2020 US Supreme Court decision against in Maui County in Clean Water Act
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Maui Tomorrow vs. State of Hawaii, DLNR
For the past 120 years, EMI, a subsidiary of A&B, has owned and operated a ditch system that diverts surface water emanating in part from State lands in East Maui, and transports it to Central and Upcountry Maui for agricultural, domestic, and other purposes. A&B/EMI have obtained the water from the State lands pursuant to water leases at four license areas, identified as Honomanu, Huelo, Keanae, and Nahiku, which were issued by the State and its predecessors. Since the expiration of the original lease term for these four license areas, the State of Hawai`i, through the BLNR, the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR), and Peter T. Young, in his official capacity as Chairperson of the BLNR and the DLNR [hereinafter, collectively, the State], has issued year-to-year revocable permits to A&B and EMI.
Download Supreme Court ruling against Maui County.
Maui Tomorrow vs. State of Hawaii, DLNR
For the past 120 years, EMI, a subsidiary of A&B, has owned and operated a ditch system that diverts surface water emanating in part from State lands in East Maui, and transports it to Central and Upcountry Maui for agricultural, domestic, and other purposes. A&B/EMI have obtained the water from the State lands pursuant to water leases at four license areas, identified as Honomanu, Huelo, Keanae, and Nahiku, which were issued by the State and its predecessors. Since the expiration of the original lease term for these four license areas, the State of Hawai`i, through the BLNR, the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR), and Peter T. Young, in his official capacity as Chairperson of the BLNR and the DLNR [hereinafter, collectively, the State], has issued year-to-year revocable permits to A&B and EMI.
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