On January 1, the stay of an injunctive order that was initially set to take effect last April expired. This, despite efforts by the state to extend the stay or amend the order to give the Department of Land and … Continued
“If you don’t make a credible case, you’re not going to get the water,” Water Commissioner Aurora Kagawa-Viviani said November 18 of the permit applications submitted two years ago for water from the streams and aquifers of West Maui, also … Continued
Tantalus Couple Seeks Damages, Fights Enforcement Regarding Land Boards’ Conservation District Decisions A couple that owns an old two-story house on rainy Tantalus Drive reached out a few years ago to the state Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands to … Continued
Kauaʻi Water Decision: On September 30, the Hawaiʻi Supreme Court ruled that the state Board of Land and Natural Resources should not have denied contested case hearing requests by Kia‘i Wai O Wai‘ale‘ale and Friends of Māhāʻulepū over revocable permits … Continued
Do the interim instream flow standards for East Maui need to be revised again to meet off-stream uses in Upcountry and Central Maui? Even when the current flow standards haven’t been fully implemented? On October 27, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser ran … Continued
On October 29, Environmental Court Judge Lisa W. Cataldo issued an opinion in the Sierra Club of Hawaiʻi’s appeal of a June 30, 2022, contested case decision by the Board of Land and Natural Resources to approve revocable permits allowing … Continued
On October 21, U.S. District Judge Jill A. Otake granted the motion for summary judgment brought by the City & County of Honolulu and Department of Planning and Permitting Director Dawn Apuna in a case brought two years ago by … Continued
Trail Contract: After a jury found in April 2014 that the state — not Haleakala Ranch Company — owns the historic Haleakalā bridle trail, plaintiff David Brown, the executive director of Public Access Trails Hawaiʻi, stated,“We have a moral obligation … Continued
Land Board Calls For Two Appraisals To Determine Rent for Maui Wind Farm At its September 26 meeting, the state Board of Land and Natural Resources did something unusual. It directed its appraiser to prepare two appraisals for a proposed … Continued
Fate of ʻEwa Feedlot is Still Unclear Despite Moves to Facilitate Solar Project A trucking company that had been occupying state land near Oʻahu’s slaughterhouse in Kalaeloa without a formal lease for possibly a decade or more has finally moved. … Continued