Malu 'Aina

Dear Land Board,

This is a supplement to my previous testimony in support of the lawsuit by Ku Ching and Maxine Kahaulelio.  Attached are copies of the map (2 pages) of 57 known military sites on Hawaii Island that should be considered military hazard areas and in need of clean up.  The last thing we need is for the BLNR to extend the lease at Pohakuloa to the military. Don’t extend the military lease at Pohakuloa.  Cancel the existing lease and make the military clean up its rubbish, not do a partial job like on Kaho’olawe and all their other sites.  Make the military clean up not only Pohakuloa, but all other crown and government lands held in trust that they have trashed including the site in the Waiakea Forest reserve (Hilo’s water shed) where the military tested some of the most toxic chemical and biological agents in the US arsenal including deadly Sarin nerve gas –1/50 of a drop kills you.  There are reports from hunters that even after 50 years there are areas where nothing grows as a result of military testing. And there are reports of rusting barrels of the chemical agents left in the area. The military has never been held accountable by the BLNR that leased those public trust lands to the military.  No clean up. No damages, etc. Now even spreading Depleted Uranium radiation around Pohakuloa.  No accountability.  Auwe!