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Contested Case To Be Held For Maunalua Bay Dredging “I ask for help, help, help. Nobody gives help,” Marshall Rosa told the Board of Land and Natural Resources at its meeting on July 7. Rosa entered the meeting carrying a … Continued
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Board Yields on Permit to Dredge Hawai`i Kai Channel to Maunalua Bay The Board of Land and Natural Resources has given conditional approval to a request to dredge a channel between Maunalua Bay and the private Kuapa Pond, centerpiece of … Continued
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New Rent Policy For Non-Profits Is Sent Back For Fine Tuning The Board of Land and Natural Resources has decided its new policy on lease rents for non-profit corporations needs a it of fine tuning. The policy was adopted just … Continued
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Land Board Adopts Rules Governing Tropical Fish Collecting in West Hawai’i Cheers and applause exploded from the conference room at the Big Island’s Natural Energy Laboratory on September 24, when the state Board of Land and Natural Resources voted to … Continued
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In Judgment, BLNR Concedes It Violated Open Meetings Law The state Board of Land and Natural Resources has acknowledged it violated the state Open Meetings Law on many occasions. The concession was contained in a stipulated judgment settling a lawsuit … Continued
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Deputy Attorney General Undercuts Board Decision on State Land at Onomea For years, advocates of coastal access in the area of Onomea, on the eastern side of the Big Island, have been awaiting resolution of a dispute over ownership of … Continued
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Non-Profits Face New Screening Process For Land Use Applications For the past year, the issue of how much non-profits should be charged for using state land had been unresolved, until now. At IRS September 11 meeting, the Board of Land … Continued
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Land Board Lags on Minutes State law requires minutes to be made of agency meetings within 30 days of the meeting date. But of the 21 meetings the board had held in the first 10 and a half months of … Continued
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Land Board Cancels Lease, Permit Held by Ke’ehi Marine Center The Board of Land and Natural Resources has cancelled the lease and revocable permit held by Ke’ehi Marine, Inc. The action, taken at the board’s April 25 meeting, followed protracted … Continued
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Land Board Debates Practice Of Rent Discounts to Non-Profits A recurring subject of dispute in recent discussions among members of the state Board of Land and Natural Resources has been the traditional discounted rent paid by non-profit organizations that hold … Continued