HAR §15-36-14. Permit plan timeline

(a) Each appropriate state and county agency shall diligently endeavor to process and approve or deny any permit in the permit plan no later than twelve months after a completed permit plan application is approved by the coordinator. If a permit is not approved or denied within twelve months after approval of a completed permit plan application, the permitting agency shall provide the coordinator with a report identifying diligent measures that are being taken by the agency to complete processing and action as soon as practicable. The report shall include the following: (1) The name of the applicant; (2) A description of the project proposed by the applicant; (3) A desc~iption of the permit or approval being sought by the applicant, and the legal authority of the permitting agency in issuing the permit or approval; (4) A chronology of the diligent measures that have been taken by the agency in reviewing and processing the application from the submittal of the application to the current status of the permit application; (5) A discussion of the facts, procedures, and circumstances that describe the reasons why 36-13 §15-36-14 the application has not been approved or denied within twelve months from the coordinator's acceptance of the permit plan application; and (6) A timetable describing the diligent measures that will be taken by the agency to provide the agency's approval or denial of the permit application within eighteen months from the coordinator's acceptance of the permit plan application. (b) Notwithstanding whether a state or county permitting agency has provided a report to the coordinator that meets the requirements of section (a), if a permit has not been approved or denied within eighteen months following the approval of a completed permit plan application by the coordinator, the permit shall be deemed approved. [Eff. J!Jl O 12010 ] (Auth: HRS §201N-12) (Imp: HRS §201N-4)