*[Enwl-eng] U.S. military has done far more damage to Hawaii than Japanese did

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                  To: Governor of State of Hawai'i & Director of Lands and 
Natural Resources

                  Do Not Extend $1 Lease on 23,000 acres of Hawai'i State 
Lands in Military Pōhakuloa Training Area

                  We call on the Governor of the State of Hawai'i and the 
Chair and Board of the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) to 
terminate the lease of 23,000 acres of Hawai'i public trust land at 
Pōhakuloa Training Area to the U.S. Army. This land was leased for $1 to the 
Army in 1964 for a term of 65-years. In violation of the terms of the lease, 
the Army has damaged native ecosystems, left unexploded ordnance, depleted 
uranium, and other contaminants, and harmed Native Hawaiian cultural sites. 
Although the lease expires in 2029, the U.S. military is seeking to renew 
the lease as quickly as possible.

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                  The U.S. military wants to extend the lease on the State 
of Hawai'i property as it provides access to the 110,000 acres of adjacent 
U.S. government-owned land at the largest U.S. military firing range. The 
Army calls the 132,000-acre range on Hawaii island the “Pacific’s premier 
training area.”

                  Pōhakuloa Training Area (PTA), with a 51,000-acre “impact 
area,” is used heavily by Hawaii-based and visiting international military 
forces. It is the largest live-fire range in Hawaii and supports full-scale 
combined arms field training from the squad to brigade (approximately 3,500 
soldiers) level.

                  The Army set a 40-day public "scoping" period for the 
Environment Impact Statement (EIS). Written comments should be submitted via 
the EIS website at 808ne.ws/357ek2V

                  Hawaiian cultural practitioners Clarence Ku Ching and Mary 
Maxine Kahaulelio filed suit against the Hawai'i State Department of Land 
and Natural Resources in 2014 claiming the state breached its trust duties 
by failing to enforce the lease.

                  Four years later, State Circuit judge Gary Chang ruled in 
2018 in Ching and Kahaulelio’s lawsuit (Ching v. Case) that the DLNR failed 
to care for the Big Island property, lacking inspections over the first 
nearly 50 years of the lease. Judge Chang said that the state has a duty to 
"mālama ʻāina" and called two DLNR inspection reports “grossly inadequate” 
and ordered the state to develop and potentially execute a plan to obtain 
adequate funding for a compre­hensive cleanup of the land.

                  After Judge Chang’s order, DLNR said that as the landlord 
of the property, it would work with the Army to develop a formal inspection, 
monitoring, and reporting process, which has been virtually non-existent. 
However, the Hawaii Supreme Court overturned part of the order.

                  Hawai'i State organizations that support this petition 
are: Hawai'i Peace and Justice; Veterans for Peace-Chapter 113-Hawai'i; 
Cancel RIMPAC Coalition; Golden Rule Anti-Nuclear Sailing Ship: Women's 
Voices Women Speak; Malu Aina Center for Non-Violent Education and Action.

                  We will deliver this petition in person through a press 
conference at the State Capitol to the Governor of the State of Hawai'i and 
the Director of the Department of Land and Natural Resources.



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Greenwald, Naomi Klein, Bill Fletcher Jr., Laura Flanders, former U.S. 
Senator James Abourezk, Frances Fox Piven, Phil Donahue, Sonali Kolhatkar, 
and many others.

                  Background:
                  >>  VIDEO: Mauna Kea Observatory Directors Give Update
                  >>  Hawaii Has Failed To Take Care Of Pohakuloa
                  >>  Ching v. Case Ruling




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