KAHEA - The Hawaiian Environmental Alliance

Thank CZM for Upholding Hawai`i Coastal Protections

Ask the State of Hawai`i to uphold mitigations for Navy Exercises!

On May 23, 2008, Hawaii's Coastal Zone Management Program issued a list of limitations on U.S. naval exercises in and around the Hawaiian archipelago. The limitations were required in order to bring the Navy's proposed activities into compliance with Hawaii's coastal zone protections, which are authorized under the federal Coastal Zone Management Act.

The limitations relevant to high-intensity active sonar required:

1. In nearshore waters, high-intensity active sonar must not exceed 145 decibels because this is widely accepted (even by the Navy) to be a safe level for marine mammals and humans;

2. In all other situations, abide by the conditions imposed by Judge Erza in the Federal District Court.

On June 20, 2008, the Navy responded with a refusal to recognize Hawaii's authority to protect its coastal resources under the Coastal Zone Management Act.

Right now, naval exercises like RiMPAC are being conducted in Hawaii's waters without sufficient protections for our coastal resources. Help the State assert Hawaii's coastal protections, click send on the note below and let State Officials at the Coastal Zone Management Program know that the people of Hawaii and the world fully support their continued effort to protect Hawaii's natural and cultural resources.

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November 21, 2009

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Aloha Mr. Mayer,

Mahalo for upholding Hawai‘i’s coastal zone protections. I fully support your staff’s efforts to ensure our public trust resources are fully protected from the foreseeable harms of naval exercises in and around the Hawaiian archipelago. It is unfortunate that the U.S. Navy has refused to follow your office’s reasonable recommendations for protecting Hawai‘i’s coastal waters, including continuing to abide by the mitigations imposed by Hawai‘i’s Federal District Court. Please continue to do all you can to protect Hawai‘i’s coastal resources under the Coastal Zone Management Act and all of the state and federal protections it invokes. Mahalo nui loa!
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