On February 25, 1994, the Board of Land and Natural Resources approved a request by the DLNR’s Division of Water and Land Development, (the state equivalent of the Corps of Engineers) to drill a well near Waikoloa, on the western … Continued
The U.S. General Accounting Office, to whom Congress turns when it has questions on federal programs has examined recycling programs at several military bases. In 1982, Congress allowed the Department of Defense to use proceeds from its recycling programs to … Continued
Two years ago, the Board of Land and Natural Resources was asked to grant another one-year extension to the permit issued by the Department of Land and Natural Resources’ Division of State Parks to Clancy Greff’s boating operation.1 Greff was … Continued
In one important regard, the dispute over ownership of an old road running through the Hawai’i Tropical Botanical Garden at Onomea Bay, island of Hawai’i, has pretty well been resolved. As Environment Hawai’i reported in the [url=/members_archives/archives_more.php?id=1273_0_30_0_C]April 1994 Conservation District … Continued
Whenever in a contested case the officials of the agency who are to render the final decision have not heard and examined all of the evidence, the decision, if adverse to a party to the proceeding other than the agency … 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
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
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
To help with the preparation of new Conservation District rules, the Department of Land and Natural Resources in June of 1993 hired Gail Atwater as a consultant. No request for proposals or bid solicitation was issued. Rather, the DLNR asked … Continued
On September 29, the Commission on Water Resource Management scheduled a hearing on O’ahu Sugar Company’s release of up to 15 million gallons a day of water from the Waiahole ditch on the leeward side of the island. At the … Continued