This letter was written by attorney, Mark Hyde and suggests a method of taking the pro-developer bias out of the EIS methods. Now the developer chooses and pays for the EIS consultant which leads to developer-friendly EIS preparers getting the work. Hyde is proposing a method used in other states where the accepting body (state […]
Maui Medical Plaza: Special Favors from the County?
The Planning Commission can be contacted at: Phone: (808) 270-7735 Fax: (808) 270-7634 planning@mauicounty.gov The proposed Maui Medical Plaza at Kanaha was awarded a Special Management Area (SMA) permit in August of 2011 at a time when the property was more than two years delinquent on its property taxes. The developers each declared personal bankruptcy […]
HC&S Cited for Mill Emissions
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH NEIL ABERCROMBIE, GOVERNOR LINDA ROSEN, MD, MPH. DIRECTOR FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 24, 2014 DOH CITES HAWAIIAN COMMERCIAL & SUGAR COMPANY FOR VIOLATIONS OF AIR QUALITY REGULATIONS HONOLULU- The Hawaii State Department of Health (DOH) Clean Air Branch has issued a Notice and Finding of Violation and Order (NFVO) to Hawaiian Commercial […]
New Pi’ilani Plan Looks Very Similar
Wendy Osher of Maui News Now writes that the Kihei MegaMall developers say they have “modified the project in response to community input.” And yet the “modified” plan looks very similar to the plan that was rejected by the LUC and many citizens of Kihei. Here is the old plan from 2013: Developers plan on submitting […]
Expand Baldwin Beach
If you love Baldwin Beach: ask the County Council to “Expand the Park” as part of the County’s purchase of a separate site for a new County Service Center. Let Budget Committee Chairman White and committee members know that you support amending the County budget to purchase a Service Center site in the A&B Business […]
Federal Court Rules That Maui County Is Violating Clean Water Act
County subject to millions in penalties for illegal discharges from Lahaina injection wells Honolulu – On Friday, May 30, 2014, the federal district court in Honolulu ruled that Maui County’s use of injection wells at its Lahaina Wastewater Reclamation Facility violates the federal Clean Water Act. The court concluded that most of the three to […]