[CPEO-MEF] RANGES, CULTURAL RESOURCES: Court rules against Army in Makua (HI) case

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Court rules against Army in Makua case

By Gregg K. Kakesako
Honolulu Star-Bulletin
November 19, 2009

U.S. District Chief Judge Susan Oki Mollway has sided with Hawaiian 
activists, who want the Army to stop training in Makua Military 
Reservation, and ordered the military to provide more information on how 
training could damage cultural sites in the Leeward Oahu valley and 
possibly contaminate marine resources used by area residents.

In August, the Army filed a motion seeking to dismiss a complaint by 
Malama Makua, a community organization that has been arguing against 
continual use of the valley which some Hawaiians believe is sacred.

Maelama Maekua, represented by Earthjustice, had asked the court to set 
aside the Army's environmental impact statement for proposed military 
training at Makua until it completes more marine contamination studies 
and archaeological surveys.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.starbulletin.com/news/breaking/70552687.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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