Hili hono fakakaukauʻi ʻo e ngaahi tali savea ʻe 2,700 tupu mei he komiunitií, naʻe fakahā ʻe he Pule Kolo ko Richard Bissen mo e Potungāue Puleʻi ʻo e ʻĀtakaí ʻo e Vahefonua Maui ko e Central Maui Landfill ʻe hoko ia ko e feituʻu ʻe tuʻu ai ʻa e Feituʻu Lingiʻanga Veve Tuʻumaʻu (PDS) ki he efuefu mo e veve ʻo Lahaina mei he vela ʻo e vaotaá ʻi ʻAokosí.

“Mahalo ki homau komiuniti mo e ngaahi hoa ngaue ‘i honau le’o mo e ngaahi fakakaukau ‘i hono tataki ‘o e tu’utu’uni mahu’inga ko ‘eni. Ko e sitepu mahuʻinga ʻeni ʻe taha ʻi hono fakafoki ʻo e kau hao ʻi Lahaina ki honau koloá pea ʻoku mau ʻamanaki atu ki ha hokohoko atu ʻo e fengāueʻakí ʻi heʻemau folau fakataha ʻi he ngaahi feinga fakaakeaké,” ko e lau ia ʻa e Pule Kolo ko Bissen. “ʻOku ou fie fakaʻilongaʻi foki ʻa e ngāue mahuʻinga ʻa ʻemau ngaahi hoa ngāue ʻi he Vahefonuá, Siteití mo e Puleʻangá ʻi hono maluʻi ʻo e Lingiʻanga Veve ʻo Central Maui ko e Feituʻu Lingiʻanga Veve Tuʻumaʻú.”

Naʻe fakahā ʻa e filí ʻi he fakataha Fakafoʻou ʻa e Kakai ʻo e Fakaakeake mei he Fakatamaki ʻa e Vahefonuá ʻi he efiafi Tuʻapulelulu ʻi he Senitā Sivile ʻo Lahaina.

Na’e fakapuliki ‘a e ‘uluaki feitu’u ‘e valu ki he tolu, pea toki makatu’unga ‘a e taha ‘i he ngaahi tu’unga ‘o kau ai ‘a e: taimi ke ma’u ai ‘a e kelekele; ofi ki Lahaina (fakafepakiʻi ʻo e fefonongaʻakí, malu ʻa e kakaí); hū ki loto mo tuʻa mei he saiti (hū kehe, ngaahi ngaʻunu ʻo e tafoki); lava ke langa; pule‘i ‘o e vai ‘i ‘olungá; ngaahi uesia koloa ofi; mama‘o ki he vai inú; mama’o ki he ngaahi feitu’u nofo’anga, ngaahi ‘apiako, ngaahi falemahaki; ngaahi hoha‘a fakanatula mo faka‘ātakaí; mo e ngaahi uesia ‘o e ngaahi ma’u’anga tokoni fakafonua. Ko e ngaahi fakakaukau ‘a e kakaí ko ha toe me‘a mahu‘inga ia ‘i he fai tu‘utu‘uní.

Ko e ngaahi savea na’e fakahoko ‘e he Vahefonua ‘o fakafou ‘i he’ene kautaha aleapau ko e Anthology na’e ma’u ai ‘a e tali ‘e 2,757 mei he komiuniti mei he ‘aho 31 ‘o Sanuali ki he ‘aho 15 ‘o Fepueli.

‘I he fakataha ‘i he ‘aho Tu’apulelulu, na’e fakahoko ai ‘e Shayne Agawa, ko e Talekita ‘o e Potungaue Pule’i ‘o e ‘Atakai ‘a e Vahefonua (DEM), ha fakamatala ki he founga na’e fakakau ai ‘a e ola ‘o e Savea Fakakomiuniti ‘a e PDS ki hono toe sivi’i mo fakahoko ‘o e ngaahi tu’unga ki he ngaahi feitu’u faka’osi ‘e tolu. Ko e ngaahi maaka fakaavalisi mei he savea fakakomiuniti na e fakaavalisi ia i he ngaahi vahenga pea fakalahi aki a e ngaahi maaka DEM ki honau ngaahi tu unga fe unga ke fakapapau i a e fakahokohoko faka osi o e ngaahi saiti e tolu. Ko e ngaahi vahenga tu’unga na’e kau ai ‘a e Ofi ‘oku mahu’inga taha ‘o makatu’unga ‘i he ola ‘o e savea ‘a e komiuniti, Fetalanoa’aki ‘oku mahu’inga lolotonga, mo e Logistics ‘oku ma’ulalo ange ‘a e mahu’inga. Naʻe maʻulalo taha ʻa e maaka ʻo e feituʻu Wahikuli ʻi Lahaina, fika ua ʻa e Kolo Crater ʻi Lahaina pea ko e Central Maui Fillfill ʻi Puʻunēnē, ʻa ia ʻoku ofi ki he Hala Pūlehu, naʻe maʻolunga taha ʻa e maaka ke fili ko e Feituʻu Lingiʻanga Veve Tuʻumaʻu fakaʻosí. Ke vakai ki he fakamatala kakato mei he fakataha fakakomiuniti ʻo e ʻaho 28 ʻo Fepuelí, ʻaʻahi ki he peesi Facebook ʻa e Vahefonua Mauí; ‘oku ‘ikai fiema‘u ha ‘akauni ke sio ai ki he fakatahá.

“ʻOku ou fiefia ke talaatu naʻe ngāue mālohi ʻaupito ʻemau timí pea ʻoku mau ʻomi ʻa e olá kiate kimoutolu heni he pō ní,” kimuʻa ʻi he ʻaho taumuʻa ʻo e Vahefonuá ʻi he ʻaho 1 ʻo Māʻasí ke fili ʻa e feituʻu fakaʻosí, ko e lau ia ʻa ʻAgawa.

Ko ʻeni kuo fili ha feituʻu fakaʻosi, ʻoku kau ʻi he ngaahi sitepu hoko ʻa e Potungāue Puleʻi ʻo e ʻĀtakaí ʻa hono fakaʻosi ʻo e founga ʻo hono maʻu ʻo e kelekelé ki hono fakalahi ʻo e Central Maui Landfill; tisaini mo fakangofua ‘a e Feitu’u Faka’auha Tu’uma’u; hokohoko atu ‘a e ngaue mo e ngaahi hoa ngaue fakafederal mo fakasiteiti ke fakasi’isi’i ‘a e ngaahi hoha’a ki he fefononga’aki mo e ngaahi me’a fekau’aki mo e malu ‘o e hala lolotonga hono fetuku ‘o e ngaahi veve mei he TDS ki he PDS; pea hokohoko atu ‘a e ngaue ki he ngaahi ma’u’anga pa’anga ki hono fakalakalaka ‘o e PDS.

Ki ha fakamatala lahi ange ki he Feituʻu ʻo e Liʻaki Tuʻumaʻú pe ko e feituʻu ʻo e Tauhiʻanga ʻo e Ngaahi Veve Fakataimi, ʻaʻahi ki he mauirecovers.org/debriscontainment .

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