IN RE WATER USE PERMIT APPLICATIONS

No. 21309.

9 P.3d 409 (2000)

94 Hawai`i 97

In the Matter of the WATER USE PERMIT APPLICATIONS, Petitions for Interim Instream Flow Standard Amendments, and Petitions for Water Reservations for the Waihole Ditch Combined Contested Case Hearing.

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

Reconsideration Denied September 17, 2000.

As Amended November 29, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gilbert D. Butson of Reinwald O'Connor & Playdon, on the briefs, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant Puu Makakilo.

Stephen K.C. Mau and Cheryl A. Nakamura of Rush, Moore, Craven, Sutton, Morry & Beh, on the briefs, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant The Robinson Estate.

Margery S. Bronster, Attorney General of Hawai`i, Heidi M. Rian, Haunani Burns and Marjorie Lau, Deputy Attorneys General, on the briefs, for Appellees/Cross-Appellants State of Hawai`i Department of Agriculture and Department of Land and Natural Resources.

Benjamin A. Kudo, Wesley M. Fujimoto and Stacy E. Uehara of Dwyer, Imanaka, Schraff, Kudo, Meyer & Fujimoto, on the briefs, for Applicant/Petitioner-Appellant Kamehameha Schools Bernice Pauahi Bishop Estate.

David Z. Arakawa, Corporation Counsel and Mark K. Morita, Randall K. Ishikawa, Duane W.H. Pang and Reid M. Yamashiro, Deputies Corporation Counsel, on the briefs, for Appellants City and County of Honolulu Planning Department and Board of Water Supply.

Michael W. Gibson, Douglas S. Appleton and Keith M. Yonamine of Ashford & Wriston, on the briefs, for Applicant-Appellee/Cross-Appellant The Estate of James Campbell.

Paul H. Achitoff and David L. Henkin of Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund for Petitioners/Appellants Waiāhole-Waikāne Community Association, Hakipu`u `Ohana and Ka Lhui Hawai`i and Alan T. Murakami and Carl C. Christensen of the Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation, on the briefs, for Petitioners/Appellants Waihole-Waikne Community Association and Hakipuu Ohana.

Gino L. Gabrio, Patrick W. Hanifin and Laurie A. Kuribayashi of Cades, Schutte, Fleming & Wright and Orlando R. Davidson and David L. Callies, on the briefs, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant Land Use Research Foundation.

Gary M. Slovin, Margaret Jenkins Leong and Lisa Bail of Goodsill, Anderson, Quinn & Stifel, on the briefs, for Applicant-Appellee/Cross-Appellant Dole Food Company, Inc./Castle & Cooke, Inc.

James T. Paul, Pamela W. Bunn and Jessica Trenholme of Paul, Johnson, Park & Niles for Intervenor/Appellant Hawaii's Thousand Friends.

Frank D. Padgett, on the briefs, for Appellant Commission on Water Resource Management.

James K. Mee of Pacific Legal Foundation and Cary T. Tanaka of Matsumoto, LaFountaine & Chow, on the briefs, for Appellee Hawai`i Farm Bureau.

Jon T. Yamamura and Kevin E. Moore of Carlsmith Ball, on the briefs, for Applicant/Appellee Nihonkai Lease Co., Ltd.

Lois J. Schiffer, Assistant Attorney General, Robert Klarquist and Andrew C. Mergen, Attorneys, Appellate Section Environment & Natural Resources Division, Department of Justice and Cheryl Connett and Paul M. Sullivan, Attorneys, Pacific Division, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, on the briefs, for Appellee United States Department of the Navy.

Alan M. Oshima of Oshima Chun Fong & Chung for Appellee/Cross-Appellant The Estate of James Campbell.

Naomi U. Kuwaye of Dwyer Imanaka Schraff Kudo Meyer and Fujimoto for Applicant/ Petitioner-Appellant Kamehameha Schools Bishop Estate.

MOON, C.J., LEVINSON, NAKAYAMA, RAMIL, JJ. and Circuit Judge IBARRA, in Place of KLEIN, J. Recused.


Opinion of the Court by NAKAYAMA, J.

                       TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. BACKGROUND ..................................................... 423
  A. INTRODUCTION ................................................... 423
  B. PROCEDURAL HISTORY ............................................. 423
  C. FINAL DECISION ................................................. 425
II. STANDARD OF REVIEW ......

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