Statewide Hearings on Hawaii ‘Clean’ Energy Set for May

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Statewide Hearings on Hawaii ‘Clean’ Energy Set for May
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EIS-0459: HAWAI'I CLEAN ENERGY PROGRAMMATIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT

News Release from US Department of Energy

SUMMARY

In 2010, DOE announced its intent to prepare a PEIS for the Hawai'i Interisland Renewable Energy Program (HIREP): Wind (DOE/EIS-0459). In response to public scoping comments, as well as regulatory and policy developments since the scoping meetings, DOE proposes to broaden the range of energy efficiency and renewable energy activities and technologies to be analyzed in the PEIS and, accordingly, has renamed it the Hawai'i Clean Energy PEIS. DOE’s proposal involves the development of guidance to use in future funding decisions and other actions to support Hawai'i in achieving the goal established in the Hawai'i Clean Energy Initiative (HCEI) to meet 70% of the State’s energy needs by 2030 through energy efficiency and renewable energy.

Information on the Hawai'i Clean Energy PEIS is available on the PEIS website at www.hawaiicleanenergypeis.com.

PUBLIC COMMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Comments on the Draft PEIS should be submitted by July 17, 2014:

By email to hawaiicleanenergypeis@ee.doe.gov.

Through the PEIS website at http://hawaiicleanenergypeis.com.

By mail to Dr. Jane Summerson, Hawaii Clean Energy PEIS Document Manager, DOE NNSA, POB 5400 Bldg 401, KAFB East, Albuquerque, NM 87185.

Orally or in writing at a public hearing (5:00-8:30 p.m.) at:

May 12: Kauai, Kauai War Memorial, Convention Hall, 4191 Hardy Street, Lihue, HI 96766
May 13: Hawaii, Kealakehe High School, 74-5000 Puohulihuli Street, Kailua-Kona, HI 96740
May 14: Hawaii, Aunty Sally Kaleohano’s Luau Hale, 799 Piilani Street, Hilo, HI 96720
May 15: Maui, Pomaikai Elementary School, 4650 South Kamehameha Avenue, Kahului, HI 96732
May 19: Molokai, Kaunakakai Elementary School, 30 Ailoa Street, Kaunakakai, HI 96748
May 20: Lanai, Lanai High & Elementary School, 555 Fraser Avenue, Lanai City, HI 96763
May 21: Oahu, Kawananakoa Middle School, 49 Funchal Street, Honolulu, HI 96813
May 22: Oahu, James B. Castle High School, 45-386 Kaneohe Bay Drive, Kaneohe, HI 96744

DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD

APRIL 18, 2014

EIS-0459: EPA Notice of Availability for the Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement

Hawaii Clean Energy Programmatic EIS

APRIL 18, 2014

EIS-0459: DOE Notice of Availability for the Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement

Hawaii Clean Energy Programmatic EIS

APRIL 11, 2014

EIS-0459: Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement

Hawai'i Clean Energy Programmatic EIS

AUGUST 10, 2012

EIS-0459: Amended Notice of Intent for a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement