Last fall marked a milestone for Kaloko Honokohau National Historical Park. Almost 20 years after a national park on the site was first proposed, and nearly 15 years after Congress passed enabling legislation, the parks Draft General Management Plan/Environmental Impact … Continued
Nansay Hawai’i, Inc., the Hawai’i arm of a Japanese corporation, plans to build a three hotel resort on the land of Kohanaiki, to the immediate north of Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park. Inside the 300-foot-wide coastal strip that lies within the … Continued
On September 3, 1993, the Federal Register published a notice of expanded opportunity for public comment on the way in which the Department of Energy deals with nuclear waste, including spent nuclear fuel from Navy submarines. The events leading up … Continued
On September 30, 1993, the Supreme Court of the state of Hawai’i gave notice that it would not reconsider its decision in Case Number 15277, better known as the Diamond Head Beach Road dispute. And with that notice – unremarked … Continued
In the past, the use of beaches for commercial purposes has required a Conservation District Use Permit to be issued by the Board of Land and Natural Resources. But in the last eighteen months, the staff of the Department of … Continued
In 1992, Honolulu Advertiser columnist Jan TenBruggengate and friends kayaked along Kaua’i’s Na Pali Coast. Afterward, he wrote: “We were uniformly appalled at the conditions of the coast.” The tour boat industry “is as incessant as the smell of its … Continued
Court Considers Renewed Claim Against Holder of Kohala CDUA On November 22, 1991, Michael Rearden appeared before the Board of Land and Natural Resources at its meeting in Honolulu. The Board voted, without discussion, to approve the recommendation of its … Continued
On November 4, 1992, then-President Bush signed the Oceans Act of 1992, which established the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary. Less than a year later, the sanctuary appears more endangered than the whales it was intended to protect. … Continued
Amid the furor and controversies generated by the recent marked increase in tour helicopter traffic on the Big Island, Harry Kim, the county’s Civil Defense administrator, voiced his usual good sense and fresh perspective: “We need someone to speak for … Continued