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ACT 16
<br /> (C) Assert and articulate the interests of the State as a partner with
<br /> federal agencies in the sound management of ocean resources
<br /> within the United States exclusive economic zone;
<br /> (D) Promote research, study, and understanding of ocean and
<br /> coastal processes, impacts of climate change and sea level rise,
<br /> marine life, and other ocean resources to acquire and inven-
<br /> tory information necessary to understand how [ ] coastal
<br /> development activities relate to and impact [ ] ocean and
<br /> coastal resources; and
<br /> (E) Encourage research and development of new, innovative tech-
<br /> nologies for exploring, using, or protecting marine and coastal
<br /> resources."
<br /> SECTION 4. Section 205A-22, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended as
<br /> follows:
<br /> 1. By amending the definition of "department"to read:
<br /> ""Department" means the planning department [in] of the counties of
<br /> Kauai, Maui, and Hawaii and the department of planning and permitting [in]
<br /> of the city and county of Honolulu, or other appropriate agency as designated
<br /> by the county councils."
<br /> 2. By amending the definition of "development" to read:
<br /> ""Development"means any of the uses, activities, or operations on land
<br /> or in or under water within a special management area that are included below:
<br /> (1) Placement or erection of any solid material or any gaseous, liquid,
<br /> solid, or thermal waste;
<br /> (2) Grading,removing,dredging,mining,or extraction of any materials;
<br /> (3) Change in the density or intensity of use of land, including but not
<br /> limited to the division or subdivision of land;
<br /> (4) Change in the intensity of use of water, ecology related thereto, or
<br /> of access thereto; and
<br /> (5) Construction, reconstruction, [aem�] or alteration of the size
<br /> of any structure.
<br /> "Development" does not include the following:
<br /> (1) Construction or reconstruction of a single-family residence that is
<br /> less than seven thousand five hundred square feet of floor area, is
<br /> not situated on a shoreline parcel or a parcel that is impacted by
<br /> waves, storm surges, gh tide, or shoreline erosion, and is not part
<br /> of a larger development;
<br /> (2) Repair or maintenance of roads and highways within existing
<br /> rights-of-way;
<br /> (3) Routine maintenance dredging of existing streams, channels, and
<br /> drainage ways;
<br /> (4) Repair and maintenance of underground utility lines, including but
<br /> not limited to water, sewer, power, and telephone and minor ap-
<br /> purtenant structures such as pad mounted transformers and sewer
<br /> pump stations;
<br /> (5) Zoning variances, except for height, density, parking, and shoreline
<br /> setback;
<br /> (6) Repair, maintenance, or interior alterations to existing structures;
<br /> (7) Demolition or removal of structures,except those structures located
<br /> on any historic site as designated in national or state registers;
<br /> (8) Use of any land for the purpose of cultivating, planting, growing,
<br /> and harvesting plants, crops, trees, and other agricultural, horticul-
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