After disputed hearings, the Hawaiian Detainee could have a new life

After months of testimony, a former state judge recommended that the officials in Hawaii offer a key permit building the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) on the Mauna Kea. It is a step back on the road for the project, the fierce resistance of Hawaiians prompted and was suspended, until the end of 2015 after a decision of the Supreme Court of Hawaii.The recommendation of July 26, the judge for Riki mai Amano retirement in the board of the countries and the natural resources of the state, marks the conclusion of more than 40 days of controversial hearings after the Supreme Court ruled that the process completed by original- License was broken. However, the TMT project has a long way to go before rebooting. Office of the state country should hold hearings more before making a final decision. TMT and opponents say that when the Council issued permission to go back to court to try to block it. Meanwhile, a separate process, a rental contract TMT is challenging, is underway.
TMT officials said they are moving the telescope that would be one of the largest and most powerful ground-based instruments in the world in the Canary Islands at another location in La Palma if they can not begin construction in Hawaii in April 2018. But in A statement yesterday, TMT Executive Director Ed Stein, said he is satisfied with the decision. "Respect hope that the next steps," he said.
The leaders of the University of Hawaii, which holds the master's lease on the Mauna Kea and was party to the hearing, was also satisfied with the decision.
TMT opponents were disappointed, but not surprised. Some Amano accused of advancing the telescope is tense. "It is very difficult to convince us that [if] due diligence deserves it," said Kealoha Pisciotta, who participated in the hearing as an individual as president of Mauna Kea Anaina Hou, an organization of professionals of Hawaiian culture.
Lanny Sinkin, who is based on the island of Hawaii Temple of Lono, a group of Hawaiian faith, said that the opponents of TMT will continue to question the project. "It's not over yet," he said.
Amano recommended that every license holder of many conditions. Add the TMT requirement staff trained in cultural and natural resources to implement an invasive species control program on the telescope site and provide $ 1 million per year for a "community benefit from plan." TMT said that his plan already contains many of the Recommended.
State officials say they are considering the recommendation to establish a timetable for the next steps.