-NOTICE of Public Hearing-

-STATE WATER RESOURCE PROTECTION PLAN UPDATE-

Public hearings will be held by the State Commission on Water Resource Management (CWRM) to receive testimony on proposed revisions to the Hawaii Water Plan, Water Resource Protection Plan, as mandated by the State Water Code, Chapter 174C, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

All public hearings will be held at 6:00 p.m. on the following dates, at the locations given below:

December 7, 2007 (Fri.) Lihue Civic Center, Meeting Rooms 2A and 2B
4444 Rice Street, Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii 96766

December 10, 2007 (Mon.) Maui High School Cafeteria
660 South Lono Avenue, Kahului, Hawaii 96732

December 11, 2007 (Tue.) Kulana Oiwi Complex Conference Room
600 Maunaloa Hwy, Kaunakakai, Hawaii 96748

December 12, 2007 (Wed.) Lanai High and Elementary School Cafeteria
555 Fraser Avenue, Lanai City, Hawaii 96763

December 13, 2007 (Thurs.) Waiakea High School Cafeteria
155 W. Kawili Street, Hilo, Hawaii 96720

December 14, 2007 (Fri.) Kealakehe High School Cafeteria
74-5000 Puohulihuli Street, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii 96740

December 17, 2007 (Mon.) Kalanimoku Building Conference Room 132
1151 Punchbowl Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813

A public review draft of the Water Resource Protection Plan will be available online after October 1, 2007 on the CWRM website: http://www.hawaii.gov/dlnr/cwrm/. The public review draft may also be reviewed after October 1, 2007 at the CWRM office at the Kalanimoku Building, Room 227, 1151 Punchbowl Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 or at the following locations:

All Hawaii State Public Library System Libraries
University of Hawaii (UH) at Manoa, Hamilton Library
UH Hilo Library
Maui Community College Library
Kauai Community College Library
State Legislative Reference Bureau
State Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism Library
City and County of Honolulu, Department of Customer Services Library

All interested persons are urged to attend the hearings and submit comments, orally or in writing. The CWRM will continue to accept written testimony until January 11, 2008. Testimony should be mailed to the Commission on Water Resource Management, State Department of Land and Natural Resources, PO Box 621, Honolulu, Hawaii 96809.

Also, disabled individuals planning to attend the public hearing are asked to contact the CWRM (at the above address or phone 808-587-0214) at least three days in advance of the public hearing to indicate if they have special needs that require accommodation.
State of Hawaii
COMMISSION ON WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

LAURA H. THIELEN, Chairperson
(SB03512187 9/7/07) KEN C. KAWAHARA, Deputy Director