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Hawaiian Homes Commission approves FONSI for Kalaupapa electrical rehabilitation
Summary
The Hawaiian Homes Commission voted unanimously May 20 to issue a Finding of No Significant Impact for the Kalaupapa National Historical Park electrical system rehabilitation and upgrade after the National Park Service and DHHL staff described final design changes and mitigation measures.
The Hawaiian Homes Commission on May 20 approved a Finding of No Significant Impact, or FONSI, for the Kalaupapa National Historical Park electrical system rehabilitation and upgrade project, closing the review under the final environmental assessment.
The motion approved by the seven-member commission directs staff to publish the FONSI and allow the National Park Service to proceed with construction under the mitigation measures described in the final environmental assessment. Commissioners voted unanimously in favor; the motion carried.
The National Park Service and Department of Hawaiian Home Lands staff told the commission the project is a distribution-system rehabilitation — replacing poles, insulators and other distribution components — not a project to change how electricity is generated. Nancy Holman, superintendent of Kalaupapa National Historical Park, told commissioners the work…
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