Case Title: The Sierra Club v. The Department of Transportation of the State of Hawaii

Citation: 

Docket Number: 

State: hawaii

Court: Hawaii Supreme Court

Date: 2007-10-01T00:00:00Z

Document:
No. 27407

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAT'I

 

THE SIERRA CLUB, a California non-profit corporation
registered to do business in the State of Hawai'i; MAUI
TOMORROW, INC., a Hawai'i non-profit corporation; and the
KAHULUI HARBOR’ COALITION, an unincorporated association,
Plaintiffs-Appellants

THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OF THE STATE OF
HAWAI'I; BARRY FUKUNAGA, in his capacity as Director of
the DEPARTNENT OF TRANSPORTATION OF THE STATE OF
HAWAI'I; MICHAEL FORMBY, in his capacity as Deputy Director
for Harbors of the DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OF
THE STATE OF HAWAI'I and HAWAI'I SUPERFERRY, INC.,
Defendants-Appellees

APPEAL FROM THE SECOND CIRCUIT COURT
(CIV. NO, 5-1-0214)

ORDER OF CORRECTION
Duffy, J. for the court’)

   

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the opinion of the court filed
fon August 31, 2007 is hereby corrected as follows (deletions are
italicized in brackets and additions are double underscored) :

Page 2, line 13: the Hawai‘ Environmental [Protection]
Policy Act (HEPA),‘ before

Page 2, footnote 4, last lint

 

[Protection] Policy Act.

Page 4, footnote 5, line 12: The PUC further

 

“condition[ed [it’s] its) authorization in this docket upon

1 considered by: Moon, C.J.) Levinson, Nekayena, Acobs, end Deffy, JJ.
Page 6, line
Lerocedure} policy Act

|) ine

 

A. The Hawai'i Environmental

   

Page exemption rules provide for (10) gen
classes of exenpt actiong,
Page 8, line 9 (delete extra space): specified in []

HAR § 11-200-8(A) (1)-(10) (1996), available at

 

Page 8, footnote 7, line 4: Rules of Practice &
Procedure,” available at http: //ww.state.hi.us/health/
Page 8, footnote 8, line 1: HAR § [12) 11-200-8(A)

provides:

 

31, Lines 20 and 21: the process: (1) when no EA
is prepared, (2) when [a FONSI is prepared, (3) and) ap agency
determines that an £16 vill or vill not be required, and (2) when

an EIS is accept

 

HRS § 343-7(a)-(c).
Page 18, line 6: Waleakal4) Yaleakels National Park,
National Park Service; the Maui Invasive

Page 19, line 13 (after block quote!

 

Aimphases_ added.)

Garibaldi also discussed hi's company’s work with “the State
Page 25, line 9 (add underscore): [de novo] de novo

review of the circuit court’s judgnent.

 

Page 27, line 11: purpose,’” 77 [Haw.] Hawai'i 446,

457, 687 P.2d 656, 667 (App. 1993)
Page 27, footnote 20, line 15: [EISes} EISs are or
aren't required, the availebility of [ETSes] E1S$g for review and
Page 41, line 10: Prot. of North Kohala Coastline v.
County of Hawai'i, 91 (#aw.) Hawas' 94,
Page 42, line 13 (after block quote): plaintiffs, and
the court will recognize harms to [a plaintiff’s) plaintiffs
Page 43, footnote 28, line 2 (delete underscore from
space): approach to standing in environmental cases, see, e.g. /]

Life of the Land, 63

Page 43, footnote 28, line 3: Haw. at 177 n.15, 623
P.2d at 443 n.15, [this court has] ye have not directly

Page 43, footnote 28, 1ine 21: enforce laws intended to
protect the environment” (Alteration) alteretion in original /.1)

Page 43, footnote 28, 1

 

fe line: (/Emphasis) emphasis
added/.))-"

Page 55, line 21 (after block quote): subsection: (1)
[the) SJtthe council or office, any agency responsible

Page 65, line 11: show that: (1) [they have] the
plaintiff has been accorded @ procedural right, which

Page 65, line 15: right protects [a] the plaintiff's
concrete interests; and (3) the

Page 65, line 16: procedural violation threatens the

plaintigf’s concrete interests,
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increased traffic and use of
recreational areas was due to the

Page 77, line 13 (delete underscore): {nesbersh

 

shi era] end the renedy provided to the
organization

Page 80, line 3: (1985); (Cf.) cf, Playboy Enter., Inc.
v.Bub, Serv, Comm'n, 906 F.2d

Page @2, line 9: because DOT's determination was
supported by the record,

Page 85, line 13: Appellants (argues) aroue that DoT
committed legal error in its

Page 101, line $: (flipside) £1ip side of this caution,
however, is that this court “must

Page 103, line @: Environmental (Protection) Zolicy
Ret.

Page 103, line 9: Based on the foregoing, we (reverse)
yacate the circuit court's

The Clerk of the Court is directed to incorporate the
foregoing changes in the original opinion and take all necessary
steps to notify the publishing agencies of these changes.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, October 1, 2007.

FOR THE COURT:

GYoron 6: Beene -

Associate Justice