HRS §141-58
State must prepare environmental reports for aquaculture
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗The state's department must create programmatic environmental impact reports for commercial aquaculture in coastal and inland Hawaii, but only if the legislature gives money and the aquaculture industry provides matching funds. Matching funds can include money the industry already spent before January 1, 2022, on such reports.
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The statute, as written — Programmatic environmental impact reports
A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
(a) The department shall prepare programmatic environmental impact reports for existing and potential commercial aquaculture operations in both coastal and inland areas of the State if both of the following conditions are met: (1) Funds are appropriated to the department for this purpose; and (2) Matching funds are provided by the aquaculture industry. (b) For purposes of this section, "matching funds" includes but is not limited to any funds expended by the aquaculture industry before January 1, 2022, for the preparation of a programmatic environmental impact report.
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