Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 13 - DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Subtitle 13 - HISTORIC PRESERVATION DIVISION
Chapter 279 - RULES GOVERNING STANDARDS FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL MONITORING STUDIES AND REPORTS
Section 13-279-4 - Archaeological monitoring plan
Universal Citation: HI Admin Rules 13-279-4
Current through February, 2024
(a) Archaeological monitoring undertaken in response to SHPD requirements or recommendations shall be based on a written plan, which specifies:
(1) What kinds of archaeological remains or
historic properties are anticipated or require protection;
(2) Where in the project area these
properties are known to be or anticipated to be located;
(3) Needed fieldwork to protect or document
known or anticipated historic properties, which may include, but not be limited
to, profile documentation of stratigraphy, drawings, photographs, lithic
sourcing, and excavation of exposed features;
(4) A provision that the archaeologist
conducting the monitoring has been given the authority to halt ground
disturbing activities in the immediate area of a find, in order to carry-out
the plan. Project activities can shift to other areas in such a case;
(5) A coordination meeting with any
construction team and the archaeologist, so the construction team is aware of
the plan;
(6) Any laboratory work
expected to be done;
(7) Report
preparation; and
(8) Archiving of
any collections.
(b) This plan shall be reviewed and approved by the SHPD prior to the monitoring project, unless otherwise agreed to by SHPD.
(c) If monitoring is proposed in response to the inadvertent discovery of human skeletal remains, a written monitoring plan may not be required.
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