Board Talk
Land Board Lags on Minutes State law requires minutes to be made of agency meetings within 30 days of the meeting date. But of the 21 meetings the board had held in the first 10 and a half months of … Continued
Five Alternatives to Incineration Are Focus of Further Army Study
The Army decided on a course of incineration of chemical weapons more than a decade ago. At that time, it claimed that alternative technologies were poorly developed and not demonstrated to be effective. Under congressional mandate, the Army is reviewing … Continued
U.S. Senate Has Not Yet Ratified International Chemical Weapons Treaty
In 1993, the United States signed the Chemical Weapons Convention, a treaty sponsored by the United Nations. The U.S. Senate, however, has not yet ratified the convention, despite Senate hearings having been held on the treaty. The General Accounting Office … Continued
In the Conservation District
Judge Overturns Land Board Denial Of Time Extension for Engelstad House The embattled Conservation District Use Permit of Ralph and Betty Engelstad to build a house in Lanikai, O’ahu, has been judicially revived. An order issued January 2, 1997, by … Continued
Island Watch
Japanese Paper Firm Gets Nod For Pulp Plantation on State Land The state Board of Land and Natural Resources has given its tentative approval to a plan that calls for leasing about 5,100 acres of former cane land in the … Continued
Over Budget and Behind Schedule, JACADS' Cost Now Exceeds $1 Billion
The Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Disposal System was designed in the mid-1980s and construction of the $150 million facility was completed in 1988. Four years earlier, when the Army was first charged by Congress to destroy the nation’s stockpiles of … Continued
Bill Provides Far-Reaching Changes To Hawai'i Endangered Species Law
The Hawai’i legislature has approved a bill that, if signed by Governor Cayetano (as appears likely), will alter fundamentally the state’s approach to management of endangered species. The bill’s authors and supporters, including The Nature Conservancy of Hawai’i, say the … Continued
Federal Endangered Species Act Is Model for Changes in State Law
Legislation amending Hawai’i’s endangered species law contains provisions that are mod eled after concepts found in the federal Endangered Species Act. The National Wildlife Federation has developed brief background sheets on these concepts. Here is a summary of them, drawn … Continued
Bill Substitution Frustrates Groups Following Endangered Species Bills
Disagreements over amendments to the state endangered species law were exacer bated early on, when Representative Terry Nui Yoshinaga performed a legislative sleight of hand that, while not unprec edented, upset many environmentalists and even other legislators. The changes effected … Continued