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Senate Committee on Water and Land approves five submerged‑land easements for shoreline and stormwater work
Summary
The Senate Committee on Water and Land on March 7 voted to pass five concurrent resolutions authorizing nonexclusive easements over portions of state submerged lands to allow public agencies to use, repair and maintain shoreline protection features and stormwater infrastructure.
The Senate Committee on Water and Land on March 7 voted to pass five concurrent resolutions authorizing nonexclusive easements over portions of state submerged lands to allow public agencies to use, repair and maintain shoreline and stormwater improvements.
The measures — SCR 3, SCR 4, SCR 5, SCR 6 and SCR 7 — covered separate sites on Oahu, Kauai and elsewhere and were presented with testimony from Rebecca Anderson of the Department of Land and Natural Resources, who said the department "stands on our written testimony in support of this administration measure." The committee incorporated DLNR's technical and non‑substantive amendments where recommended and approved a clarifying title amendment requested for SCR 3 to specify the grantee as the City and County of Honolulu.
Why it matters: the easements formalize legal permission to maintain public infrastructure and shoreline protections on state submerged lands. Several measures described…
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