Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 200.1 - ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT RULES › Subchapter 4 - FILING AND PUBLICATION IN THE PERIODIC BULLETIN › Section 11-200.1-5 - Filing requirements for publication and withdrawal

Current through June, 2024
(a) Anything required to be published in the
				  bulletin shall be submitted electronically to the office before the close of
				  business five business days prior to the issue date, which shall be the issue
				  date deadline.
(b) All submittals
				  to the office for publication in the bulletin shall be accompanied by a
				  completed informational form that provides whatever information the office
				  needs to properly notify the public. The information requested may include the
				  following: the title of the action; the islands affected by the proposed
				  action; tax map key numbers; street addresses; nearest geographical landmarks;
				  latitudinal and longitudinal coordinates or other geographic data; applicable
				  permits, including for applicants, the approval requiring chapter 343, HRS,
				  environmental review; whether the proposed action is an agency or an applicant
				  action; a citation to the applicable federal or state statutes requiring
				  preparation of the document; the type of document prepared; the names,
				  addresses, email addresses, phone numbers and contact persons as applicable of
				  the accepting authority, the proposing agency, the approving agency, the
				  applicant, and the consultant; and a brief narrative summary of the proposed
				  action that provides sufficient detail to convey the impact of the proposed
				  action to the public.
(c) The
				  office shall not accept untimely submittals or revisions thereto after the
				  issue date deadline for which the submittal was originally filed has
				  passed.
(d) In accordance with the
				  agency's rules or, in the case of an applicant EA or EIS, the applicant's
				  judgment, anything filed with the office may be withdrawn by the agency or
				  applicant that filed the submittal with the office. To withdraw a submittal,
				  the agency or applicant shall submit to the office a written letter informing
				  the office of the withdrawal. The office shall publish notice of withdrawals
				  and the rationale in accordance with this subchapter.
(e) To be published in the bulletin, all
				  submittals to the office shall meet the filing requirements in subsections (a)
				  to (c) and be prepared in accordance with this chapter and chapter 343, HRS, as
				  appropriate. The following shall meet additional filing requirements:
(1) When the document is a draft EA with an
				  anticipated FONSI, the proposing agency or approving agency shall:
(A) File the document and determination with
				  the office;
(B) Deposit, or require
				  the applicant to deposit, concurrently with the filing to the office, one paper
				  copy of the draft EA at the nearest state library in each county in which the
				  proposed action is to occur and one paper copy with the Hawaii Documents
				  Center; and
(C) Distribute, or
				  require the applicant to distribute, concurrently with its publication, the
				  draft EA to other agencies having jurisdiction or expertise as well as citizen
				  groups and individuals that the proposing agency or approving agency reasonably
				  believes to be affected;