Hawaii agrees to hand over site to Maui County for wildfire landfill and memorial

Hawaii’s land board says it will hand over state land on Maui to be used for a wildfire memorial and fire debris disposal

Hawaii's land board has approved handing over state land on Maui to be used for a wildfire memorial and fire debris disposal but officials urged Maui County to talk further with the community after some raised concerns about how the proposed landfill would affect nearby coral reefs and historic sites. The state Board of Land and Natural Resources on Friday voted to allow the county to use the parcel in Olowalu, about 5 miles south of Lahaina. The Aug.

Officials plan to install groundwater wells between the landfill and the ocean to check for potential contaminant leaks. Several speakers told the board authorities should be thinking about how the landfill will affect the environment centuries from now in part because the landfill is just 400 yards from the coast. The reef off Olowalu hosts the largest known manta ray population in the U.S.

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