Posted on: Wednesday, August 11, 2004
HAWAI'I BRIEFS
State cites Navy on waste issue
Advertiser Staff and News Services
The state Department of Health yesterday said it has filed complaints against the U.S. Navy Region Hawai'i for three violations of the state's hazardous waste rules, which call for a penalty of $81,600.
Navy Region Hawai'i was cited for: disposing of paint thinner containing methyl ethyl ketone and contaminated air vent filters in the trash; failing to make a hazardous waste determination for paint-related materials and laboratory chemicals.
The Department said the Navy also was cited for mismanaging requirements at the Environmental Lab, the Fuels Lab and the Afloat Training Group areas. The Navy has 20 days to respond.
Traffic was rerouted in Makiki yesterday because of a fallen utility pole.
The pole was damaged during a traffic mishap at about 2:45 a.m., police said, resulting in a power failure that affected the immediate area.
A Hawaiian Electric Co. crew was repairing the pole early yesterday and into the early rush-hour period.
The City Council will vote today on a resolution supporting the East Honolulu Sustainable Communities Plan, a development blueprint preserving agriculture uses in Kamilonui Valley.
The meeting begins at 10 a.m. at the City Council Chambers. Anyone wishing to testify can submit written testimony by fax, to 527-6910. Anyone wishing to testify must file speaker registration forms before the meeting.
The agriculture area has become a battleground between the community, which wants to keep the area in agriculture, and farmers, many of whom want to sell so they can retire.
LIHU'E, Kaua'i — Police were trying last night to identify a man whose body was found floating near Kealia Beach.
The man was in his late 50s to early 60s and weighed 230 to 240 pounds. He was wearing swim trunks and reef shoes, but carried no identification.
Beachgoers found his body at about 4:30 p.m. An autopsy was to be performed today.
KAILUA, KONA, Hawai'i — A for-profit subsidiary of Kamehameha Schools wants to build homes on 488 acres of undeveloped agricultural land on the Big Island. Kamehameha Investment Corp. plans to ask the Land Use Commission this week to reclassify the agricultural land as rural, which would allow the trust to develop a residential subdivision.
The acreage, within the Keauhou Resort area, has seen little agricultural use in the past 50 years and no economic use in the past decade, according to a news release issued by the trust.
The trust plans to use about half the Keauhou land to develop a residential subdivision with up to 400 single family homes on lots of between a half-acre and two acres, as well as a golf course.
The Land Use Commission is to hear the petition tomorrow in Kailua, Kona.
Traffic rerouted due to fallen pole
Vote today on Kamilonui plan
Man drowns on Kaua'i
Trust subsidiary seeks rezone
