OHA will not pursue contested case hearing on TMT sublease

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The Office of Hawaiian Affairs will not pursue a contested case hearing on the Thirty Meter Telescope sublease.

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs will not pursue a contested case hearing on the Thirty Meter Telescope sublease.

The OHA Board of Trustees notified the state Department of Land and Natural Resources in a letter Tuesday, saying it’s withdrawing its written petition.

As of July 10, the department had received six requests for a contested case hearing, including one from OHA.

The remaining five requests were made by Mauna Kea Anaina Hou, Flores-Case ohana, Harry Fergerstrom, Paul K. Neves and Clarence Kukaukahi Ching.