Legislature to Hold Hearings on Environmental Reform Bill

The House Committees on Energy and Environmental Protection; Water, Land, and Ocean Resources; and Economic Revitalization, Business, and Military Affairs will hold a joint hearing regarding SB 2818, SD2 on Tuesday, March 9, 2010, 11:15 a.m., at Conference Room 325 in the State Capitol.

For more on SB 2818, SD2 see:

• Hawaii Environmental Reform Bill Passes Second Senate Committee, and
• Hawaii Environmental Reform Bill Passes Committee with Amendments.

SB 2818, SD2 provides the most substantive rewrite of Hawaii's environmental impact statement laws since it was first adopted in 1974.  Many of the changes are in specific response to a handful of land use cases that have caught the media's attention including cases related to the Hawaii Superferry and the Turtle Bay Resort.

Update (03-09-2010): The committees recommended that the measure be deferred until 03-11-10 at 11:05am.