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Hawaii County Scenic Resources Inventory and Mapping Project <br /> <br />generated from proposed activities, establishes when a visual <br />assessment may be necessary, explains the components of a <br />visual assessment when required, and describes avoidance, <br />mitigation, and offset measures that may eliminate or reduce <br />unreasonable adverse impacts to existing scenic and aesthetic <br />uses. <br /> <br />Implementation <br /> <br />Chapter 35 applies <br />wetland, fragile mountain area, river, stream, or brook, as defined in the M.S.R.A § 480- <br />B of the Natural Resources Protection Act, that requires an individual permit or is <br /> <br />The Chapter requires that the Department determine the following when an activity is <br />proposed: <br /> Presence of a scenic resource listed in Section 10 of the NRPA; <br /> Significance of the scenic resource; <br /> Character of the surrounding environment; <br /> Expectations of the current viewer; <br /> Extent and intransience of the activity; <br /> Project purpose; and <br /> Context of the proposed activity. <br />The Department is instructed that <br />appreciation of a scenic resource, or those that otherwise unreasonably impair the <br />character or <br />assessment is based on the following: <br /> Landscape compatibility. <br />and texture of the environment by whether it differs significantly from its <br />existing surroundings; <br /> Scale contrast. <br />viewshed of a scenic resource; and <br /> <br />Scenic Resource Protection Programs and Strategies Page | 19 <br /> <br /> <br />