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Video by David Corrigan with the voice of Sherry Bracken

YEAR 2017: Thirty Meter Telescope Permit
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by Big Island Video News
on Dec 31, 2017 at 12:11 am

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STORY SUMMARY

HAWAII ISLAND - This is an installment in a year-ending series looking back on the Big Island's top news stories of the year.

(BIVN) – The contested case hearing for the Thirty Meter Telescope Conservation District Use Permit for Mauna Kea consumed much of 2017.

It was a lengthy redo of the first contest case, conducted years before, that the Hawaii Supreme Court nullified due to procedural problems. The applicants – the University of Hawai‘i – joined the TMT International Observatory and the nonprofit PUEO on one side, while those opposed to the planned observatory were on the other. They all spent months presenting their cases, cross examining testifiers, and arguing the details of the land board’s quasi-judicial process.

When it was all finished, the hearing officer – retired judge Ricky May Amano – rendered her recommendation in favor of granting the permit for the billion-dollar observatory.

The state land board held one more hearing in Hilo for final arguments, and ultimately voted to approve the permit application.

The ruling did not sit well with the TMT opposition, who immediately appealed to the courts.


Filed Under: Video Report Tagged With: Mauna Kea, Thirty Meter Telescope

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