NOTICE OF RULEMAKING PURSUANT TO HRS § 183D-3(b)
ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY
February 19, 2025
DATE: March 28, 2025
TIME: 09:00 a.m.
PLACE: In person at 1151 Punchbowl St., Room 132 (Kalanimoku
Building), online via ZOOM (see https://dlnr.hawaii.gov/meetings/),
or live stream via YouTube at
https://youtube.com/c/boardoflandandnaturalresourcesdlnr,
Meeting agendas are posted at least six days before the
meeting date.
The Proposed Hawaii Administrative Rules (HAR) to be Amended under Hawaii Revised Statutes Section 183D-3(b) will increase the hunting days to expand game mammal hunting opportunities. The intent would be to provide additional recreational hunting opportunities for licensed hunters in public hunting areas and improve the management of game mammal populations in the affected forest reserves. Proposed amendment(s) are as follows:
1. HAR CHAPTER 13-123 (“RULES REGULATING GAME MAMMAL HUNTING”), HAS AMENDED EXHIBIT 1, “GAME MAMMALS TO BE TAKEN, MEANS OF TAKE, DAILY BAG LIMITS, HUNTING PERIODS, HUNTING DAYS, AND SPECIAL CONDITIONS FOR HUNTING ON THE ISLAND OF KAUAI.”, TO CHANGE OPEN HUNTING DAYS IN UNIT F FROM FOUR DAYS A WEEK AND STATE HOLIDAYS TO SEVEN DAYS A WEEK (DAILY) FOR DESIGNATED OPEN HUNTING PERIODS. SEE EXHIBITS BELOW.
Rules made under HRS section 183D-3(b) require the Board of Land and Natural Resources (Board) to find timely adoption necessary to implement effective and adaptive management measures in response to rapidly changing resource conditions. The rules(s) adopted shall be effective for up to two years, with a one-year extension subject to legislative approval and renewal by the Board.
A copy of the proposed rule(s) to be adopted, amended, or repealed will be mailed to any interested person who makes a request to the Division within thirty (30) days of posting this notice for a copy and pays the required fees for the copy and the postage. Submit written requests to dlnr.fw.outreach@hawaii.gov or via mail to Hunting Program, Division of Forestry & Wildlife, 1151 Punchbowl St. #325, Honolulu, HI 96813.
Proposed rule(s) may be reviewed at https://dlnr.hawaii.gov/dofaw/rules/ following this public notice and, upon prior arrangement, will be made available during business hours (generally 7:45 a.m. to closing at 4:30 p.m. at any state DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife Office. This notice will be mailed to all persons who have made a timely written request of the Board for advance notice of its rule-making proceedings via mail at P.O. Box 621, Honolulu Hi 96809, or via timely request to the Land Board Secretary at blnr.testimony@hawaii.gov or 808-587-0404.
Comments on the proposed rule(s) may be submitted to DOFAW before the day of the meeting at https://dlnr.hawaii.gov/dofaw/comment/ or
dlnr.fw.outreach@hawaii.gov.
Comments may also be made during the Board of Land and Natural Resources (“Board”) meeting at the time and place given above or submitted in advance to provide video testimony via blnr.testimony@hawaii.gov.
Adoption, amendment, or repeal of any rule under HRS § 183D-3(b) shall be effective for a period of no longer than two years, subject to legislative approval and renewal by the Board, provided that renewal by the Board shall extend for up to one year at a time. Each rule adopted, amended, or repealed under this authority shall become effective ten (10) days after formal action by the Board, provided that if a later effective date is specified in the rule, the later date shall be the effective date. Final rules are posted at https://dlnr.hawaii.gov/dofaw/rules/.
Done at Honolulu this 14 day of February 2025
Dawn N.S. Chang, Chairperson
Department of Land and Natural Resources
(SA/HTH/WHT/TGI1484553 2/19/25)
