"'Oku mau hounga'ia lahi 'i he fanongonongo 'a e Komar Maui Properties ke foaki ha 'eka 'e nima; ka neongo ia, 'oku fie ma'u 'e he'emau palani lingi'anga veve taimi loloa 'a e 'eka 'e 20 kakato ki ha lingi'anga veve MSW ma'a homau kakai," ko e lau ia 'a e Pule Kolo ko Richard Bissen. “ʻOku kei loto fiemālie pē ʻa e Vahefonuá ke totongi ʻa e mahuʻinga kuo fakafuofuaʻí ke maʻu ʻaki ʻa e konga kelekele ko ʻení ke feau ʻaki ʻa e fie maʻu ʻa e kakai ʻo Lahaina pea mo e fie maʻu taimi lōloa ʻa hotau kakai.”

“Ko e taumuʻa ʻa Komar ke ʻoatu ha foaki ʻeka ʻe nima ʻo e ʻeka ʻe 20 ʻi Pulehu ʻoku hoko ia ʻi he taimi ʻoku lolotonga fai ai ʻe he Vahefonuá ha ngāue fakaʻeiʻeiki ʻiloa. Ko ha tokoni ia ʻokú ne ʻiloʻi ʻoku mahuʻinga ʻaupito ʻa e laka ki muʻa mo ha feituʻu ke liʻaki ʻo e ngaahi meʻa tuʻumaʻu ʻoku fuʻu fie maʻú,” ko e lau ia ʻa e Pule Kolo ko Bissen.

Ko e tulituli ki he konga kelekele 'eka 'e 20 kuo hoko ia ko ha konga 'o e ngaahi palani fakalahi ke fakatupulaki 'a e Central Maui Landfill (CML) ki he Municipal Solid Waste (MSW), pea ko e fie ma'u vivili ki ha Feitu'u 'o e Li'aki Tu'uma'u 'oku pau ke fakavave'i 'a e ngaahi alea na'e faka'osi 'aki 'a e ngaue 'o e domain 'iloa na'e fai 'e he Last Friday Maui County Council.

Lolotonga e fokotuʻu ʻe Komar ha lingiʻanga veve ʻoku ʻaʻana mo fakalele fakatāutaha ʻi he ʻeka ʻe 15 ʻo e ʻeka ʻe 20, ʻe hoko atu ʻa e Vahefonuá ʻaki ʻa e palani taimi lōloa lelei taha maʻa hono kakaí.

“Lolotonga ‘oku talitali lelei ‘a e foaki ‘o e ‘eka ‘e nima, ko e palani ia ‘a e Vahefonua ke faka’aonga’i ‘a e ‘eka ‘e 8-10 ki he veve mo e efu ‘o Lahaina,” ko e lau ia ‘a e Talekita ‘o e Potungaue Pule’i ‘o e ‘Atakai, Shayne Agawa. “Ko ‘emau palani ‘oku fiema’u ke lahi ange ‘a e ‘eka ke fakapapau’i ‘oku kei ma’ulalo ange ‘a e ma’olunga ‘o e efuefu ‘i he ma’olunga ‘o e Hala Pulehu. Kapau te tau tuku kotoa ‘a e ngaahi veve ‘i ha ‘eka ‘e nima, ‘e fakatupu ai ha mo‘unga ‘e fakahaa‘i ai ‘a e efuefu ki he ngaahi ‘elemēnití, pea ‘e ‘i ai ha fakatu‘utāmaki ‘e lava ke hoko ki he malu ‘a e kakaí.”

Naʻe fakamatala ʻa e Talēkita ʻAkawa kapau ʻoku fakataumuʻa ʻa Komar ke fakaʻaongaʻi ʻa e ʻeka kakato ʻe 15 ki ha lingiʻanga veve fakatāutaha, te nau fie maʻu ha totonu ke nau hū ki ai ʻo fakafou ʻi he Lingiʻanga Veve ʻo Maui Lotolotó, ʻa ia ʻe ʻi ai ʻa e ngaahi moʻua lahi mo e ngaahi ʻisiū fakangāue.

‘E hoko atu ‘a e Vahefonua ‘i he malumalu ‘o e ngaahi tu’utu’uni kuo foaki ‘e he Fanongonongo Fakavavevave ‘a e Kovana ke fakavave’i ‘a hono langa ‘o e Feitu’u Faka’auha Tu’uma’u (PDS); ko e ngaahi tu’utu’uni fakavavevave ko ‘eni ‘oku ‘ikai lava ke hiki ia ki he ngaahi kautaha taautaha.