Overview

• The statement commits the parties to discuss returning some leased parcels, with priority on areas such as recreational lands where feasible.
• It calls for exploring cleanup of unexploded ordnance and stronger stewardship of training areas.
• Leaders described the document as a framework for transparent negotiations, not a contract, with current leases running through 2029.
• Driscoll is pressing for an accelerated schedule to reach agreements by year’s end, while state agencies continue public review and comment.
• Tension persists after Hawaii’s land board rejected the Army’s Oahu environmental impact statement in June and as Gov. Josh Green notes the Army could pursue condemnation if talks fail.