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West Beach - an island of luxury in
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PLANNING A LUXURIOUS RESORT IN PARADISE--A BLEND OF SOOT, FUMES, DUST,
The $2 billion "luxury" West Beach Resort (WBR) (1)is planned between Hawaii's heaviest and growing industrial area (2) and largest oil-fired power plant (3). The nearby ocean is polluted with silt and industrial discharges killing local fisheries. Air over the area contains toxic dust, fumes and cane soot from nearby refineries (4), rock crushers (5), cement factory (6), a cattle yard (7), oil tankers and other
industrial sources. Hawaii's largest municipal incinerator/power plant is being built in the area. An associated waste dump access road is across the street from WBR. Palailai dump (8) is directly windward of WBR.
Variable winds blow pollutants over WBR area including stockpiled toxic coral dust (9) from a recently dr[edged] harbor (10) which interfaces with WBR pollutants back shoreward. Orange [...]
A large $250 million visible concret[...]
Conversion power plant, is planned [...]
WBR (11). A prospective ocean-mined [...]
produce highly toxic acidic wastes in [...]
An 8-inch oil pipeline from refinery [...]
Arid brown hills surround the WBR [...]
stack gas burnoffs shed an eerie pul[se] [...]
exceeding federal air quality standards [...]
The $2 billion "luxury" West Beach Resort (WBR) (1)is planned between Hawaii's heaviest and growing industrial area (2) and largest oil-fired power plant (3). The nearby ocean is polluted with silt and industrial discharges killing local fisheries. Air over the area contains toxic dust, fumes and cane soot from nearby refineries (4), rock crushers (5), cement factory (6), a cattle yard (7), oil tankers and other
industrial sources. Hawaii's largest municipal incinerator/power plant is being built in the area. An associated waste dump access road is across the street from WBR. Palailai dump (8) is directly windward of WBR.
Variable winds blow pollutants over WBR area including stockpiled toxic coral dust (9) from a recently dr[edged] harbor (10) which interfaces with WBR pollutants back shoreward. Orange [...]
A large $250 million visible concret[...]
Conversion power plant, is planned [...]
WBR (11). A prospective ocean-mined [...]
produce highly toxic acidic wastes in [...]
An 8-inch oil pipeline from refinery [...]
Arid brown hills surround the WBR [...]
stack gas burnoffs shed an eerie pul[se] [...]
exceeding federal air quality standards [...]