Haw. Code R. § 11-200.1-23 - Consultation prior to filing a draft environmental impact statement

(a) An EISPN, including one resulting from an agency authorizing the preparation of an EIS without first requiring an EA, shall indicate in a concise manner;

(1) Identification of the proposing agency or applicant;

(2) Identification of the accepting authority;

(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) The determination to prepare an EIS;

(5) Reasons supporting the determination to prepare an EIS;

(6) A description of the proposed action and its location;

(7) A description of the affected environment, including regional, location, and site maps;

(8) Possible alternatives to the proposed action;

(9) The proposing agency's or applicant's proposed scoping process, including when and where any EIS public scoping meeting will be held; and

(10) The name, title, email address, physical address, and phone number of an individual representative of the proposing agency or applicant who may be contacted for further information.

(b) In the preparation of a draft EIS, proposing agencies and applicants shall consult all appropriate agencies, including the county agency responsible for implementing the county's general plan for each county in which the proposed action is to occur and agencies having jurisdiction or expertise, as well as those citizen groups, and concerned individuals that the accepting authority reasonably believes to be affected. To this end, agencies and applicants shall endeavor to develop a fully acceptable draft EIS prior to the time the draft EIS is filed with the office, through a full and complete consultation process, and shall not rely solely upon the review process to expose environmental concerns.

(c) Upon publication of an EISPN in the periodic bulletin, agencies, citizen groups, or individuals shall have a period of thirty days from the initial publication date to make written comments regarding the environmental effects of the proposed action. With explanation, the accepting authority may extend the period for comments for a period not to exceed thirty additional days. Written comments and responses to the substantive comments shall be included in the draft EIS pursuant to section 11-200.1-24. For purposes of the EIS public scoping meeting, substantive comments shall be those pertaining to the scope of the EIS.

(d) No fewer than one EIS public scoping meeting addressing the scope of the draft EIS shall be held on the island or islands most affected by the proposed action, within the public review and comment period in subsection (c). The EIS public scoping meeting shall include a separate portion reserved for oral public comments and that portion of the EIS public scoping meeting shall be audio recorded.

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Haw. Code R. § 11-200.1-23

[Eff AUG 9 2019] (Auth: HRS §§ 343-5, 343-6) (Imp: HRS § 343-6)