O`ahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities November 21, 2018 via email: cleanwaterbranch@doh.hawaii.gov Dear Mr. Anderson: RE: HU HONUA BIOENERGY, LLC ...

BACKGROUND INFO: Several members of the iron workers union made a surprise appearance at a Nov. 14 Dept. of Health hearing on whether to issue wastewater dis...

From wildland fire expert and Hāmākua resident, Pablo Akira Beimler: Clear-cutting eucalyptus forests will not eliminate Hāmākua and Kaʻū’s wildfire situati...

JB Friday, Extension Forester over at the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, has given advice about forestry options for these plantation c...

Sierra Club, Moku Loa Group P.O. Box 1137 Hilo HI 96720 November 1, 2018 To: Bruce Anderson State of Hawaii Department of Health 1250 Punchbowl St Honolulu H
§ 1342(a), (b). When a state receives such authorization, EPA retains oversight and enforcement authorities. Id. §§ 1319, 1342(d). Hawaii obtained such permitting authority in 1974. See 39 Fed. Reg. 43,759 (Dec. 18, 1974). The CWA is a strict-liability regime that prohibits non-excepted discharges unless they are authori

November 1, 2018 To: Alec Wong, Clean Water Branch Environmental Management Division State of Hawaii Dept. of Health 2827 Waimano Home Road, #225 Pearl City,...

"In my opinion, when a project or a company has no connection with Hawaiian Values and our Hawaiian way of life, it should not have a Hawaiian name. To my kn...

This is a partial list of the hazardous chemicals that will be pumped into our aquifers. Not only are these chemicals hazardous on their own, the cocktail ef...

Comments and questions RE:   Hu Honua's Cooling Water & Industrial Waste Water Process Flow & Chemical Composition report, attached. 1) The 3,000 oil/solid s...

"Attached is a letter I got earlier this year from Alexis Strauss at EPA Region 9 on this issue of getting HDOH to shift review from UIC to NPDES permitting ...

I am a resident of Hawaii Island, Hamakua District, and am extremely concerned about the need for alternative energy on our island, but I am even more resolu...

Please sign our petition at https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/permits-and-public-hearings-for-hu-honua! It says, "I oppose issuance of the NPDES Permit No....

"Aloha, I oppose DOH issuing a National Pollutants Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit No. HI S000557 for Hu Honua 's stormwater outfalls. Hu Honua m...

"Aloha, My name is Bryon Lee. I am a resident and homeowner in Papaikou, Hawaii. I am a severe asthmatic and am extremely concerned about Hu Honua's project ...

"Robin Matsumoto (engineering regulatory specialist) told me that the Public Works  Department made Hu Honua take out the inlet and direct drain pipe connect...

"We have an unlined 20 acre coal ash stockpile in Pepeekeo Hawaii (Big Island) left over from coal burning at the power plant that Hu Honua is converting to ...

Hu Honua's grading permits still add up to eight acres although NPDES HI 10F557 states Hu Honua is disturbing 28 acres.  I have attached various videos which...

Aloha, My name is Liana Murillo. I am currently the coordinator for Surfrider Foundation Hilo. My background is in Marine Science, Watershed Ecological Manag...

Aloha! I am writing as an active member of the Hawaii Democratic Party's Environmental Caucus and a long time resident of the Hamakua district here on the Bi...