OHA considers legal action to ensure complete halt to Maui sand mining

JOE:
THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS
WANTS FASTER
INVESTIGATING EXPOSED THE EXTENT
OF SAND
EXPORTS TO OAHU.
GINA:
JOE, AFTER OUR INVESTIGATION
THIS
SPRING MAUI'S MAYOR CALLED FOR A
SAND
COUNTY COUNCIL. BUT OHA IS
CALLING FOR ALL
GRADING TO STOP IMMEDIATELY, AND
SAY
THEY'LL TAKE UP WHETHER TO SUE
TO
millions and millions of tons of
sand from central maui
dunes have been dug out and
shipped off since the barging
always investigating exposed the
continued impact of the
company, the sand barge, and the
company that sold 30
million dollars worth of cement
in just 1 year alone to honolulu
rail project. maui's mayor
called for a sand export
and told the office of hawaiian
affairs on thursday they're
ready to stage a sit-in to block
it if they have to.
CLARE APANA, MAUI IWI KUPUNA
ADVOCATE:
to do the only thing we can do
to stop them
state regulators to sort out
permits related to the area but
reviewing. OHA says their
WAYNE TANAKA, SENIOR PUBLIC
for the permit they checked "no
KNOWN burials in phase 9"
despite the documented history
of a prevalence of iwi
POLICY ADVOCATE:
regardless of their INTENT when
they made that
representation, in 2016 maui
lani reported that they at least
questioning recent sand moving
at the property even
after the county's warnings to
stop until permit issues could
be resolved. The county
spokesman told always
required to cease. The
County .... reviewing the work
that was performed earlier this
week to check compliance with
the grading permit and
county zoning laws on resource
extraction. "
sue get an injunction to force
the county or the landowner to
act
CARMEN HULU LINDSEY, OHA
TRUSTEE: we have to
LEI AHU ISA, OHA TRUSTEE: it's
almost imperative that we
GINA:
WE ASKED MAUI LANI AND HC&D TO
RESPOND TO
SAID ALL EARTH-MOVING ACTIVITIES
ARE WATCHED
GOT ITS FIRST SHIPMENTS OF SAND
THAT FOR CEMENT PRODUCTION ON
OAHU

OHA considers legal action to ensure complete halt to Maui sand mining

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