Haw. Code R. § 11-201-2
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise specifically requires:
* "Appellant" means an applicant who appeals the non-acceptance by an agency of that person's environmental impact statement.
* "Council" means the environmental council of the State of Hawaii. Its membership shall be as provided in section 341-3, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
* "Director" means the director of environmental quality control.
* "Office" means the office of environmental quality control.
* "Party" means each person or agency specifically affected by a proceeding other than as a member of the general public. The attorney general or the attorney general's representative shall be designated as "counsel for the council" and shall be party to all proceedings governed by this chapter.
* "Petitioner" means the person or agency on whose behalf a petition is made to the council for a declaratory ruling or for the adoption, amendment, or repeal of any rule of the council.
* "Proceeding" means the council's elucidation and consideration of the relevant facts and applicable laws and its action thereupon with respect to a particular subject within its jurisdiction, initiated by a filing or submittal by petition, appeals, and applications by an interested person or agency or by a council notice or order, and shall include, but not be limited to:
1. Proceedings involving the adoption, amendment, or repeal of any rule of the council;
2. Proceedings involving declaratoryrulings; and
3. Appeals instituted at the request of an applicant, involving the non-acceptance of the applicant's environmental impact statement by the agency responsible for accepting that statement
* "Respondent" means an agency whose determination is subject to an appeal filed with the council.
Haw. Code R. § 11-201-2