Most of the land on which the Kaua`i Test Facility sits is part of the larger Pacific Missile Range Facility, operated by the U.S. Navy. The land is ceded land, which was turned over to the military for its use … Continued
Should STARS drop out of the picture, the Kaua`i Test Facility would still have plenty of people lined up at its door wanting to launch rockets. Leading the pack, in fact, is Hawai`i’s own Office of Space Industry. For years, … Continued
Kaua’i Landfill Expansion Is Finally Approved by BLNR When Hurricane ‘Iniki hit Kaua’i last September, it generated in one day the amount of refuse that ordinarily the county would take four years to accumulate. Had the county’s planned expansion of … Continued
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