Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 13 - DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Subtitle 13 - HISTORIC PRESERVATION DIVISION
Chapter 275 - RULES GOVERNING PROCEDURES FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION REVIEW FOR GOVERNMENTAL PROJECTS COVERED UNDER SECTIONS 6E-7 AND 6E-8, HRS
Section 13-275-6 - Evaluation of significance
Current through February, 2024
(a) Once a historic property is identified, then an assessment of significance shall occur. The agency shall make this assessment or delegate this assessment, in writing, to the SHPD. This information shall be submitted in the survey report, if historic properties were found through the survey.
(b) To be significant, a historic property shall possess integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association and shall meet one or more of the following criterion:
A group of sites can be collectively argued to be significant under any of the criteria.
(c) Prior to submission of significance evaluations for properties other than architectural properties, the agency shall consult with ethnic organizations or members of the ethnic group for whom some of the historic properties may have significance under criterion "e" to seek their views on the significance evaluations. For native Hawaiian properties which may have significance under criterion "e" the Office of Hawaiian Affairs also shall be consulted.
(d) Significance assessments shall be submitted to the SHPD for review. The concurrence of the SHPD is required before significance is finalized. The SHPD shall agree or disagree with the significance evaluations within forty five days of receipt of the significance evaluations.
(e) If there is an agreement that none of the historic properties are significant, then historic preservation review ends and SHPD Shall issue its written concurrence to the project in the form of a "no historic properties affected" determination. When significant historic properties are present, then impacts of the proposed action on these properties shall be assessed, and mitigation commitments shall be devised as needed.