[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS: Hawai'ians sue over Big Island's Pohakuloa Training Area

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Hawaiians sue over PTA munitions


By Nancy Cook Lauer
West Hawaii Today
December 12, 2014

Two 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.

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For the entire article, see
http://westhawaiitoday.com/news/local-news/hawaiians-sue-over-pta- 
munitions

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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