I ka ʻimi ʻana e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka palekana o ka lehulehu ma ke kai kiʻekiʻe, ua hoʻopuka kahi senator mokuʻāina i kahi bila i ka Pōʻalima e koi ana i nā moku holo moana e holo ana mai nā awa o Kaleponi e loaʻa kahi luna maluhia ma luna o ka moku.
Inā hala ke ana, e loaʻa i Kaleponi nā kānāwai mokuʻāina ʻoi loa ma ka ʻoihana $ 35.7-biliona, i hele mai ma lalo o ka ʻaha kūkā a me ka nānā ʻana o ka lehulehu ma hope o nā hihia kiʻekiʻe o ka poʻe nalo, nā mea kaʻa ma luna o ka moku a me ka hoʻomāinoino i nā makahiki i hala.
"Ua loaʻa iā mākou nā mākaʻi lewa ma luna o nā mokulele me ʻelua haneli mau ohua, akā ʻaʻohe o mākou mea ma luna o nā moku holo moku me 10 mau manawa o ka nui o nā ohua," wahi a Sen. Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto), ka mokuʻāina. ka mea kākau o bila.
ʻO nā luna hoʻomalu, e uku ʻia kā lākou mau uku e ka uku o ka poʻe kaʻa he $1 i kēlā me kēia lā, e lawelawe pū lākou ma ke ʻano he ʻenehana moana laikini e nānā i ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā kānāwai kaiapuni a Simitian i lanakila ai.
Hoʻolimalima nā moku holo moku i kā lākou mau luna palekana, akā ʻoi aku ka nui, ke nīnau nei nā luna kānāwai a me nā luna hoʻokō kānāwai inā lawa ia. Ua mālama nā kōmike o ka Congressional i ka hoʻolohe ʻana i ke ʻano o ka lawelawe ʻana o ka ʻoihana i nā hanana hewa a me nā hoʻopiʻi ma luna o ko lākou mau kūlanakauhale lana.
"Ma ka papa hana palekana no ka laina holo moku - ʻaʻole no ka poʻe kaʻa a ʻaʻole no ka lehulehu," wahi a Simitian. "Aia kahi paio o ka hoihoi ma waena o nā pahuhopu pili lehulehu o ka mea hana a me nā koi palekana o ka lehulehu o ka mea kaʻa."
Mālama nā luna ʻoihana i ka palekana o kā lākou moku a ua kūʻē i nā hana hoʻoponopono hou loa. ʻAʻole lākou i lawe i kahi kūlana ma ke kānāwai Simitian.
"ʻAʻole hiki iā mākou ke hāʻawi i nā manaʻo e pili ana i kēia kānāwai a hiki i ka manawa i loaʻa iā mākou ka manawa e nānā ai," wahi a Eric Ruff, ka waha ʻōlelo no ka Cruise Lines International Assn.
ʻO ka ʻoihana holo moku ʻo Kaleponi he $1.9 biliona, me nā awa ma Long Beach, Los Angeles, Kapalakiko a me San Diego, e hōʻike ana ma kahi o 14% o nā moku US. ʻO ka nui, ʻoi aku ma mua o 1.2 miliona mau kaʻa i holo i Kaleponi i ka makahiki 2006.
Hoʻokumu ʻia ka bila a Simitian ma luna o ke kānāwai ma mua āna i kākau ai e pāpā ana i nā moku mai ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka ʻōpala a i ʻole ka hoʻolei ʻana i ka lepo lepo a i ʻole ka ʻōpala pōʻino i loko o ʻekolu mile mai ke kahakai o ka mokuʻāina. Hoʻohālike ʻia ka bila hou loa ma hope o ka papahana mālama moana ma Alaska, kahi i ʻae ai ka poʻe koho pāloka i kahi koho balota paʻakikī i ka makahiki 2006 e kau i kahi ʻenekini kaiapuni i laikini ʻia e Coast Guard ma luna o nā moku holo moana.
"ʻO ka pahuhopu ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi kiaʻi moana ma ke Komohana Komohana holoʻokoʻa, no ka mea, e hoʻi ana nā moku holo moana ma waena o nā awa," wahi a Gershon Cohen o Earth Island Institute, kahi hui mālama.
Aia nā māka moana "ma Alaska, akā hiki iā lākou ke hoʻolei i Kaleponi, Oregon a me British Columbia a ʻo wai ka mea e ʻike?" Ua hoʻohui ʻo Cohen. "Loaʻa iā ʻoe ke kulekele zero-discharge ma Kaleponi, akā ʻaʻole ʻoe i ʻike inā hana kekahi no ka mea ʻaʻohe mea hoʻokō a ʻaʻohe ala e nānā ai i ka hoʻokō."
ʻO Kendall Carver, ka pelekikena a me ka mea hoʻokumu o International Cruise Victims, kahi hui i hoʻopiʻi no ka hoʻoponopono federal o ka ʻoihana, i ʻōlelo ʻia ua hauʻoli kāna hui i ka bila. "He hana nui kēia i mua."
ʻO ka ʻaha kūkā o ka ʻaha kūkā e pili ana i ka palekana holo moana ua hoʻomālamalama i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻaʻole i aʻo ʻia nā limahana moku moku e noiʻi i nā hewa. Eia kekahi, hiki ke hala nā lā ma waena o ka wā i hana ʻia ai kahi hewa i manaʻo ʻia ma luna o ka moku a hiki i ka moku i ke awa a hiki ke hoʻomaka kahi hoʻokolokolo kūhelu. Hiki ke haumia nā hōʻike, inā ʻohi ʻia.
ʻO Laurie Dishman, he kamaʻāina Sacramento nāna i hōʻike i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻana ma luna o ka moku Royal Caribbean e holo ana i Cabo San Lucas, Mekiko, mai Long Beach, i hōʻike i mua o ka US Congress i ka makahiki i hala e pili ana i ke noi ʻana e hōʻiliʻili i kāna mau hōʻike ponoʻī.
"E kokoke ana i hoʻokahi makahiki i kēia manawa mai koʻu hōʻike ʻana i mua o ka ʻaha kūkā," wahi a Dishman i kēia pule.
"I ka manawa o ka makahiki, ʻaʻohe hana o ka ʻoihana holo moku e hōʻike i ka Congress a i ʻole kekahi o mākou i hoʻopilikia ʻia e hana lākou i nā loli."
Ma ka hihia o Dishman, ʻoiai nā hōʻailona ʻeha ma kona ʻāʻī, ʻaʻohe hoʻopiʻi hewa i waiho ʻia ma luna o kāna mea i hoʻopiʻi ʻia, he kiaʻi palekana e hana ana no ka moku.
E hōʻoia ka luna hoʻomalu e mālama pono ʻia nā hewa i hōʻike ʻia ma luna o ka moku me ka ʻole o ke keakea ʻana mai nā loio o ka moku a i ʻole nā limahana ʻē aʻe nona ka hana nui e pale i ka hui, wahi a Dishman.
"ʻO kēia ke ala e hiki ai i nā kānaka ke loaʻa ka hoʻopiʻi hewa," wahi āna.
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