Maybe the justices of the Federal Court are finally starting to think that saving Hawai'i is important...this time, the US Army had has a request to amend an agreement that prohibited them from using live ammo in Makua Valley delayed temporarily.
"...A federal judge said she is inclined to reject the U.S. Army's request to amend a 2001 agreement that prohibits live-fire training at Makua Valley until a federally mandated environmental impact statement is completed.
U.S. District Judge Susan Mollway said she will defer to the Army to decide when, where and which of its units need training, but she needs to enforce the law.
"Deference to the Army shouldn't be confused with letting the Army violate environmental laws that Congress requires us to follow," she told the parties yesterday.
The Army has been prohibited from conducting live-fire training exercises in the valley near Kaena Point since October 2004 under an agreement reached three years earlier with environmental group Earthjustice and native Hawaiian group Malama Makua...."
Miulang
"...A federal judge said she is inclined to reject the U.S. Army's request to amend a 2001 agreement that prohibits live-fire training at Makua Valley until a federally mandated environmental impact statement is completed.
U.S. District Judge Susan Mollway said she will defer to the Army to decide when, where and which of its units need training, but she needs to enforce the law.
"Deference to the Army shouldn't be confused with letting the Army violate environmental laws that Congress requires us to follow," she told the parties yesterday.
The Army has been prohibited from conducting live-fire training exercises in the valley near Kaena Point since October 2004 under an agreement reached three years earlier with environmental group Earthjustice and native Hawaiian group Malama Makua...."
Miulang
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