The city Planning Commission on Friday voted 6-2 to recommend approval of a special use permit for extension and expansion of the Waimanalo Gulch Sanitary Landfill.

The matter now goes to the state Land Use Commission, which makes the final decision.

The city wants to double the acreage of the landfill and extend its life indefinitely.

The landfill, O'ahu's only municipal dump, is scheduled to close on Nov. 1 under an existing permit. City officials argued that there is no other option but to expand the landfill, at least not now.

The application is being opposed by the Ko Olina Community Association.

MAN GETS 30 DAYS FOR BOTTLE BOMBS

HILO — A 21-year-old college student will spend 30 days in jail for exploding "bottle bombs" on the University of Hawai'i-Hilo campus.

In a deal with prosecutors, Edward Emerson Wine II pleaded no contest to first-degree terroristic threat-ening.

Hilo Circuit Judge Glenn Hara on Friday sentenced Wine to a year in Hawai'i Community Correctional Center, but suspended all but 30 days.

Hara says Wine can schedule his month in jail between his school and work schedules.

Part of the campus was evacuated during fall semester final exams after two of Wine's bombs exploded early Dec. 18.

Wine, a marine science major, had made several bombs out of household chemicals, 1-liter plastic bottles and aluminum foil.