Mahalo for including this item in your committee work. I have been attending weekly then bi-weekly meetings regarding this unfortunate diesel fuel spill on my church grounds of Haleakalā.
I have asked many questions that remain unanswered. Representatives from Maui Space Station, Air Force and Department of Health are well aware of such inquiries and requests for information.
Today, trusting that testifiers will fill the gap with feelings and inquisitiveness, I have one question I beg this Council body to ask.
On the day of this psychotic winter lightening event wherein the transfer equipment was ruined by lightening, was there any entity, government, private or otherwise that had a scheduled weather modification permit and/or request made through the Department of Land and Natural Resources?
This is important because the results of such activity may lay path to eliminating weather modification because of obvious destructive results.
To be super clear, there is an existing process with DLNR in which someone can fill out a form to modify weather. I repeat, around the time of this incident, was there any such request made?
In closing, I will also exclaim that my watershed management grant work in the Leeward Haleakala region of Kahikinui Aquifer have been absolutely affected by this tragedy. My reach for securing water in this region, resurrecting aquifers and restoring spring access to serve the largest Hawaiian Homelands mass I. Hawaiʻi is curtailed due to this incident. I would encourage parties at fault for this extreme environmental disaster begin considering how they may contribute to making reparations.
Kahikinui Hawaiian Homesteaders are the closest neighbors to this spill and have immediate and present dangers to consider.
Please defer this item and request an elevated reporting continue to this Committee.
I would like to note that I am not a Maui Resident, and currently reside on O’ahu. However, my ancestral lineage ties to Lahaina and Molokai. My name is Bronson Azama, I have been a longtime youth organizer in various leadership roles, including Ka Leo O Nā ‘Ōpio an effort to uplift Kānaka Maoli Youth Voices, and have advocated on many environmental and food related issues.I am also a member of O’ahu Water Protectors, a group fiercely advocating for the shutdown of Red Hill.
I express that my opinion is that of comment, as the people of Maui should have greater say.
I would ask that the Council be a fierce advocate to shutdown this facility. In my experience of advocating for clean drinking water following the poisoning of 93,000 people including children on the island of O’ahu, it is a wall no one should have to climb or break. The best course of action is to not allow a wall to be built in the first place, despite Administrative orders of Consent under the EPA, various assurances of safety by naval command we still find ourselves in a water crisis today. Having to continue to pressure officials for the slightest bit of transparency, for some collaboration, and yet more whistleblowers, lack of transparency, and resistance to community engagement continues to plague expedited progress beyond what military officials deemed the best course of action. This experience should not be one shared by our ‘ohana on the outer islands.
Not to mention facilities atop these high elevation mountains will o my become greater risks as climate change increases storms and weather extremes. If the facility could not withstand a lightning storm then it is not ideal to continue operations in the face of a changing climate. We need holistic views on these issues, as our elders told us our ‘ohana that is the natural world dictates our course of action. The future of a climate reality reminds us that land use across Hawai’i must change including what we allow upon our great mountain peaks of Haleakalā, Mauna Kea, and so much more.
The Mauna Kea telescopes were inoperable for several weeks following a major snow storm. This telescope on Haleakalā could not withstand a lightning storm without spilling toxic chemicals that threaten our natural sources of life including the water that feeds from these great mountains.
The world is changing and so must we. I implore the council that only one position is needed, no facilities upon these high elevation mountains military or otherwise for reasons of Climate Change, and inhospitable conditions such as that of Red Hill, and no military use of Haleakalā with the understanding of what we are experiencing on O’ahu. As people of Hawai’i we should be able to ensure our children can breath the air, drink the water, and grow food with no worries of the possibilities of toxins. Who are we doing this for if not for our children’s children’s children?
I would like to note that I am not a Maui Resident, and currently reside on O’ahu. However, my ancestral lineage ties to Lahaina and Molokai. My name is Bronson Azama, I have been a longtime youth organizer in various leadership roles, including Ka Leo O Nā ‘Ōpio an effort to uplift Kānaka Maoli Youth Voices, and have advocated on many environmental and food related issues.I am also a member of O’ahu Water Protectors, a group fiercely advocating for the shutdown of Red Hill.
