The state Supreme Court has sided with opponents of the Ka`u spaceport who claim that a lower court erroneously dismissed its complaint that the now-disbanded Hawai`i Space Development Authority broke the state’s Sunshine Law. The Supreme Court, in a memorandum … Continued
Bishop Estate Defies Order Requiring Parking for Trail Access Bishop Estate has informed the Board of Land and Natural Resources that it will not comply with an order the board issued in November 1995 requiring the estate to allow public … Continued
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
The Army decided on a course of incineration of chemical weapons more than a decade ago. At that time, it claimed that alternative technologies were poorly developed and not demonstrated to be effective. Under congressional mandate, the Army is reviewing … Continued
In 1993, the United States signed the Chemical Weapons Convention, a treaty sponsored by the United Nations. The U.S. Senate, however, has not yet ratified the convention, despite Senate hearings having been held on the treaty. The General Accounting Office … Continued
Judge Overturns Land Board Denial Of Time Extension for Engelstad House The embattled Conservation District Use Permit of Ralph and Betty Engelstad to build a house in Lanikai, O’ahu, has been judicially revived. An order issued January 2, 1997, by … Continued
Japanese Paper Firm Gets Nod For Pulp Plantation on State Land The state Board of Land and Natural Resources has given its tentative approval to a plan that calls for leasing about 5,100 acres of former cane land in the … Continued
The Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Disposal System was designed in the mid-1980s and construction of the $150 million facility was completed in 1988. Four years earlier, when the Army was first charged by Congress to destroy the nation’s stockpiles of … Continued
The Hawai’i legislature has approved a bill that, if signed by Governor Cayetano (as appears likely), will alter fundamentally the state’s approach to management of endangered species. The bill’s authors and supporters, including The Nature Conservancy of Hawai’i, say the … Continued