Hawaii has gone on to incorporate the community values in their next step, which is to develop statewide environmental goals and measure the achievement of those goals using indicators. The goal setting effort is already in its second revision, with a legislatively-established advisory body assisting with the redraft and design of a communication plan for their upcoming goals report. Further prioritization and strategic planning will be based on those areas of the environment shown by the indicators to require increased attention. In September 1994, the Environmental Planning Office of the Hawaii Department of Health developed Goals, Strategies, and Benchmarks for the Department of Health Environmental Management Programs containing a mission statement, management goals, and environmental goals. The Department of Health is developing goals, strategies, and indicators.
Most indicators are programmatic due to the lack of data on biological results.
However, they do have some indicators from ambient and discharge data. There are 15 to 20 strategies for each goal and at least one indicator for each strategy, making approximately 100 indicators. The Environmental Planning Office is proposing a statewide goals and environmental indicators project to Hawaii's new Governor as an extension of the state's comparative risk project. In addition, Hawaii has received funding to support the development of environmental indicators as part of the risk management phase of its comparative risk project. An 18-member advisory group has been established to provide feedback to the process of developing and validating indicators.