[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS: "Kaho'olawe Uncovered"

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Kaho'olawe Uncovered IV
The cleanup: part four in a series about Maui County's most mysterious isle.

Scott Broadbent
Maui Weekly (HI)
December 2, 2010

On Oct. 22, 1990, with the stroke of a pen, President George H.W. Bush 
ended nearly five decades of bombardment on the island of Kaho'olawe.

The following month, the U.S. Congress established the Kaho'olawe Island 
Conveyance Commission (KICC) to recommend the terms for the return of 
the island to the State of Hawai'i, identify portions of the island 
suitable for restoration with cost estimates and suggest agencies 
capable of undertaking restoration and managing resources.

...

According to Navy officials, 75 percent of the island was 
surface-cleared of UXO with ten percent cleared to a depth of four feet. 
Twenty-five percent remains un-cleared of UXO and is considered to be 
off-limits and extremely dangerous.

The state is mandated to hold the island in trust until it can be handed 
over to a "sovereign Native Hawaiian entity," a body that has yet to be 
formally created or recognized by the state or federal government.

Despite the enormous challenges, KIRC and PKO are moving forward with 
plans to restore Kaho'olawe and revitalize the island Native Hawaiians 
hold to be sacred.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.mauiweekly.com/page/content.detail/id/502443/Kaho-olawe-Uncovered-IV.html?nav=13

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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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