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HI HR132

Resolution

Status

Introduced

3/10/2017

Primary Sponsor

Kaniela Ing

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Origin

House of Representatives

2017 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Department of Land and Natural Resources urged to adopt policies prohibiting shoreline hardening structures unless specific conditions are met
  • Variance approval requires public hearing and demonstration that structure is necessary to protect existing legal objects, structures, or activities from seawater inundation or shoreline erosion with no reasonable alternative locations
  • Authority must consider factors including: feasibility and cost of relocation, likelihood and severity of damage without structure, availability of alternative protection methods, impact on cultural and historical resources and Native Hawaiian practices, and diminution of public lateral shoreline access
  • Resolution addresses concern that approximately 25 percent of Oahu's beaches and many miles of Maui shoreline have been permanently lost due to shoreline hardening structures
  • Certified copies of resolution to be transmitted to Chair of Board of Land and Natural Resources and Chair of Board of Trustees of Office of Hawaiian Affairs

Legislative Description

Urging The Department Of Land And Natural Resources To Adopt Policies Prohibiting The Installation Of Shoreline Hardening Structures Unless Certain Conditions Are Met.

Coastal Zone Management

Last Action

This measure has been deleted from the meeting scheduled on Tuesday 03-21-17 10:00AM in conference room 312.

3/17/2017

Committee Referrals

Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs3/14/2017

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