Haw. Code R. § 4-71-4.2 - Public input and notification for listing
(a) By order, the
board may adopt additions to or deletions from the lists of animals without
regard to the notice and public hearing requirements of chapter 91, HRS,
provided that thirty days or more prior to the effective date of the order, the
department shall issue a press release and mail notices to the Office of
Environmental Quality Control for publication and to all persons who have made
a timely written request of the department for advance notice of the order or
the department's rulemaking proceedings. The press release and the notice shall
include:
(1) A statement summarizing the
substance of the proposed order which may include examples of the kinds of
animals being added to or deleted from the lists required under section 150A-
6,2, HRS;
(2) A statement that a
copy of the proposed order and the proposed exact changes will .be mailed to
any interested person who requests a copy upon payment in advance of costs for
photocopying, preparing, and mailing the copy;
(3) A statement as to where to obtain a copy
of the proposed order and the proposed exact changes for inspection, or for
pick-up after payment in full of costs for photocopying and preparing;
and
(4) A statement that the
department is soliciting comments regarding the proposed order during the next
thirty days, where comments may be forwarded to, and where the proposed order
will be discussed.
(b)
The department shall consider all oral and written comments and may incorporate
the same in its review of the proposed order by the advisory committee on
plants and animals in a noticed, public meeting.
(c) Upon approval by the board at a noticed,
public meeting, the order to adopt additions to or deletions from the lists of
animals shall take effect ten days after the department gives public notice of
the order in a daily or weekly publication of statewide circulation or in
separate daily or weekly publications whose combined circulation is
statewide.
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