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Wednesday, April 4, 2018
State failed to protect ‘aina
Judge: DLNR didn’t properly ensure Army cleans up munitions at PTA
Merrie Monarch Week
Stitches in time
Index
Hawaiian quilt show celebrates
meticulously crafted creations
Big Isle History B5
Classified B6
Comics A6
Commentary A4
Clean water
goals lofty
County watching Maui
wastewater discharge case
Issue No. 94
24 Pages in
2 Sections
Today’s
weather
Page A2
Community A8
Crossword B5
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Dear Abby B5
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Letters A4
Merrie Monarch
Schedule A10
Nation A7
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State A3
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By TOM CALLIS
Hawaii Tribune-Herald
A Honolulu Circuit Court
judge has ruled the state
breached its duties to “malama
‘aina” with respect to lands it
is leasing to the U.S. Army as
part of the Pohakuloa Training
Area on Hawaii Island.
Specifically, Judge Gary
Chang found
the Department
of Land
and Natural
Resources failed
to ensure the
Army cleans
up munitions
following training exercises
on the 22,971 acres, as
required by the 65-year lease
that began in August 1964.
PTA encompasses 133,000
acres, nearly all of which
is federal land, between
Maunakea and Mauna Loa.
The lawsuit, filed by Hawaii
Island residents Clarence
Ching and Mary Maxine
Kahaulelio in 2014, pertained
only to the state lands.
A trial was held in 2015.
Attorney David Kimo
Frankel of the Native
Hawaiian Legal Corp., which
represented the plaintiffs,
said in a press release that
the ruling was the first time
a court affirmed the state’s
duty to “malama ‘aina,”
meaning to care for the land.
Chang’s order requires the
DLNR to inspect the area
to ensure compliance with
the lease and prevents the
CASE
See MUNITIONS Page A5
From Circuit Judge Gary Chang’s ruling
• “The lack of regular, meaningful inspection and monitoring of the subject lands
by defendants have contributed toward defendants’ failure to malama ‘aina the
subject lands under the said lease.”
Photos by TIM WRIGHT
Master quilter Kathy Tripp with some of her smaller quilts that will be part of the Contemporary Hawaiian Quilt
Show that starts today at Mokupapapa Discovery Center in downtown Hilo. Traditional Hawaiian arts are on display
all this week during the Merrie Monarch Festival. Find a schedule of Merrie Monarch events on page A10.
Master quilter Roberta Muller displays her quilt. Some of
these quilts with intricate designs can take more than two
years to make.
By MICHAEL
BRESTOVANSKY
Hawaii Tribune-Herald
While the Merrie
Monarch
Festival
draws thousands of visitors
to Hilo this week to
witness one traditional
Hawaiian art, another
such art will be on display
from today until
the end of the week.
The Contemporary
Hawaiian Quilt Show
at the Mokupapapa
Discovery Center in
downtown Hilo showcases
50 examples of
traditional and contemporary
quilt-work
from Hawaii artists
throughout the years.
See CREATIONS Page A9
By MAX DIBLE
West Hawaii Today
KAILUA-KONA — The Hawaii
County Environmental Management
Commission last week resolved that the
county should exceed goals and policies
of the federal Clean Water Act regarding
wastewater discharge rather than merely
comply with the letter of the law.
“We need to balance if the benefit
is worth the additional cost, that’s
really what this debate is about,” said
county Environmental Management
Director Bill Kucharski.
He added the county
has the ability to turn all
its wastewater into drinking
water but doing so
would increase treatment
costs fivefold to tenfold.
“You can always do
more,” Kucharski continued.
KUCHARSKI
“The question is (whether) that
marginal cost and that marginal benefit
at the increased cost is a viable way to
go. There are many things we can do.
None of these things are inexpensive.”
During its monthly meeting March
28 at the West Hawaii Civic Center
in Kailua-Kona, the commission discussed
Hawaii Island’s responsibility
to protect its oceans and recommended
in a resolution that the county adopt a
program commensurate with National
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System,
or NPDES, standards and practices.
“The commission voted unanimously
not to play regulatory games
or go down the legal path — let’s
simply do what’s right,” said commission
Chairman Rick Bennett.
The commission’s action came in the
wake of a 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
ruling Feb. 1 in a lawsuit brought against
Maui County by Earthjustice on behalf
of the Hawaii Wildlife Fund, Sierra
Club-Maui Group, Surfrider Foundation
and West Maui Preservation Society.
See GOALS Page A9
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