(a) After consultation with the affected agencies and the environmental advisory council, the office of planning and sustainable development shall adopt, amend, or repeal necessary rules for the purposes of this chapter in accordance with chapter 91 including but not limited to rules that shall:

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 343-6

  • Acceptance: means a formal determination that the document required to be filed pursuant to § 343-5 fulfills the definition of an environmental impact statement, adequately describes identifiable environmental impacts, and satisfactorily responds to comments received during the review of the statement. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 343-2
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Council: means the environmental advisory council. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 343-2
  • county: includes the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-22
  • Environmental assessment: means a written evaluation to determine whether an action may have a significant effect. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 343-2
  • Office: means the office of planning and sustainable development. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 343-2
  • statement: means an informational document prepared in compliance with the rules adopted under § 343-6 and which discloses the environmental effects of a proposed action, effects of a proposed action on the economic welfare, social welfare, and cultural practices of the community and State, effects of the economic activities arising out of the proposed action, measures proposed to minimize adverse effects, and alternatives to the action and their environmental effects. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 343-2
(1) Prescribe the procedures whereby a group of proposed actions may be treated by a single environmental assessment or statement;
(2) Establish procedures whereby specific types of actions, because they will probably have minimal or no significant effects on the environment, are declared exempt from the preparation of an environmental assessment;
(3) Prescribe procedures for the preparation of an environmental assessment;
(4) Prescribe the contents of an environmental assessment;
(5) Prescribe procedures for informing the public of determinations that a statement is either required or not required, for informing the public of the availability of draft environmental impact statements for review and comments, and for informing the public of the acceptance or nonacceptance of the final environmental statement;
(6) Prescribe the contents of an environmental impact statement;
(7) Prescribe procedures for the submission, distribution, review, acceptance or nonacceptance, and withdrawal of an environmental impact statement; and
(8) Establish criteria to determine whether an environmental impact statement is acceptable or not.
(b) At least one public hearing shall be held in each county prior to the final adoption, amendment, or repeal of any rule.

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