Court Asked to Rule in Favor of KNSC and Sierra Club

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October 27, 2006

Keep the North Shore Country (KNSC) and Sierra Club, Hawaii Chapter (Sierra Club), have filed a Motion for Summary Judgment, requesting the Court forego a trial and require the Department of Planning and Permitting (DPP) to order a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) regarding the Kuilima Resort Company’s (KRC) plans for expansion.

The motion sets forth how circumstances have changed over 21 years, as well as the environmental impacts not previously studied in the original EIS. It also includes expert testimony in support of the very obvious conclusion that an SEIS should be required. Indeed, this is the classic case in which such a study is necessary.

On May 19, 2006, KNSC, a local grassroots organization, sued the City and County of Honolulu, Director of Planning and Permitting Henry Eng, and Kuilima Resort Company to require an SEIS for KRC’s Expansion Project at Kawela Bay and Turtle Bay Resort. On June 7, 2006, the Sierra Club formally joined the legal action.

KNSC recently expanded its impressive legal team to include Marco Gonzalez of Coast Law Group, a leading environmental firm in California. Marco has successfully negotiated and litigated complex disputes on behalf of numerous non-profit environmental organizations and community groups. He joins Bill Hunt and Laura Couch at Alston Hunt Floyd and Ing as lead attorneys on behalf of KNSC in this litigation.

Building their case over the past five months, KNSC and Sierra Club have compiled testimony from experts in traffic engineering, sociology, and endangered species habitat, all setting forth strong analyses supporting the necessity of an SEIS for KRC’s proposed expansion.

The hearing on this motion is scheduled before the Honorable Sabrina S. McKenna in the First Circuit Court of the State of Hawaii on Monday, November 13, 2006, at 9:45 a.m.

Go to Keep the North Shore Country

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