Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 200.1 - ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT RULES › Subchapter 9 - PREPARATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS › Section 11-200.1-18 - Preparation and contents of a draft environmental assessment

Current through June, 2024
(a) A proposing agency shall conduct, or an
				  approving agency shall require an applicant to conduct, early consultation
				  seeking, at the earliest practicable time, the advice and input of the county
				  agency responsible for implementing the county's general plan for each county
				  in which the proposed action is to occur, and consult with other agencies
				  having jurisdiction or expertise as well as those citizen groups and
				  individuals that the proposing agency or approving agency reasonably believes
				  may be affected.
(b) The scope of
				  the draft EA may vary with the scope of the proposed action and its impact,
				  taking into consideration whether the action is a project or a program. Data
				  and analyses in a draft EA shall be commensurate with the importance of the
				  impact, and less important material may be summarized, consolidated, or simply
				  referenced. A draft EA shall indicate at appropriate points in the text any
				  underlying studies, reports, and other information obtained and considered in
				  preparing the draft EA, including cost-benefit analyses and reports required
				  under other legal authorities.
(c)
				  The level of detail in a draft EA may be more broad for programs or components
				  of a program for which site-specific impacts are not discernible, and shall be
				  more specific for components of the program for which site-specific,
				  project-level impacts are discernible. A draft EA for a program may, where
				  necessary, omit evaluating issues that are not yet ready for decision at the
				  project level. Analysis of the program may discuss in general terms the
				  constraints and sequences of events likely to result in any narrowing of future
				  options. It may present and analyze in general terms hypothetical scenarios
				  that are likely to occur,
(d) A
				  draft EA shall contain, but not be limited to, the following information:
(1) Identification of the applicant or
				  proposing agency;
(2) For applicant
				  actions, identification of the approving agency;
(3) List of all required permits and
				  approvals (state, federal, and county) and, for applicants, identification of
				  which approval necessitates chapter 343, HRS, environmental review;
(4) Identification of agencies, citizen
				  groups, and individuals consulted in preparing the draft EA;
(5) General description of the action's
				  technical, economic, social, cultural, historical, and environmental
				  characteristics;
(6) Summary
				  description of the affected environment, including suitable and adequate
				  regional, location, and site maps such as Flood Insurance Rate Maps, Floodway
				  Boundary Maps, United States Geological Survey topographic maps, or state sea
				  level rise exposure area maps;
(7)
				  Identification and analysis of impacts and alternatives considered;
(8) Proposed mitigation measures;
(9) Proposing agency or approving agency
				  anticipated determination, including findings and reasons supporting the
				  anticipated FONSI, if applicable; and
(10) Written comments, if any, and responses
				  to the comments received, if any, and made pursuant to the early consultation
				  provisions of subsection (a) and statutorily prescribed public review periods.