As used in this chapter unless the context requires otherwise:
"Historic preservation review process" means the process specified in chapters 13-275 and 13-284, used to comply with sections 6E-7, 6E-8 and 6E-42, HRS.
"Person" means any individual, firm, association, agency, organization, partnership, estate, trust, corporation, company, or governmental unit that is proposing a project.
"Principal investigator" means the individual directly responsible and accountable for assuring the quality of all aspects of an historic preservation project, and the accuracy and completeness of its written documentation.
"Project" means any activity directly undertaken by the state or its political subdivisions or supported in whole or in part through appropriations, contracts, grants, subsidies, loans, or other forms of funding assistance from the state or its political subdivisions or involving any lease, permit, license, certificate, land use change, or other entitlement for use issued by the state or its political subdivisions.
"State historic preservation division" or "SHPD" means the state historic preservation division within the state department of land and natural resources.
Haw. Code R. § 13-281-2