The Honolulu Advertiser from Honolulu, Hawaii • 19

Names and Faces C2 Classified ads C4-9 More news C1Q The Honolulu Advertiser Tuesday, January 4, 1983 volcano I mmmsm 5., IlillllSiifill Kffffff fC4 A' Pele returns to Kilauea A towering column of fumes rises above the site of yesterday afternoon's outbreak on Kilauea's east rift zone. The gases caused irritation to residents in Hilo and other areas of the island, but largely blew away by afternoon. Below, the first phase of the eruption paints the sky orange in the pre-dawn dark. 7 tli tV. fc i 1,: Aavertf-fr photo tiv Ron jpft Some lava-scorched land already was feeling heat i Uaone phoio A-.

By Barbara Hastings Advertiser Science Writer The area Madame Pele scorched yesterday with lava and laid open with fissures was already a figurative hotbed one of controversy over geo-thermal drilling on the Big Island. Part of the land affected by the volcanic activity which started at 12:31 a.m. yesterday is owned by the Campbell Estate, and is. earmarked for the proposed geothermal development on conservation lands called Kahauale'a. Those lands lie along, and partly in, the Kilauea East Rift Zone, and beside Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.

Some of the opponents claim parts of the land are covered with pristine, native forest known among National Park personnel as Napau Forest which would be threatened or even destroyed by geothermal drilling. However, some of that pristine area was covered by lava from yesterday's activity or burned by fire started by the potential, the talk was of only an initial 25 megawatts of power. However, when the environmental impact statement was released, it outlined the entire project of 250 megawatts. Hawaii County supports the Campbell plan, but only for the first phase of 25 megawatts. Some opposition to the Campbell project's environmental impact statement has come from the Volcanoes National Park.

Included in park superintendent David Ames comments were that the EIS "does not respect the case for volcanic hazards" such as eruptions or lava flows in the district. And Robert Decker, scientist-in-charge of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, claimed during the land board hearings that the size of the proposed project would deplete the volcano's heat reservoir. The Office of Hawaiian Affairs board of trustees has held extensive discussion on whether it will support the proposal. OHA is claiming rights to at least part of any royalties the state would receive from geothermal development. lava.

Campbell's plan to locate up to 90 geothermal wells producing 250 megawatts of power has generated a law suit as well as a heavily contested three-week-long state Board of Land and Natural Resources hearing. The land board has been asked by the developers to grant them a special use because geothermal drilling is not specifically permitted in a conservation zone. The Volcano Community Association and six individuals filed suit in September claiming there are at least 50 areas in which the environmental impact statement for the project is deficient. The suit also claims the land board doesn't have jurisdiction, and that the state Land Use Commission should be asked to rezone the area. Campbell Estate is working in conjunction with TrueMid Pacific Geothermal Venture.

Together they want to develop the area as a geothermal field over a 20-year period. When Campbell first announced its plans to tap Kahauale'a for its geothermal Hilo ontt AREA Of MAP Puna ytoV Mnitial drilling siteJX roTe1 t. Reserve K.iauea KahaualeaAfo. Crater KHlu Crater CUs. ruu Kartutl Napau Creterf I I i mi.

iiiu ui wm ni' win twi p.hiiuii i ii iiiii 11 1.1 in. i. nixnn jpiiwiwiiiiiiii.iypii'i.uiw Puu Kamoamoa I Kalapanal' Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Legend Royal Estates VQueerrs Bath Dots identify proposed drilling sites 'I 'f 1 Kj? 5 VV -f TP? jams WWkM Numbered spots on the map show the progress of the eruption throughout the day, as described In the accompanying story. Shaded area is Campbell Estate land. Pele spits in spurts across Kilauea Visitors to the Waha'ula Heiau in the Kalapana district of the national park were able to view the fountaining briefly.

But shortly, the fountains ebbed and dropped to between 15 and 30 feet high. Reggie Okamura, acting scientist in charge at the volcano observatory, said an early analysis of the lava being thrust onto the surface indicates that it is "fairly new." This suggests the lava probably has been building up since the Sept. 25-26 eruption in the south caldera of Kilauea. Noting the ongoing swelling and continuous tremor, Okamura said: "There's a heckuva lot of magma in the southeast rift zone." Scientists said the eruption thus far more closely parallels the 1963 flow than the 1977 outbreak that went on for almost a month and stopped less than a mile from Kalapana By Hugh Clark Advertiser Big Island Bureau Kilauea's latest show, heralded by an increase in seismic activity late Saturday in the mountain's middle east rift, began in earnest at 12:31 a.m. yesterday in Napau Crater (labeled 1 on map).

The eruption skipped to several locations over the next 9V6 hours, moving eastward to Puu Kamoamoa (2) and breaking open a wide fissure. It continued east, moving into Campbell Estate property and breaking into fountains at Puu Kahauale'a (3). The eruption shifted back to Puu Kamoamoa (4) before halting abruptly at 10:02 a.m. The eruption flared to the surface again at 2:25 p.m. a half-mile west of Kalda Crater (5).

Initially, it sent up fountains estimated by scientists to be between 150 and 250 feet in height. to by Hon Jen Advertner ph A close look at the glowing edge of a lava flow as it oozes past older, more solid rocks..