#Olowalu Landfill
Council greenlights eminent domain for Central Maui Landfill expansion
The Council in its meeting Friday authorized eminent domain proceedings to gain legal access to land planned for the expansion of the Central Maui Landfill. The land includes nearly 20-acre former quarry site and will be used for the permanent disposal of toxic ash and debris from the Lahaina wildfire.
Petition garners 5,287 signatures against use of Olowalu as a fire debris disposal site
The petition from a family on Olowalu Village Road says even temporary storage of these substances from the Aug. 8 wildfires “poses great risk of causing irreversible damage to soil, water, air, the ocean and people.”
Land Board to consider Lahaina wildfire debris disposition site at old Olowalu cinder quarry
The County of Maui has submitted a request to the state Board of Land and Natural Resources to utilize land in Olowalu near the closed landfill as a final disposition site for disposal of fire debris from the Aug. 8 wildfires.
