Draft EIS: PTA lease extension could have adverse impact

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Draft EIS: PTA lease extension could have adverse impact

HILO, Hawai‘i — A draft environmental impact statement released earlier this month about the Army’s proposal to renew its lease on up to 22,750 acres of state land at Pohakuloa Training Area indicated that granting the extension could have an adverse impact on Hawaiian cultural practices and environmental justice. The state and the Army signed the current 65-year lease in 1964. The Army paid $1 for its use of the ceded lands — which were crown l…