[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS: Hawai'i "Will Not Detonate UXO Off Molokini Crater"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

State Will Not Detonate UXO Off Molokini Crater

By Big Island Now (HI)
August 19, 2020

The state of Hawai‘i will maintain a hands-off approach when it comes to unexploded ordnance (UXO) off the Molokini Crater in Maui County.

There are no plans to detonate-in-place two WWII-era munitions resting in waters near the crater, the state said in a press release Wednesday. The decision, the release said, is based on an assessment from the Department of Defense Explosives Safety Board (DESB) conducted at the state’s request.

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For the entire article, see
https://bigislandnow.com/2020/08/19/state-will-not-detonate-uxo-off-molokini-crater/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
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