[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS, CULTURAL RESOURCES: "Court tells Army to finish Makua Valley [HI] studies"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Court tells Army to finish Makua Valley studies

By WILLIAM COLE
Honolulu Star-Advertiser/Stars & Striipes
June 22, 2012

Eight years after the Army last fired a live round in training in  
Makua Valley, a federal judge affirmed that the service won't be  
allowed do so again until it completes an archaeological survey and  
study of munitions runoff on limu and other marine resources, an  
environmental law organization said Thursday.

U.S. District Chief Judge Susan Oki Mollway ruled in late 2010 that  
the Army had failed to adequately study decades of military training  
effects on cultural sites and ocean resources at Makua Beach.

"Despite the passage of nearly two years since that ruling, the Army  
failed to take any steps to carry out the required surveys,"  
Earthjustice, which represents community group Malama Makua, said in  
a statement.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.stripes.com/news/us/court-tells-army-to-finish-makua- 
valley-studies-1.181068l

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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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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