Friday, February 8, 2008

Cultural panel wants time for Laau EIS

CHRIS HAMILTON
2/8/2008 5:48:41 PM, The Maui News

WAILUKU — The Maui County Cultural Resources Commission Thursday joined a growing chorus asking Molokai Properties Ltd. for more time to review the company’s voluminous draft environmental impact statement on its proposed Laau Point rural residential project.

The deadline for comment on the draft is Feb. 22. But since the 1,600-page document was released last month, the Molokai Planning Commission, Council Member Danny Mateo of Molokai and a number of Molokai residents have all asked for an extension.

“I just got this a couple days ago,” said Cultural Resources Commissioner Erik Frederickson. “This is huge. . . . I can’t in good conscience say, ‘Yeah, I’ll take the developer’s word for it. This is great.’ ”


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