Land Board Approves Kaua’i Project That May Harm Rare Snail Species At its meeting of June 9, 1994, the Board of Land and Natural Resources gave its approval to a Conservation District Use Application for construction of a municipal water … Continued
In May, after a year’s worth of meetings, hearings, and agonized discussion, the Stream Protection and Management Task Force, appointed by the state Commission on Water Resource Management, released a report on its recommendations and suggestions. At about the same … Continued
The most common vehicle used by the Division of Land Management to authorize the landscaping of beach reserve land in Kihei is the month-to-month revocable permit. Theoretically, the permit can be cancelled on one month’s notice by either party. Only … Continued
One of the more puzzling aspects of the use of beach reserve land in Kihei is the wide range of rents charged to those holding landscaping permits. At the low end are the many permit holders who enjoy the use … Continued
One of the last undeveloped stretches of coastline in Kihei, Maui, may be found near the Kihei small boat harbor. Immediately south of the boat ramp lies nestled a sandy pocket beach. Beyond that, still to the south, a trail … 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
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
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
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
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