I express that my opinion is that of comment, as the people of Maui should have greater say.
I would ask that the Council be a fierce advocate to shutdown this facility. In my experience of advocating for clean drinking water following the poisoning of 93,000 people including children on the island of O’ahu, it is a wall no one should have to climb or break. The best course of action is to not allow a wall to be built in the first place, despite Administrative orders of Consent under the EPA, various assurances of safety by naval command we still find ourselves in a water crisis today. Having to continue to pressure officials for the slightest bit of transparency, for some collaboration, and yet more whistleblowers, lack of transparency, and resistance to community engagement continues to plague expedited progress beyond what military officials deemed the best course of action. This experience should not be one shared by our ‘ohana on the outer islands.
Not to mention facilities atop these high elevation mountains will o my become greater risks as climate change increases storms and weather extremes. If the facility could not withstand a lightning storm then it is not ideal to continue operations in the face of a changing climate. We need holistic views on these issues, as our elders told us our ‘ohana that is the natural world dictates our course of action. The future of a climate reality reminds us that land use across Hawai’i must change including what we allow upon our great mountain peaks of Haleakalā, Mauna Kea, and so much more.
The Mauna Kea telescopes were inoperable for several weeks following a major snow storm. This telescope on Haleakalā could not withstand a lightning storm without spilling toxic chemicals that threaten our natural sources of life including the water that feeds from these great mountains.
The world is changing and so must we. I implore the council that only one position is needed, no facilities upon these high elevation mountains military or otherwise for reasons of Climate Change, and inhospitable conditions such as that of Red Hill, and no military use of Haleakalā with the understanding of what we are experiencing on O’ahu. As people of Hawai’i we should be able to ensure our children can breath the air, drink the water, and grow food with no worries of the possibilities of toxins. Who are we doing this for if not for our children’s children’s children?
Aloha Chair & Committee,
Mahalo for including this item in your committee work. I have been attending weekly then bi-weekly meetings regarding this unfortunate diesel fuel spill on my church grounds of Haleakalā.
I have asked many questions that remain unanswered. Representatives from Maui Space Station, Air Force and Department of Health are well aware of such inquiries and requests for information.
Today, trusting that testifiers will fill the gap with feelings and inquisitiveness, I have one question I beg this Council body to ask.
On the day of this psychotic winter lightening event wherein the transfer equipment was ruined by lightening, was there any entity, government, private or otherwise that had a scheduled weather modification permit and/or request made through the Department of Land and Natural Resources?
This is important because the results of such activity may lay path to eliminating weather modification because of obvious destructive results.
To be super clear, there is an existing process with DLNR in which someone can fill out a form to modify weather. I repeat, around the time of this incident, was there any such request made?
In closing, I will also exclaim that my watershed management grant work in the Leeward Haleakala region of Kahikinui Aquifer have been absolutely affected by this tragedy. My reach for securing water in this region, resurrecting aquifers and restoring spring access to serve the largest Hawaiian Homelands mass I. Hawaiʻi is curtailed due to this incident. I would encourage parties at fault for this extreme environmental disaster begin considering how they may contribute to making reparations.
Kahikinui Hawaiian Homesteaders are the closest neighbors to this spill and have immediate and present dangers to consider.
Please defer this item and request an elevated reporting continue to this Committee.
Most Seriously,
Puamaeʻole Jaquez de Chavaria
I would like to note that I am not a Maui Resident, and currently reside on O’ahu. However, my ancestral lineage ties to Lahaina and Molokai. My name is Bronson Azama, I have been a longtime youth organizer in various leadership roles, including Ka Leo O Nā ‘Ōpio an effort to uplift Kānaka Maoli Youth Voices, and have advocated on many environmental and food related issues.I am also a member of O’ahu Water Protectors, a group fiercely advocating for the shutdown of Red Hill.
I express that my opinion is that of comment, as the people of Maui should have greater say.
