Hawaii Revised Statutes Division 1. Government § 343-6

(1) Prescribe the procedures whereby a group of proposed actions may be treated by a single environmental assessment or statement;

(2) Establish procedures whereby specific types of actions, because they will probably have minimal or no significant effects on the environment, are declared exempt from the preparation of an environmental assessment;

(3) Prescribe procedures for the preparation of an environmental assessment;

(4) Prescribe the contents of an environmental assessment;

(5) Prescribe procedures for informing the public of determinations that a statement is either required or not required, for informing the public of the availability of draft environmental impact statements for review and comments, and for informing the public of the acceptance or nonacceptance of the final environmental statement;

(6) Prescribe the contents of an environmental impact statement;

(7) Prescribe procedures for the submission, distribution, review, acceptance or nonacceptance, and withdrawal of an environmental impact statement; and

(8) Establish criteria to determine whether an environmental impact statement is acceptable or not.