Informational public meetings on the Superferry’s Environmental Impact Statement conducted by the Hawai‘i State Department of Transportation for the Hawai‘i Superferry are under way.

“The meetings are intended to give the public an opportunity to give their input,” said Mike Formby, DOT Harbors Division chief. “It’s an opportunity to engage the community.”

Formby said there will be two meetings, one in the afternoon and one in the evening.

Scott Ishikawa, DOT spokesman, said the EIS will address the secondary impacts, such as whales and other endangered species, that could be affected by the Superferry.

Under Act 2, the law that passed in the Legislature last year, the Superferry is allowed to run provided certain conditions are met while the environmental study is being done.

The conditions include operating restrictions during what some call a truncated account of whale season, as the act cites it as January through April, though the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has included the whale season months of November and December.

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(Source: Rachel Gehrlein, Kauai Garden Island News)

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Want to Go?

Meetings on Kaua‘i will be from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. and 6 to 9 p.m. March 19 at the Kaua‘i Community College Performing Arts Center.

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