Dawn Chang, Chairperson of the Commission on Water Resource Management (CWRM), announced that Kaleo Manuel, 1st Deputy to the Chairperson of CWRM, will return to his post effective immediately.
On August 15, 2023, the Attorney General had requested that Manuel be deployed to another DLNR Division until her investigation of certain personnel events related to the Maui wildfires was completed.
In a statement Dawn Chang said, “I was informed today, that the Attorney General has completed her review of this isolated issue. I would like to thank Dean Uyeno for stepping in as the Acting Deputy Director of CWRM and appreciate his steady leadership of CWRM during this unprecedented time,”