A recent report by the U.S. General Accounting Office to Congress suggests that the Kaua`i launches of Strategic Target System (STARS) missiles may face dramatic reductions from what had been planned for the program. The first launch of a STARS … Continued
Board Defers Action on Replacement Of Pipeline, Dam by Moloka`i Ranch In December 1994, several residents of Moloka`i complained to the Department of Land and Natural Resources that Moloka`i Ranch had done unauthorized work in the Conservation District. Specifically, the … Continued
On April 13, 1995, the state Board of Land and Natural Resources awarded a lease of almost 10 acres of land to Maurice M. “Mutts” Matsuzaki and his wife, Winona. Until this year, Matsuzaki had been chief of the Department … Continued
In 1986, the Food and Drug Administration issued regulations approving irradiation of foods as a treatment that would not put public health at undue risk of harm. Because irradiation resulted in the presence of chemicals in foods that do not … Continued
The state Department of Agriculture is working diligently, once again, toward the goal of building a fruit irradiation facility in Hawai`i. This time, the facility would be sited not on the Big Island — which was the intended site when … Continued