TMT - Contested Case Hearing Status - Hilo

[Eric1600]

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Originally posted by opihikao
...the vagaries of the law still hover over this hot mess. Wurderman is the attorney who argued the case to the Supreme Court, and won. He is no slouch.

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He won simply on the fact that the state issued a construction permit before the decision on a previous contested permit was completed. I've read most of his motions and I don't really find anything new or interesting there. I think this whole mess was really just caused by a procedural mistake. Even if Armano decides the case, they have already laid a lot of ground work for appeals if it fails in hopes someone will agree with them, but their case is not very strong.

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Originally posted by kalakoa
There would be no reason to do another three EIS studies as the results would not be any different.

Completely correct, and also not the point.

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It was pahoated's point, not mine. The EIS studies were really comprehensive. I can't imagine anyone who who's bothered to read them thinking a redo would change anything.