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Kaho‘olawe Uncovered V
Kaho‘olawe today: last in a series about Maui County's most mysterious isle.


Scott Broadbent
Maui Weekly (HI)
December 9, 2010

In 1993, the Kaho'olawe Island Reserve Commission (KIRC) was established 
by the State of Hawai'i to manage the island, its surrounding waters and 
its resources in trust for the general public and for a future Native 
Hawaiian entity. When federal funds were appropriated for the cleanup of 
unexploded ordnance (UXO), $44 million was authorized for KIRC programs 
and operations.

With approximately 25 percent of the island un-cleared of UXO, 
additional UXO in the surrounding waters, no docking pier and 
approximately one-third of the island's surface reduced to hardpan, the 
task was formidable.

KIRC took control of the former Navy facility at Honokanai‘a to utilize 
as its base camp.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.mauiweekly.com/page/content.detail/id/502478/Kaho-olawe-Uncovered-V.html?nav=13

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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