This is great news! The Hawai’i Supreme Court ruled that Act 2, the special legislation that retroactively exempted the Hawai’i Superferry from state environmental protection laws, was unconstitutional. Perhaps this will be the end of the Superferry.
Read the decision here.
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Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Breaking News
POSTED: 11:12 a.m. HST, Mar 16, 2009
Hawaii Supreme Court rules against Superferry
By Star-Bulletin staff
The state Supreme Court ruled today that the
state law allowing the Hawaii Superferry to
operate while an environmental impact statement
was conducted is unconstitutional.
The Sierra Club had argued that Act 2, a law
passed by the state Legislature in special
session in October 2007, is unconstitutional
because it was targeted to benefit just one
entity, the Hawaii Superferry. Act 2 allowed the
Superferry to provide Honolulu-to-Kahului service
while the environmental study was done.
A Superferry spokeswoman had no immediate comment
on the court’s decision. Sierra Club officials
previously said if the ruling is in their favor
the Superferry would have to cease operations
until the EIS is completed, a process that could
take months.
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