OPSD Cumulative Effects/Impact Assessment Guidance in SMA Permitting

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impact, and then made a statement of no adverse cumulative effects/impacts for their proposed projects. EA/EIS review crosses jurisdictional bounds, and studies all environmental effects/impacts associated with the action. If an EA or EIS serves as a supporting document for a SMA use permit application, the OPSD suggests that the subject EA or EIS specifically include cumulative effects/impacts assessment on the coastal resources/environment under HRS Chapter 205A, and discuss site -specific mitigation measures in design, construction, and operation to mitigate any adverse cumulative effects/impacts from a proposed development. 7. Recommendation This guidance is for the counties to consider potential cumulative effects/impacts from a proposed action which may or may not be "development" as defined in HRS §205A-22. To ensure and/or defend a consideration of cumulative effects/impacts in SMA permitting, the OPSD recommends that a SMA use assessment provide: 1. A checklist about the incremental impacts on coastal resources/environment resulting from a proposed action under the SMA criteria as illustrated in Table 1 provided by this guidance. Counties are encouraged to develop their own implementation policies and tools to further standardize cumulative effects/impacts assessment in SMA permitting. 2. A location map of past, present, and reasonably foreseeable future actions that have been identified under appropriate and feasible spatial and temporal parameters for the purpose of cumulative effects/impacts assessment. Within a spatial and temporal scopes, the location map should also include all repeated repairs and component actions that are phases or increments of a larger action. References Update to the Regulations Implementing the Procedural Provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act. Council on Environmental Quality. Final rule. Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 137 / Thursday, July 16, 2020 / Rules and Regulations, available at info.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-07-16/pdf/2020-15179.pdf Considering Cumulative Effects under the National Environmental Policy Act, Council on Environmental Quality, January 1997 Guidance for Preparers of Cumulative Impact Analysis — Approach and Guidance, Environmental Management Office, California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), June 30, 2005 Stormwater Impact Assessments: connecting primary, mary, secondary and cumulative impacts to Hawaii's Environmental Review process, Hawaii Coastal Zone Management Program, May 2013 Hawaii Environmental Policy Act Citizen's Guide, State of Hawaii Office of Environmental Quality Control, October 2014 11