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Mayor Comments on Council Budget
Mayor Approves 2012 Budget WAILUKU, Maui, Hawaii – Mayor Alan Arakawa approved Maui County’s budget for fiscal year 2012 today, praising County Council members and his own budget office staff for their hard work. “This is a good budget. About 98 percent of my office’s proposed operational budget was left intact,” said Mayor Arakawa. “Council […]
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Consumer Advocate Says Big Wind Arguments Not Convincing But…
Hawaii consumer advocate Jeffrey Ono, says HECO’s arguments for why Castle & Cooke can cede 200 megawatts of its wind-energy allocation on Lanai to San Francisco-based Pattern Energy to develop a wind farm on Molokai are not convincing. However, Ono says that the project is in the best interests of the public, thus leaving the […]
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Maui County Council Trying to Wriggle Out of EPA Compliance
The EPA has informed the county Department of Environmental Management that it considers the Lahaina plant in violation of the Safe Drinking Water Act. Unless the County Council approves the estimated $4 million to clean up the water to R1, the County faces EPA fines and sanctions. The Maui County Council declined to approve the […]
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Hawaii regulators OK Auwahi Wind Project
HONOLULU — The Hawaii Public Utilities Commission has approved a 20-year contract for California company, Sempra, planning to build and operate a wind farm to sell electricity to Maui’s power company. Sempra Generation, a subsidiary of Sempra Energy, said Thursday the commission approved the contract for Maui Electric Company to purchase 21 megawatts of wind power […]
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Maui Island Plan Heritage Resources
GENERAL PLAN COMMITTEE Council of the County of Maui Thursday, June 16, 2011 1:30 p.m. Council Chamber, 8th Floor 200 South High Street, Wailuku, Hawaii GENERAL PLAN UPDATE (MAUI ISLAND PLAN: CHAPTER 2 (HERITAGE RESOURCES)) Agenda The General Plan Committee of the Maui County Council will be updating/revising Chapter 2 (Heritage Resources) of the Maui […]
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Kahului Beach Rd Improvements
A public informational meeting will be held by State of Hawaii Department of Transportation, Highways Division (DOT-H) on Wednesday, June 22, 2011 beginning at 6:00pm, and ending at 8:00pm in the Pilina Multipurpose Room at Maui Community College, 310 W. Kaahumanu Ave, Kahului, Hawaii.
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County Agrees to Disinfect Lahaina Injection Wastewater
The county is considering a settlement with the Environmental Protection Agency over allegations that the county violated the Safe Drinking Water Act and the terms of its injection well permit at the Lahaina Wastewater Reclamation Facility. County attorney Jane Lovell said the issue stemmed from a dispute over whether the brackish-water aquifer beneath the facility […]
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Mayor Hana Visit
Mayor Alan Arakawa’s next “County on Your Corner” will be held on Friday, June 24, from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Hana Town Center.
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Big Wind Community Meeting
Big Wind Community Meeting hosted by Pattern Energy June 23 6 – 7:30 p.m. Kilohana School,
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