03-17-2019, 05:04 AM
The article does not say much about permitting issues. Hopefully they had minimal problem. Here is what a Ke Ola article said, citing a 2013 T-H story:
"It is difficult to obtain permission to restore an ancient fishpond today... involves obtaining up to 17 permits from Federal, State, and Hawai‘i County agencies, according to an October 2013 article in Hawai‘i Tribune-Herald...years can easily pass before final permission is granted, and it can cost up to $80,000 in time and wages required to navigate the many complicated forms."
https://keolamagazine.com/sustainability...in-hawaii/
The article adds "The promising news is that (DNLR) is currently proposing a “streamlined permitting process..."
Hopefully that streamlining has come about. Their should be minimal permitting for fishpond restoration. This permitting situation is in line with my longstanding complaint about environmental opposition to shoreline modification, which they viscerally dislike (though they deny it). Environmentalists are deceptive on the topic.
They will say something like We don't oppose these projects in principle; we just insist on proper permitting...i's dotted, t's crossed. But the environmental regulations that govern these projects, such as the 1970 National Environmental Policy Act--the federal regs are the most onerous--make permitting near impossible to obtain. Environmentalists wanted it that way, and today they would oppose any altering of NEPA regs to allow easier approval of public shoreline projects like fishponds, artificial surfing reefs, coastal swimming lagoons, or rock pools.
We need to build all these things on mostly cliff-girded Hawaii Island in the next 20-100 years. Once again, ocean rock pools.
"It is difficult to obtain permission to restore an ancient fishpond today... involves obtaining up to 17 permits from Federal, State, and Hawai‘i County agencies, according to an October 2013 article in Hawai‘i Tribune-Herald...years can easily pass before final permission is granted, and it can cost up to $80,000 in time and wages required to navigate the many complicated forms."
https://keolamagazine.com/sustainability...in-hawaii/
The article adds "The promising news is that (DNLR) is currently proposing a “streamlined permitting process..."
Hopefully that streamlining has come about. Their should be minimal permitting for fishpond restoration. This permitting situation is in line with my longstanding complaint about environmental opposition to shoreline modification, which they viscerally dislike (though they deny it). Environmentalists are deceptive on the topic.
They will say something like We don't oppose these projects in principle; we just insist on proper permitting...i's dotted, t's crossed. But the environmental regulations that govern these projects, such as the 1970 National Environmental Policy Act--the federal regs are the most onerous--make permitting near impossible to obtain. Environmentalists wanted it that way, and today they would oppose any altering of NEPA regs to allow easier approval of public shoreline projects like fishponds, artificial surfing reefs, coastal swimming lagoons, or rock pools.
We need to build all these things on mostly cliff-girded Hawaii Island in the next 20-100 years. Once again, ocean rock pools.