Exemptions Gone Wild

Posted by Miwa at Aug 04, 2010 08:28 PM | Permalink

Filed under: HEPA, Haleakala, NWHI, Northwest Hawaiian Islands, activism, island sustainability, land and cultural rights, mauna kea, ocean protection, process, telescopes

Generally, under today’s environmental laws, certain kinds of projects have to do an environmental review (Like an EIS). Other kinds of projects can be exempted. The BP oil spill at Deepwater Horizon has been a sobering reminder of why these kinds of environmental reviews and exemptions are so critical. (Can you believe THIS was exempted from EIS?)

Today, DLNR is proposing a “wild laundry list” of EIS exemptions for DLNR-managed lands, from building new roads to chemical herbicides. That’s 57 pages (fifty-seven!) of exemptions. Yeesh. We are asking the Office of Environmental Quality and Control (OEQC) to send DLNR back to the drawing board. If you or your organization is interested in participating in a group letter to OEQC or just want to know more about this issue, please contact Marti at marti@kahea.org by Friday morning.

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Filed under: HEPA, Haleakala, NWHI, Northwest Hawaiian Islands, activism, island sustainability, land and cultural rights, mauna kea, ocean protection, process, telescopes

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