Feds Close In On $7.5M In Compensation For Contamination at Waipiʻo Peninsula
On April 19, the U.S. Navy, Environmental Protection Agency, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and Department of the Interior proposed settling a lawsuit they filed the same day against O‘ahu Sugar Company, LLC, and its successor, Ka‘anapali Land, LLC, over high … Continued
Exceeding the Limit, Redux
(Above photo: An employee of BEI Environmental Services in protective gear at O‘ahu Sugar Company’s former pesticide and herbicide mixing plant on the Waipi‘o Peninsula. The company collected soil and water samples in 2000. Credit BEI) In July 2001, Environment Hawai‘i reported on contamination … Continued
LUC Considers Request to Allow 769-Unit Subdivision Near Kapa‘a
The state Land Use Commission is holding hearings on a boundary amendment petition to place about 96 acres of former cane land near Kapa‘a, Kaua‘i, into the state Urban District to allow for one of the largest – if not the largest – … Continued
New & Noteworthy: Sierra Club Loss, Rat-Free Lehua
Sierra Club Loss: Last month, 1st Circuit Judge Jeffrey Crabtree ruled against the Sierra Club’s Hawai‘i Chapter and in support of the Board of Land and Natural Resources’ decisions in 2018 and 2019 to grant revocable permits for the continued diversion … Continued