I would ask that the Council be a fierce advocate to shutdown this facility. In my experience of advocating for clean drinking water following the poisoning of 93,000 people including children on the island of O’ahu, it is a wall no one should have to climb or break. The best course of action is to not allow a wall to be built in the first place, despite Administrative orders of Consent under the EPA, various assurances of safety by naval command we still find ourselves in a water crisis today. Having to continue to pressure officials for the slightest bit of transparency, for some collaboration, and yet more whistleblowers, lack of transparency, and resistance to community engagement continues to plague expedited progress beyond what military officials deemed the best course of action. This experience should not be one shared by our ‘ohana on the outer islands.
Not to mention facilities atop these high elevation mountains will o my become greater risks as climate change increases storms and weather extremes. If the facility could not withstand a lightning storm then it is not ideal to continue operations in the face of a changing climate. We need holistic views on these issues, as our elders told us our ‘ohana that is the natural world dictates our course of action. The future of a climate reality reminds us that land use across Hawai’i must change including what we allow upon our great mountain peaks of Haleakalā, Mauna Kea, and so much more.
The Mauna Kea telescopes were inoperable for several weeks following a major snow storm. This telescope on Haleakalā could not withstand a lightning storm without spilling toxic chemicals that threaten our natural sources of life including the water that feeds from these great mountains.
The world is changing and so must we. I implore the council that only one position is needed, no facilities upon these high elevation mountains military or otherwise for reasons of Climate Change, and inhospitable conditions such as that of Red Hill, and no military use of Haleakalā with the understanding of what we are experiencing on O’ahu. As people of Hawai’i we should be able to ensure our children can breath the air, drink the water, and grow food with no worries of the possibilities of toxins. Who are we doing this for if not for our children’s children’s children?
I would like to note that I am not a Maui Resident, and currently reside on O’ahu. However, my ancestral lineage ties to Lahaina and Molokai. My name is Bronson Azama, I have been a longtime youth organizer in various leadership roles, including Ka Leo O Nā ‘Ōpio an effort to uplift Kānaka Maoli Youth Voices, and have advocated on many environmental and food related issues.I am also a member of O’ahu Water Protectors, a group fiercely advocating for the shutdown of Red Hill.
I express that my opinion is that of comment, as the people of Maui should have greater say.
I would ask that the Council be a fierce advocate to shutdown this facility. In my experience of advocating for clean drinking water following the poisoning of 93,000 people including children on the island of O’ahu, it is a wall no one should have to climb or break. The best course of action is to not allow a wall to be built in the first place, despite Administrative orders of Consent under the EPA, various assurances of safety by naval command we still find ourselves in a water crisis today. Having to continue to pressure officials for the slightest bit of transparency, for some collaboration, and yet more whistleblowers, lack of transparency, and resistance to community engagement continues to plague expedited progress beyond what military officials deemed the best course of action. This experience should not be one shared by our ‘ohana on the outer islands.
Not to mention facilities atop these high elevation mountains will o my become greater risks as climate change increases storms and weather extremes. If the facility could not withstand a lightning storm then it is not ideal to continue operations in the face of a changing climate. We need holistic views on these issues, as our elders told us our ‘ohana that is the natural world dictates our course of action. The future of a climate reality reminds us that land use across Hawai’i must change including what we allow upon our great mountain peaks of Haleakalā, Mauna Kea, and so much more.
The Mauna Kea telescopes were inoperable for several weeks following a major snow storm. This telescope on Haleakalā could not withstand a lightning storm without spilling toxic chemicals that threaten our natural sources of life including the water that feeds from these great mountains.
The world is changing and so must we. I implore the council that only one position is needed, no facilities upon these high elevation mountains military or otherwise for reasons of Climate Change, and inhospitable conditions such as that of Red Hill, and no military use of Haleakalā with the understanding of what we are experiencing on O’ahu. As people of Hawai’i we should be able to ensure our children can breath the air, drink the water, and grow food with no worries of the possibilities of toxins. Who are we doing this for if not for our children’s children’s children?