Haw. Code R. § 13-276-2

Current through November, 2024
Section 13-276-2 - Definitions

As used in this chapter unless the context requires otherwise:

"Ahupua'a" means a traditional Hawaiian land division usually extending from the mountain to the sea.

"Archaeological inventory survey" means the process of identifying and documenting the archaeological historic properties and burial sites in a delineated area, gathering sufficient, information to evaluate significance of the historic properties and burial sites, and compiling the information into a written report for review and acceptance by the department.

"Burial site" means any specific unmarked location where prehistoric or historic human skeletal remains and their associated burial goods if any, are interred, and its immediate surrounding archaeological context, including any associated surface or subsurface features, deemed a unique class of historic property, and not otherwise included in section 6E-41, HRS.

"Consultation process" means notifying interested organizations and individuals that a project could affect historic properties of interest to them; seeking their views on the identification, significance evaluations, and mitigation treatment of these properties; and considering their views in a good faith and appropriate manner during the review process.

"Department" or "DLNR" means the state department of land and natural resources.

"Historic preservation review process" means the process specified in chapters 13-275 and 13-284, used to comply with sections 6E-7, 6E-8 and 6E-42, HRS.

"Historic property" means any building, structure, object, district, area, or site, including heiau and underwater site, which is over fifty years old.

"Person" means any individual, firm, association, agency, organization, partnership, estate, trust, corporation, company, or governmental unit that is proposing a project.

"Project" means any activity directly undertaken by the state or its political subdivisions or supported in whole or in part through appropriations, contracts, grants, subsidies, loans, or other forms of funding assistance from the state or its political subdivisions or involving any lease, permit, license, certificate, land use change, or other entitlement for use issued by the state or its political subdivisions.

"Project area" means the area the proposed project may potentially affect, either directly or indirectly. It includes not only the area where the project will take place, but also the proposed project's area of potential effect.

"State historic preservation division" or "SHPD" means the state historic preservation division within the state department of land and natural resources.

Haw. Code R. § 13-276-2

[Eff DEC 11 2003] (Auth: HRS § 6E-2, 6E-3, 6E-7, 6E-8, 6E-42) ) (Imp: HRS §§ 6E-1, 6E-3, 6E-7, 6E-8, 6E-42)