Commander of Schofield Barracks, Chairperson of the Board of Land and Natural Resources, and Manager and Chief Engineer of the Honolulu Board of Water Supply.
DOH; Task Force; Red Hill; Fuel Leak; Report
