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DLNR/State Historic Preservation
Division 458 (SHPD) The division’s three
branches (history and culture, archaeology,
and architecture) are charged with
maintaining an Inventory of Historic
Properties and preserving the physical
reminders of Hawai‘i’s past.
DLNR/Kahoolawe Island Reserve
Commission 456 (KIRC) manages the
Kaho‘olawe Island Reserve (which includes
the island and the waters within two miles
of its shores) while it is held in trust for a
future Native Hawaiian sovereign entity.
The KIRC uses federal funds designated for
state responsibilities in its restoration efforts.
DBEDT/Hawai‘i Coastal Zone
Management Program/Marine and
Coastal Zone Advocacy Council 457
(MACZAC) Since 2001, MACZAC’s twelve
advisory members from Kaua‘i, O‘ahu,
Maui, Moloka‘i, La – na‘i, and Hawai‘i have
offered their expertise (in business, the
environment, Native Hawaiian practices,
terrestrial and marine commerce,
recreation, research, and tourism) to
projects such as mapping of coastal parking
access and recommendations regarding
shoreline certification, commercial
boating regulations, harbor facilities,
ocean resource management, and cultural
resource management.
Department of Transportation –
Harbors Division is the permitting agency
for those seeking to operate from a state
commercial harbor. Beach-based operators
may need permits from the respective
county, as well as meeting federal and state
requirements.
Department of Agriculture, Aquaculture
Development Program 459 (ADP) supports
the burgeoning aquaculture industry, both
freshwater and saltwater, creating further
self-sufficiency for the islands as well as
opening viable export industries.
State Department of Health 460 (DOH),
similar in function to the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, implements and
enforces the state’s environmental laws, as
well as federal laws delegated to the state.
County health officials and police officers
enforce environmental laws. 461
DOH/Office of Environmental Quality
Control and the Environmental Council 462
(OEQC) advises the governor and coordinates
and directs state agencies as to environmental
quality control matters, as well as implements
the state’s Environmental Impact Statement
law. 463 The Environmental Council is a
fifteen-member citizen board affiliated with
OEQC, which serves as a liaison between
the public and the director of OEQC.
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