| 47 | | - | 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 legislature further finds that the purity and safety of the State's fresh water is in jeopardy of contamination. In December 2021, the United States Navy confirmed that the Red Hill bulk fuel storage facility on Oahu leaked petroleum into the Navy's water system, contaminating the drinking water for residents and personnel at Joint-Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam and surrounding neighborhoods. More than ninety-two thousand people were impacted within weeks, with some reporting ill effects from ingesting the fuel-tainted water. Therefore, the purpose of this Act is to: (1) Prohibit the department of health from issuing new permits for large capacity underground storage tank systems mauka of the applicable underground injection control line; and (2) Prohibit the operation of and renewal of permits for large capacity underground storage tank systems mauka of the applicable underground injection control line, beginning January 1, 2045. 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- Large capacity underground storage tank systems; prohibited. (a) Beginning July 1, 2022, the department shall not issue a permit for a new large capacity underground storage tank system located mauka of the applicable underground injection control line; provided that a permit may be issued by the department for purposes of repairing or replacing an existing large capacity underground storage tank system. (b) Beginning January 1, 2045, no person shall operate a large capacity underground storage tank system located mauka of the applicable underground injection control line, and no permit for a large capacity underground storage tank system located mauka of the underground injection control line shall be renewed." SECTION 3. Section 342L-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding three new definitions to be appropriately inserted and to read as follows: ""Large capacity underground storage tank system" means an underground storage tank system with any single tank with a capacity greater than 50,000 gallons or with a total tank capacity greater than 100,000 gallons. "Mauka" means toward the mountains or the encircled underground source of drinking water. "Underground injection control line" means the underground injection control line represented by a dashed line on the State of Hawaii department of health underground injection control program maps, made effective July 6, 1984, and identified as follows: (1) For the island of Hawaii, quadrangles H-1 to H-74; (2) For the island of Kauai, quadrangles K-1 to K-11; (3) For the island of Lanai, quadrangles L-North and L‑South; (4) For the island of Maui, quadrangles M-1 to M-17; (5) For the island of Molokai, quadrangles M-East and M‑West; and (6) For the island of Oahu, quadrangles O-1 to O-15." SECTION 4. New statutory material is underscored. SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect July 1, 2060. |
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| 47 | + | 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 legislature further finds that the purity and safety of the State's fresh water is in jeopardy of contamination. In December 2021, the United States Navy confirmed that the Red Hill bulk fuel storage facility on Oahu leaked petroleum into the Navy's water system, contaminating the drinking water for residents and personnel at Joint-Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam and surrounding neighborhoods. More than ninety-two thousand people were impacted within weeks, with some reporting ill effects from ingesting the fuel-tainted water. Therefore, the purpose of this Act is to: (1) Prohibit the department of health from issuing new permits for large capacity underground storage tank systems mauka of the applicable underground injection control line; and (2) Prohibit the operation of and renewal of permits for large capacity underground storage tank systems mauka of the applicable underground injection control line, beginning January 1, 2045. 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- Large capacity underground storage tank systems; prohibited. (a) Beginning July 1, 2022, the department shall not issue a permit for a new large capacity underground storage tank system located mauka of the applicable underground injection control line; provided that a permit may be issued by the department for purposes of repairing or replacing an existing underground storage tank. (b) Beginning January 1, 2045, no person shall operate a large capacity underground storage tank system located mauka of the applicable unground injection control line, and no permit for a large capacity underground storage tank system located mauka of the unground injection control line shall be renewed." SECTION 3. Section 342L-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding three new definitions to be appropriately inserted and to read as follows: ""Large capacity underground storage tank system" means an underground storage tank system with any single tank with a capacity greater than 50,000 gallons or with a total tank capacity greater than 100,000 gallons. "Mauka" means toward the mountains or the encircled underground source of drinking water. "Underground injection control line" means the underground injection control line represented by a dashed line on the State of Hawaii department of health underground injection control program maps, made effective July 6, 1984, and identified as follows: (1) For the island of Hawaii, quadrangles H-1 to H-74; (2) For the island of Kauai, quadrangles K-1 to K-11; (3) For the island of Lanai, quadrangles L-North and L‑South; (4) For the island of Maui, quadrangles M-1 to M-17; (5) For the island of Molokai, quadrangles M-East and M‑West; and (6) For the island of Oahu, quadrangles O-1 to O-15." SECTION 4. New statutory material is underscored. SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect July 1, 2060. |
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