‘I he ‘aho 5 ‘o ‘Epelelí na‘e fakangofua ai ‘e he Fakataha Alēlea ‘o e Vahefonua Mauí ‘a e Tu‘utu‘uni 24-57 “Ko hono fakamafai‘i ‘a e ngaahi hopo ‘i he fakahalaia‘i ‘e he pule‘anga ‘iloá ki hono ma‘u ‘o e ngaahi koloa mo‘oni ‘oku ‘iloa ko e Lot 1-B, Vahenga Si‘i ‘o e Lingi‘anga Veve ‘o Maui Lotolotó ki he Ngaahi Ngāue Fakalahi ‘o e Vahe VI.” Ko e fakamafai ko eni ‘oku ne faka’ata ‘a e Vahefonua ke hoko atu ‘a e founga fakahalaia ki hono fakalahi ‘o e Central Maui Landfill (CML) ke ne lava ‘o faka’ata ‘a e ngaahi ivi fakangatangata ‘o e ‘ea ‘a ia ‘e faka’ata ai ‘e he Vahefonua ke hokohoko atu ‘ene ngaue ki he kakai ‘o e Vahefonua Maui ‘aki hono lingi ‘a e veve fefeka ‘a e kolo (MSW).

Naʻe fakahā ʻe he Potungāue Puleʻi ʻo e ʻĀtakaí ʻo e Vahefonua Maui (DEM) mo e Pule Kolo ko Richard Bissen ʻa e feituʻu ʻoku fokotuʻu ke fokotuʻu ai ʻa e Feituʻu Fakaʻauha Tuʻumaʻú (PDS) ko e CML ʻi he ʻaho 28 ʻo Fepueli, 2024 ʻi he fakataha Fakafoʻou ʻo e Fakaakeake ʻo e Fakatamakí ʻi Lahaina hili hono fua ʻa e ngaahi fakakaukau ʻa e kakaí.

Hili hono fakapapau’i ‘a e feitu’u faka’osi ‘o e PDS, ko e sitepu hoko ‘a e DEM ko e kau ki he founga ma’u kelekele ki hono fakalahi ‘o e CML ‘a ia na’e fiema’u ke fakangofua ‘e he Fakataha Tokoni.

Ko 'eni kuo ma'u 'e he DEM 'a e fakangofua 'oku fiema'u ke hoko atu 'i he fakahalaia'i 'e he eminent domain 'o e Lot 1-B 'o e CML, kuo pau ke nau faile ha tohi tangi fakahalaia'i ki he Fakamaau'anga Fakavahefonua 'o e Pule'anga, koe'uhi ke lava 'e he Vahefonua 'o kamata 'a e tisaini mo e langa 'o e PDS 'oku fu'u fiema'u lahi mo hono fakalahi 'o e CML.

Ko e tu’utu’uni ko ‘eni ‘oku ne faka’ilonga’i ha sitepu lahi ki hono fakafoki ‘o e kau hao ‘i Lahaina ki honau ngaahi koloa pea mo hono li’aki tu’uma’u ‘o e ngaahi veve mei he Vela ‘o e Vao ‘o ‘Aokosi 2023, fakataha mo hono malu’i ha toe ‘ea ke lava ‘o nofo ai ‘a e MSW ‘e fakatupu ‘i he motu ko Maui ‘i he kaha’u.

‘E kei to’o pe ‘a e efu mo e veve mei Lahaina ‘e he kau ‘enisinia ‘a e kau tau ‘a ‘Amelika pea ‘ave ki he Temporary Storage Site (TDS) ‘i Olowalu ‘a ia ‘e nofo ai kae ‘oua kuo langa ‘a e PDS.

Ki ha fakamatala lahi ange mo e ngaahi fakamatala fakafo'ou 'i he Feitu'u 'o e Li'aki Tu'uma'u, 'a'ahi ki he mauirecovers.org/debris-containment .