[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS: Pohakuloa Training Area (HI)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Army Wants To Retain Access To Big Island Training Area


By Kevin Knodell     
Honolulu Civil Beat (HI)
September 30, 2020


The U.S. Army’s Pohakuloa Training Area sits high up in the “saddle” between Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea on the Big Island. At just over 6,000 feet above sea level, it’s a vast and rugged stretch of land, filled with black and red lava rock. 

When a 155mm round hits the base of Mauna Loa in the distance it takes almost a minute for the sound to reach the gun line.

The Army has a 65-year lease to train in nearly 23,000 acres of state land that it obtained for $1 in 1964. The lease expires in 2029, so the Army is preparing an environmental impact statement to assess the ecological, cultural and economic impacts of continued training as it seeks to ask the state to continue training.

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For the entire article, see 
https://www.civilbeat.org/2020/09/army-state-needs-to-renew-lease-for-big-island-training-area/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650-961-8918
http://www.cpeo.org





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