{"id":51000,"date":"2016-10-04T13:12:07","date_gmt":"2016-10-04T23:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=51000"},"modified":"2019-02-21T15:29:48","modified_gmt":"2019-02-22T01:29:48","slug":"draft-rules-for-maunakea-lands-moving-towards-formal-public-hearing-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2016\/10\/04\/draft-rules-for-maunakea-lands-moving-towards-formal-public-hearing-process\/","title":{"rendered":"Draft rules for Maunakea lands moving towards formal public hearing process"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_51063\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51063\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/hilo-maunakea-ranger.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"388\" class=\"size-full wp-image-51063\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/hilo-maunakea-ranger.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/hilo-maunakea-ranger-260x163.jpg 260w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/hilo-maunakea-ranger-480x300.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-51063\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maunakea ranger briefing visitors on safety.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"clear-photo\">The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.malamamaunakea.org\/\">Maunakea Management Board<\/a> today recommended moving forward to public hearing with draft administrative rules to protect cultural and scientific access and strengthen stewardship of the lands on Maunakea leased and managed by the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>. The Mauna Kea Management Board, comprised of seven <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> County community members, voted on the draft at its monthly meeting in Hilo, <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>. The recommendation to go to public hearing was first considered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.malamamaunakea.org\/management\/kahu-ku-mauna\">Kahu K&#363; Mauna<\/a>, a council of community advisors from the Native Hawaiian community.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/MKMB-AdminRules-10-4-2016.docx\">Download the draft rules (<small><abbr>PDF<\/abbr><\/small>)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The recommendation to go to public hearing will next go before the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/offices\/bor\/\"><abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> Board of Regents<\/a> (BOR) and then to <a href=\"http:\/\/governor.hawaii.gov\/\">Governor David Ige&#8217;s office<\/a> for approval to proceed to public hearing. The community is strongly encouraged to participate in the public hearing process, which is designed to provide all stakeholders an opportunity to offer input on the draft rules before they are finalized and go back through the formal process for final approval. <\/p>\n<p>The draft rules were developed after multiple community meetings and open houses on <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Island, and incorporate comments from the <a href=\"http:\/\/dlnr.hawaii.gov\/\">Department of Land and Natural Resources<\/a> (DLNR). The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oha.org\/\">Office of Hawaiian Affairs<\/a> was previously consulted and has been invited to review the latest version of the draft rules. Portions of the draft rules were adapted from rules currently in place for similar lands managed by <abbr>DLNR<\/abbr>, including forest and natural area reserves. <\/p>\n<p>The development of the administrative rules is mandated by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.malamamaunakea.org\/management\/comprehensive-management-plan\">Maunakea Comprehensive Management Plan<\/a>, which was approved by the Board of Land and Natural Resources and <abbr>BOR<\/abbr> in open public sessions after substantial public review and comment and is authorized by the <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Revised Statutes. The purpose of the administrative rules is to provide for the proper use, management and protection of cultural, natural and scientific resources of the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> management areas; to promote public safety and welfare by regulating public and commercial activity within the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> management areas; and to expand current efforts to better manage additional aspects of safety and vehicle congestion to ensure safe and appropriate access to the <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> management areas for the public. <\/p>\n<p>The draft rules will be posted as soon as they are made publicly available.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_51064\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51064\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/hilo-maunakea-directions.jpg\" alt=\"Maunakea staff member talking to people in a car\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" class=\"size-full wp-image-51064\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/hilo-maunakea-directions.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/hilo-maunakea-directions-260x173.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-51064\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maunakea staff helps visitors to the park.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The recommendation to go to public hearing will next go before the Board of Regents and then to the governor&#8217;s office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,814],"tags":[659,305,1053,14,947],"class_list":["post-51000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-maunakea","tag-maunakea","tag-office-of-mauna-kea-management","tag-tmt","tag-uh-hilo","tag-uh-system","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51000"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51000\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90660,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51000\/revisions\/90660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}