Where the contested case provisions under chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, apply to any one or more of the permits to be issued by an agency for the purposes of the project, the agency shall, if there is a contested case involving any of the permits, conduct only one contested case hearing on the permit or permits within its jurisdiction. Any appeal from a decision made by the agency pursuant to a public hearing or hearings required in connection with a permit shall be made directly on the record to the supreme court for final decision subject to chapter 602, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
Haw. Code R. § 13-185-5