That’s the subject of a study that the U.S. Army will be conducting off Makua Beach. 

Last year, a judge ordered the Army to conduct studies on the impact of military exercises in Makua Valley on marine and cultural resources before any live-fire training can resume. 

Residents can comment on the draft plan through March 22. 

Waianae-are residents have long been concerned that some 80 years of military operations in the valley have poisoned local residents’ seafood. 

From an army press release: 

Comments may be submitted by email at usaghi.pao.comrel@us.army.mil or by mail to: U.S. Army Garrison – Hawaii, Environmental Division, Attn: Marine Study – Public Comments, 948 Santos Dumont Ave., Schofield Barracks, HI 96857.

The community will also have an opportunity to provide comments in person during a public meeting, Feb. 20, at Nanakuli High and Intermediate School (89-980 Nanakuli Ave., Waianae). The meeting will consist of an informal information session from 6:30-7 p.m., with Army subject matter experts available to answer questions about the study, followed by a facilitated public comment session from 7-9:30 p.m.