Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB379 Compare Versions

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1		-	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES H.B. NO. 379 THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025 H.D. 2 STATE OF HAWAII A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
	1	+	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES H.B. NO. 379 THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025 H.D. 1 STATE OF HAWAII A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
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13	13		THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025
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31	31		A BILL FOR AN ACT
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37	37		RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT.
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43	43		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
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47		-	SECTION 1. The legislature finds that protecting the State's nearshore waters is important for ecosystem resilience and public health. Clean nearshore waters that are free of pollutants support coral reef systems that are critical to Hawaii's fisheries. A 2023 study published in the scientific journal Nature found that coral reefs protected from land-based pollutants, especially from wastewater pollutants, are better able to recover from ocean-warming events. Accordingly, the purpose of this Act is to require newly installed or modified individual wastewater systems that are near the shoreline to include denitrification capacity. SECTION 2. Chapter 342D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to part III to be appropriately designated and to read as follows: "§342D- Individual wastewater systems; denitrification capacity. (a) Each individual wastewater system that is newly installed or modified shall have denitrification capacity if the wastewater system is located two hundred feet or less from a shoreline. (b) For the purposes of this section, "denitrification capacity" means being certified to meet the guidelines of the National Sanitation Foundation and American National Standards Institute standard 245 for on-site residential wastewater treatment." SECTION 3. New statutory material is underscored. SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 3000.
	47	+	SECTION 1. The legislature finds that protecting the State's nearshore waters is important for ecosystem resilience and public health. Clean nearshore waters that are free of pollutants support coral reef systems that are critical to Hawaii's fisheries. A 2023 study published in the scientific journal Nature found that coral reefs protected from land-based pollutants, especially from wastewater pollutants, are better able to recover from ocean-warming events. Accordingly, the purpose of this Act is to require newly installed or modified individual wastewater systems that are near the shoreline, or likely to pollute groundwater, to include denitrification capacity. SECTION 2. Chapter 342D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to part III to be appropriately designated and to read as follows: "§342D- Individual wastewater systems; denitrification capacity. (a) Each individual wastewater system that is newly installed or modified shall have denitrification capacity if: (1) The wastewater system is located two hundred feet or less from a shoreline; or (2) The wastewater system is located at or below one thousand five hundred feet above sea level and: (A) The substrate is less than five thousand years old; and (B) The soil has low nutrient holding capacity, low shrink and swell characteristics, and very fast permeability, based on the Hawaii soil atlas. (b) For the purposes of this section, "denitrification capacity" means being certified to meet the guidelines of the National Sanitation Foundation and American National Standards Institute standard 245 for on-site residential wastewater treatment." SECTION 3. New statutory material is underscored. SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 3000.
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49	49		SECTION 1. The legislature finds that protecting the State's nearshore waters is important for ecosystem resilience and public health. Clean nearshore waters that are free of pollutants support coral reef systems that are critical to Hawaii's fisheries. A 2023 study published in the scientific journal Nature found that coral reefs protected from land-based pollutants, especially from wastewater pollutants, are better able to recover from ocean-warming events.
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51		-	Accordingly, the purpose of this Act is to require newly installed or modified individual wastewater systems that are near the shoreline to include denitrification capacity.
	51	+	Accordingly, the purpose of this Act is to require newly installed or modified individual wastewater systems that are near the shoreline, or likely to pollute groundwater, to include denitrification capacity.
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53	53		SECTION 2. Chapter 342D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to part III to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
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55		-	"§342D- Individual wastewater systems; denitrification capacity. (a) Each individual wastewater system that is newly installed or modified shall have denitrification capacity if the wastewater system is located two hundred feet or less from a shoreline.
	55	+	"§342D- Individual wastewater systems; denitrification capacity. (a) Each individual wastewater system that is newly installed or modified shall have denitrification capacity if:
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	57	+	(1) The wastewater system is located two hundred feet or less from a shoreline; or
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	59	+	(2) The wastewater system is located at or below one thousand five hundred feet above sea level and:
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	61	+	(A) The substrate is less than five thousand years old; and
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	63	+	(B) The soil has low nutrient holding capacity, low shrink and swell characteristics, and very fast permeability, based on the Hawaii soil atlas.
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57	65		(b) For the purposes of this section, "denitrification capacity" means being certified to meet the guidelines of the National Sanitation Foundation and American National Standards Institute standard 245 for on-site residential wastewater treatment."
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59	67		SECTION 3. New statutory material is underscored.
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61	69		SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 3000.
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63		-	Report Title: Hawaii State Association of Counties Package; Environment; Individual Wastewater Systems; Nearshore Waters; Denitrification Capacity Description: Requires newly installed or modified individual wastewater systems that are near the shoreline to include denitrification capacity. Effective 7/1/3000. (~~HD2~~) The summary description of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
	71	+	Report Title: Hawaii State Association of Counties Package; Environment; Individual Wastewater Systems; Nearshore Waters; Denitrification Capacity Description: Requires newly installed or modified individual wastewater systems that are near the shoreline, or likely to pollute groundwater, to include denitrification capacity. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) The summary description of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
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71	79		Hawaii State Association of Counties Package; Environment; Individual Wastewater Systems; Nearshore Waters; Denitrification Capacity
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77		-	Requires newly installed or modified individual wastewater systems that are near the shoreline to include denitrification capacity. Effective 7/1/3000. (~~HD2~~)
	85	+	Requires newly installed or modified individual wastewater systems that are near the shoreline, or likely to pollute groundwater, to include denitrification capacity. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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85	93		The summary description of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.