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
Fishing isn’t what it used to be. The complaint is heard frequently. But is there evidence to support it? Or is it rather an expression of nostalgia for simpler times, when fishing (and almost everything else) seemed less complicated, less … 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 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
For the most part, at the time the great irrigation systems were being developed, scant attention was paid to the effects of the water transfers upon farmers and others relying upon the stream water for their livelihood. In the case … Continued
The year is 1976. Gerald Ford is president. George Ariyoshi is governor of Hawai’i. Frank Fasi is mayor of Honolulu. And the residents of Waiahole and Waikane valleys on O’ahu’s windward coast are fighting the battle of their lives to … Continued