Puna Geothermal Venture to Pay EPA $79,625 For 1991, 1993 Blowouts, Other Violations On September 14, 1994, the Environmental Protection Agency announced that it had reached a settlement with Puna Geothermal Venture regarding violations of the federal Superfund Act and … Continued
While looking into the state’s lease of water rights to the Waiahole Irrigation Company, Environment Hawai`i was denied access to information contained in a file on whose cover had been stamped the word “CONFIDENTIAL” in bright red ink. Staff at … Continued
A small medical-waste incinerator in `Aiea, O`ahu, has been in the news lately. Just how this came to be built is a story worth telling. Whether it will be allowed to remain is a story not yet written. The incinerator … Continued
Each day, the medical waste incinerator at Hilo Hospital burns about 110 twenty- to twenty-five gallon bags of infectious waste and 10 sharps containers, in addition to smaller volumes brought in from Honoka`a Hospital, clinics, doctors’ offices, and other agencies. … Continued
On October 19, 1994, the state Commission on Water Resource Management approved a process of mediation intended to resolve the issue of complaints that water from the Waiahole Ditch was being wasted. More than a dozen claimants to the water … Continued
The state Department of Land and Natural Resources’ Division of Water and Land Development is paying $20,000 to the engineering firm of Mink & Yuen, Inc., to prepare an “assessment” of the Waiahole Ditch System. The first knowledge that the … Continued
The state Department of Health Safe Drinking Water Branch announced last month that it had found 1,2,3-trichioropropane (TCP) in samples of drinking water obtained from the Waialua Sugar Pump 3 water system. The pesticide 1,2-dibromo-3-chloropropane (DBCP) also was detected in … Continued
Moloka’i Ranch Withdraws Application For Grading as DLNR Pursues Enforcement In June 1993, Moloka’i Ranch spent $21,800 clearing and grubbing approximately 28 acres of shoreline land in the area of Halena Camp, on the southwestern coast of Moloka’i. The clearing … Continued
The Federal Aviation Administration has selected a site for the Next Generation Radar (NEXRAD) planned for South Hawai`i. The site chosen is on land owned by Ka`u Agribusiness Company (a subsidiary of C. Brewer & Co., Ltd.), just over a … Continued
The year is 1974. The place is Makena, Maui. A rude, three-room shack, built in the twilight of the 19th century sits between the narrow road and the pounding sea. A dense grove of hau shades the house and a … Continued