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Questions About Water Again Delay Approvals for Waikoloa Development
Danny Popkin was clearly frustrated. The proposal for a major housing development near Waikoloa Village that he and business partner Jon Yoshimura had expected to be approved September 1 by the Hawaiʻi County Council’s Committee on Legislative Approvals and Acquisitions had run into a headwind. A positive vote by the committee would mean that their project, Waikoloa Green, would next be heard by the County Council, the final step in winning approval for the rezoning needed to carry out the plan.
Waikoloa Green Cuts Water Budget 72 Percent After Article in Environment Hawai‘i
After the September 1 hearing before the Hawaiʻi County Council’s Committee on Legislative Approvals and Acquisitions, consultant to Waikoloa Green John Pipan wasted no time in revising its water demand. He obtained a new will-serve letter from Hawaiʻi Water Service, … Continued
New & Noteworthy: Poor Punaluʻu, Mahi Pono Appeal
Poor Punalu`u: Even before the Ka`u District of the Big Island felt the terrible punch of Hurricane Lala on August 16, the small community living in the Black Sand Beach resort was plagued by the ongoing failures of Punalu`u Water...
Emergency Authorizations Abound Following Storm Damage to Streams
Intense rainfall that drenched the state during the first few months of this yeardevastated infrastructure, homes, farms, and waterways, forcing many to quickly deploy excavators to clear mud and debris and/or shore up eroded stream banks. Hawai`i Administrative Rules require...
Drama at NELHA: Cyber Attack, Tenants Leave, And Complaints for Damages from Seawater
There’s high drama at the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaiʻi Authority. Maybe the most drama came in May, when NELHA’s director, Riley Sato, on the job for barely a year, passed away. The board of directors is still looking for...
Board Talk: Clean Energy Project Planned for ‘Ewa Feedlot Changes Hands, Drops Hydrogen Component
On August 28, the state Board of Land and Natural Resources amended its January 9 decision authorizing the Department of Land and Natural Resources to hold public hearings on a 20-megawatt solar-hydrogen energy project proposed for 100 acres of state...