Friday, February 7, 2014

USA, Hawaii:

Funding OK’d for Gas Monitors, Geothermal Studies (West Hawaii Today)

The County of Hawaii Windward Planning Commission approved funding Thursday for gas monitors and environmental studies to address concerns over impacts of geothermal development in Puna.

The projects, to be covered by Hawaii County’s geothermal asset fund, are estimated to total $299,000.

They stem from recommendations the county’s geothermal working group made last year.

The funding will cover several fixed and hand-held hydrogen sulfide monitors, groundwater sampling in Kilauea’s east rift zone, an analysis of published studies on hydrogen sulfide exposure, and an environmental assessment of the former HGP-A geothermal test site.

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