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Puna Pono files lawsuit against PGV - ironyak - 03-03-2015
http://punapono.com/2015/docs/PGV/1acfiled.pdf
Given that PGV began drilling on Feb 15th, in apparent conflict with the county ordinance banning nighttime geothermal drilling within 1 mile of a residence, Puna Pono Alliance has filed suit.
The PDF includes a copy of PGV's Geothermal Resource Permit (GRP-2) issued by the county in 2000, as well as the DLNR drilling permit for KS-16 issued in late 2014.
RE: Puna Pono files lawsuit against PGV - VancouverIslander - 03-03-2015
If this case goes to court, I suppose we'll find out where jurisdiction lies and whether or not the county ordinance is applicable or was just posing on the part of council.
Just call me Mike
RE: Puna Pono files lawsuit against PGV - kalakoa - 03-03-2015
we'll find out where jurisdiction lies and whether or not the county ordinance is applicable
Money will be spent; no legal precedent will be set.
I note that County building code cedes to State permits on State-managed land (and does the same thing for the Feds) ... but for other issues, County insists that they have jurisdiction because "it's in the County".
RE: Puna Pono files lawsuit against PGV - lavalava - 03-03-2015
Quietest nighttime drilling ever! So far...
RE: Puna Pono files lawsuit against PGV - Obie - 03-03-2015
Puna Porno is also suing the County so we will all get to pay.
RE: Puna Pono files lawsuit against PGV - kalakoa - 03-03-2015
Puna Porno is also suing the County so we will all get to pay.
http://hawaiitribune-herald.com/news/local-news/4347-million-county-budget-goes-council
On the revenue side, about $7.4 million is expected to come from taxes on a 3 percent increase in property values
County will simply revise the increase in property values to pay for the lawsuit. Problem solved!
RE: Puna Pono files lawsuit against PGV - HereOnThePrimalEdge - 03-03-2015
A few more years, and continued lawsuits against the county and these actions could create a perpetual employment mechanism.
If we add a Law School at UHH our keiki can grow up to become attorneys without leaving the island, then start work suing the county as soon as they set up practice. Those with only an undergraduate degree can become investigators and consultants.
No more complaining about EBT Card holders. We'll have 100% employment and a 50% Special County Tax Rate to pay for it all.
RE: Puna Pono files lawsuit against PGV - ironyak - 03-04-2015
- See more at: http://hawaiitribune-herald.com/news/local-news/no-deal-nighttime-well-drilling
The dispute about nighttime well drilling at Puna Geothermal Venture remains headed toward litigation after a compromise proposed by Hawaii County Council member Margaret Wille failed to gain support from either side of the issue.
Wille introduced a resolution asking PGV to stop drilling at night during the weekend to reduce impacts to neighbors while also requesting Puna Pono Alliance withdraw its lawsuit against the geothermal power plant and the county seeking to stop all drilling from 7 p.m.-7 a.m.
But she withdrew the measure Tuesday during an Agriculture, Water and Energy Sustainability Committee meeting after a dozen testifiers, including PGV representatives and their critics, all spoke against it, though for different reasons.
The geothermal opponents and critics said the county should enforce a law passed in 2012 banning nighttime geothermal drilling, while PGV representatives reiterated their stance that such restrictions even for a few days a week could present safety issues.
“It’s about time the county government come step in and protect the quality of life and the health and safety of the Puna community,” said Robert Petricci, PPA president. “Not put the interests of a corporation before that.”
Mike Kaleikini, PGV’s senior director of Hawaiian affairs, said putting time restrictions on drilling could affect the mechanical integrity of the well or create a gas buildup.
“It has to do with safety first,” he said.
The dispute stems from different interpretations of the drilling ban, passed in response to PGV’s last drilling project, which neighbors said disrupted their sleep.
Several council members at the time said PGV’s existing geothermal resource permit provides it “vested rights,” and its drilling can’t be restricted by a new county ordinance. The county’s attorneys also agreed with that interpretation.
But the law still doesn’t specify an exemption for PGV, leaving some, including several current council members, to question whether the county’s only geothermal power plant gets a pass on the ordinance.
RE: Puna Pono files lawsuit against PGV - ironyak - 03-04-2015
http://www.bigislandvideonews.com/2015/03/03/video-puna-pono-alliance-opposes-geothermal-mediation-measure/
Puna Pono Alliance member Robert Petricci testified before the Hawaii County Council Committee on Agriculture, Water and Energy Sustainability Committee on Tuesday.
RE: Puna Pono files lawsuit against PGV - leilanidude - 03-04-2015
It would be nice if these council members, who live nowhere near the plant, would bother to make a visit during the next drilling session and hear for themselves as to how quiet the drilling really is now. The county ordinance might have made sense in 2012 based upon the prior drilling technology, but doesn't make sense now.