The Hawaii Superferry, which reduced it’s work force last week after a Maui Judge ruled that it couldn’t sail while an environmental evaluation was completed, is struggling to find any way it can to resume sailing between the islands. Even if the sailing is severely limited.

The Lingle administration is working to draft some sort of bill that would allow the Superferry to do so as soon as possible, before CEO John Geribaldi takes his Superferry to another location for good. The state would have wasted too much money if that happens so it’s obvious that the Lingle camp will do anything it can to allow the vessel to sail.

The latest from lawmakers as the Honolulu Advertiser has it is that the “Hawaii Superferry would have to give “unconditional acceptance” to operating restrictions that protect whales and prevent the spread of invasive species in exchange for being allowed to resume ferry service while the state conducts an environmental review, according to a potential Superferry compromise.”

Not sure what that means but it sounds good. The new question is who will decide the restrictions. The article from the Advertiser says that the Lingle administration would impose the restrictions and not be subject to judicial or administrative review but lawmakers could add restrictions later. How do you read that?

Does that mean, “Sign this paper where we say we’re going to impose restrictions.”

We’ll have to wait and see what happens over the coming week.

• Hawaii Superferry Special Session Update
• Super Down Sizing for the Hawaii Superferry
• Judge Says No to Hawaii Superferry

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