Haw. Code R. § 13-279-4

Current through September, 2024
Section 13-279-4 - Archaeological monitoring plan
(a) Archaeological monitoring undertaken in response to SHPD requirements or recommendations shall be based on a written plan, which specifies:
(1) What kinds of archaeological remains or historic properties are anticipated or require protection;
(2) Where in the project area these properties are known to be or anticipated to be located;
(3) Needed fieldwork to protect or document known or anticipated historic properties, which may include, but not be limited to, profile documentation of stratigraphy, drawings, photographs, lithic sourcing, and excavation of exposed features;
(4) A provision that the archaeologist conducting the monitoring has been given the authority to halt ground disturbing activities in the immediate area of a find, in order to carry-out the plan. Project activities can shift to other areas in such a case;
(5) A coordination meeting with any construction team and the archaeologist, so the construction team is aware of the plan;
(6) Any laboratory work expected to be done;
(7) Report preparation; and
(8) Archiving of any collections.
(b) This plan shall be reviewed and approved by the SHPD prior to the monitoring project, unless otherwise agreed to by SHPD.
(c) If monitoring is proposed in response to the inadvertent discovery of human skeletal remains, a written monitoring plan may not be required.

Haw. Code R. § 13-279-4

[Eff DEC 11 2003] (Auth: HRS § 6E-3) (Imp: HRS §§ 6E-3, 6E-7, 6E-8, 6E-42)