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 mile mauka of Whittington Park, at an elevation of 1,370 feet above sea level. The proposed site is on abandoned cane land off the private Ka`alaiki Road, about 1,000 feet south and west of a GTE\/Hawaiian Tel antenna.<\/p>\n
The town of Na`alehu is 2 1\/2 miles to the south and west.<\/p>\n
According to the environmental assessment released last month, no endangered or threatened species of plants are found in the area. However, the EA states, habitat of two federally endangered animals — the Hawaiian hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus semotus<\/i>) and the Hawaiian hawk, or `io (Buteo solitarius<\/i>) — could be affected.<\/p>\n
In contrast with earlier NEXRAD projects in Hawai`i, federal planners did meet with the residents of Na`alehu in advance of site selection. Community reaction was generally skeptical of the planners’ assurances of no harm from the radio-frequency radiation that the radar will generate. Addressing this point, the EA states: “To alleviate concerns, project updates should be provided to the community.”<\/p>\n
Volume 5, Number 5 November 1994<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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