From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
Date: | Mon, 29 Dec 2014 11:36:52 -0800 (PST) |
Reply: | cpeo-military |
Subject: | [CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS: Hawai'ians sue over Big Island's Pohakuloa Training Area |
Hawaiians sue over PTA munitions By Nancy Cook Lauer West Hawaii Today December 12, 2014Two Native Hawaiians are suing the Department of Land and Natural Resources, saying the state has breached its duty to protect ceded lands at the Pohakuloa Training Area. The Hawaii Island residents, Clarence Ching and Mary Maxine Kahaulelio, are asking a 1st Circuit Court judge to declare that the state has violated its trust agreement by allowing the military to degrade the land. They also want to prevent DLNR from negotiating an extension to its current lease or entering a new lease until the trust conditions are met. Circuit Judge Gary Chang is scheduled to hear oral arguments on the case at 3 p.m. today in Honolulu. A 1964 lease agreement between the state and the U.S. government provides 22,836 acres at PTA until 2029, at a lease price of $1 for the duration of the lease. DLNR last year began working on a mutual cancellation of the lease and a new lease between the parties, according to court records. ... For the entire article, seehttp://westhawaiitoday.com/news/local-news/hawaiians-sue-over-pta- munitions -- 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> http://www.cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Military mailing list Military@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/military-cpeo.org | |
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