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Monday, August 2, 2010

State Seeks Mana`o on Cable Project (The Molokai Dispatch)

Energy office moves forward with EIS.

By Megan Stephenson

Over the past few weeks, many Molokai residents have received phone calls asking for their mana`o on about some hot-button issues around here – La`au Point, Molokai Ranch and windmills.

The State of Hawaii Energy Office requested the survey as part of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the upcoming undersea cable project.

“We [were] doing an informal telephone survey to obtain community feedback and to better understand Molokai’s community concern, especially the interisland wind issue,” said Alan Kam of the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT) and who is managing the EIS contract.

Kam said the survey was the first step in gathering community feedback, Next on the agenda are public meetings, to be held by the end of the year.



Read full article: http://www.themolokaidispatch.com/state-seeks-manao-cable-project

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