01-31-2015, 07:24 PM
Originally posted by pahoated
Act 97 is buried and dead. The state has since then taken away all drilling ordinance power from the county. If it gets taken to court, all it's going to show is the state directing the county code be stricken of those chapters. Hawaii island citizens did it to themselves by allowing about 30 people around PGV to try to manipulate local government.
Maybe you got numbers wrong? Act 97 became law in 2012, and removed the county GRP process for geothermal. Permitting for drilling still resides with the DNLR as it did before.
http://westhawaiitoday.com/sections/news...sions.html
If following up on residents' concerns and clarifying county laws is government being "manipulated", what does an unmanipulated government do?
Act 97 is buried and dead. The state has since then taken away all drilling ordinance power from the county. If it gets taken to court, all it's going to show is the state directing the county code be stricken of those chapters. Hawaii island citizens did it to themselves by allowing about 30 people around PGV to try to manipulate local government.
Maybe you got numbers wrong? Act 97 became law in 2012, and removed the county GRP process for geothermal. Permitting for drilling still resides with the DNLR as it did before.
http://westhawaiitoday.com/sections/news...sions.html
If following up on residents' concerns and clarifying county laws is government being "manipulated", what does an unmanipulated government do?