Honu'apo Park Resource Management Plan

3.6 State Historic Preservation
Related Laws and Regulations
• HRS Chapters 6E and 226-12
• HAR 13-13-275, 13-13-300 and 13-13-264
Honuÿapo Park Final Resources Management Plan
None of the archaeological sites found on the property are listed on the State or
National Registers of Historic Places or are designated as historic landmarks.
However, several sites, including burial sites, were determined to be ‘significant’
archaeological findings and were recommended for preservation in the 2004 and
2009 inventory surveys conducted at the Honuÿapo Park property.
The State Historic Preservation Division (SHPD) of the Department of Land and
Natural Resources (DLNR) is the State agency empowered to review State and
County projects that may affect historic sites and structures, including any structure
over fifty years old. State and County projects that might affect historic resources
may not start without written consent of the SHPD. In the event that significant
archaeological sites or historic structures exist, a determination of the impact of the
proposed development should be carried out by the applicant (State or County
agency proposing the development). If the project will have an impact on the
significant archaeological sites, the applicant must submit a Mitigation
Commitment with a detailed mitigation plan to the SHPD for their review. The
detailed mitigation plan includes, but is not limited to, a preservation plan, a
historic data recovery plan, and an ethnographic documentation plan.
Additionally, SHPD is also responsible for the management of burial sites over 50
years old. Five Island Burial Councils are administratively attached to SHPD to
address concerns relating to Native Hawaiian burial sites. Anyone wishing to
relocate or preserve in place any previously identified Hawaiian burials over 50
years old must submit a request in the form of a Burial Treatment Plan and obtain
the approval of the appropriate Island Burial Council.
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