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Lawmakers Hear Conflicting Views on Shoreline Mitigation, Emergency Erosion Bills
Summary
DLNR warned proposed Shoreline Mitigation and emergency erosion bills would shift regulatory roles and weaken protections; residents and shoreline groups urged time‑limited, regulated emergency permits to protect homes and public access amid accelerating erosion in places such as Kahana Bay.
The House Committee on Water and Land heard hours of testimony Thursday on two related bills aimed at shoreline planning and short‑term erosion relief, as residents and conservation officials disagreed over who should hold regulatory power.
Michael Kane, speaking for the Department of Land and Natural Resources, opposed HP 1846 and HP 202205, saying the bills would “reverse the roles of the Office of Planning and DLNR,” making the Office of Planning into a regulator without the rules or authority to do so and risking the prioritization of private land interests over DLNR’s public‑trust mission. Kane cautioned against embedding five‑year emergency permits into statute and said a single…
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