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Committee advances amended SMA permit for subsea cable landing expansion at Kahe Point amid neighborhood environmental concerns
Summary
The committee amended and reported out Resolution 26-29 (CD1), allowing horizontal directional drilling and three new Transpacific subsea fiber conduits to expand an existing cable landing site at Kahe Point; DPP and the applicant cited an environmental assessment with a 'finding of no significant impact' and said cultural/archaeological conditions will be required, while a neighborhood board raised marine ecosystem concerns.
The Committee on Zoning and Planning advanced Resolution 26-29 (CD1) to grant a Special Management Area major permit to Hawaii Iki Submarine Cable USA LLC to expand the existing Kahe Point cable landing station.
Chair Kia Aina summarized DPP-requested verbal amendments to Condition B addressing archaeological and cultural resources, mirroring changes made earlier in the meeting (replacing the term referring to "e— kupuna" with "human burials, including e— kupuna" and deleting a…
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