Hawaiʻi land basics
Due-diligence glossary
A KILO parcel read crosses six regulatory domains, and each one comes with its own shorthand — §6E, AIS, SMA, HEER. Here's what every term in a read means, in plain language, tied to the statute or agency it comes from. These are the same definitions you can hover in the report itself.
Cultural & historic preservation
§6E
Historic Preservation Law (HRS Chapter 6E)
Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes Chapter 6E — the state historic-preservation law. It routes development through SHPD review and, where warranted, an Archaeological Inventory Survey before ground disturbance.
AIS
Archaeological Inventory Survey
Archaeological Inventory Survey — the licensed site-identification study §6E review can require before ground disturbance: archival research and pedestrian survey first, test excavation only where a feature's age or function stays ambiguous (HAR §13-276 sets the fieldwork standards). Each site found gets a significance assessment and a treatment recommendation, which remain preliminary until SHPD concurs.
SHPD
State Historic Preservation Division
State Historic Preservation Division (within Hawaiʻi DLNR) — the agency that reviews development for effects on historic and cultural properties.
NRHP
National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places — the federal list of historically significant properties.
Land use & zoning
by-right
By-Right Development
Allowed outright under the zoning — no discretionary permit or public hearing required.
CDUP
Conservation District Use Permit
Conservation District Use Permit — the Land Board (BLNR) approval required to develop in the State Conservation District.
Coastal & shoreline
§205A
Coastal Zone Management Law (HRS Chapter 205A)
HRS Chapter 205A — Hawaiʻi's Coastal Zone Management law, which establishes the Special Management Area (SMA) permit.
SMA
Special Management Area
Special Management Area — the coastal zone where development requires a county SMA Use Permit (HRS 205A).
Hazards & environment
NFHL
National Flood Hazard Layer
National Flood Hazard Layer — FEMA's official flood-zone mapping.
HEER
Hazard Evaluation & Emergency Response
Hazard Evaluation and Emergency Response (Hawaiʻi Dept. of Health) — the state contamination-site program; a nearby HEER site usually warrants a Phase I ESA.
Wetlands & water
NWI
National Wetlands Inventory
National Wetlands Inventory — the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service's national mapping of wetland and deepwater habitats.
Clean Water Act — the federal law governing discharges to U.S. waters and protecting wetlands; its §404 and §401 drive most wetland and stream permitting.
§404
Clean Water Act §404 (Dredge-and-Fill)
Clean Water Act Section 404 — requires a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers permit to discharge dredged or fill material into wetlands and other waters of the United States.
§401
Clean Water Act §401 (Water Quality Certification)
Clean Water Act Section 401 — the state water-quality certification a project must obtain before a federal permit (such as a §404) can issue.
USACE
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers — the federal agency that issues Clean Water Act §404 wetland-fill and Rivers and Harbors Act §10 navigable-waters permits.
Species & habitat
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act (federal)
The federal law protecting listed species and their designated critical habitat. A project with a federal nexus triggers §7 consultation with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service; otherwise a §10 incidental-take permit may be required.
USFWS
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service — the federal agency that designates Endangered Species Act critical habitat and maps the National Wetlands Inventory.
Infrastructure & utilities
OSDS
Onsite Sewage Disposal System
Onsite Sewage Disposal System — a cesspool or septic system. Act 125 mandates converting all Hawaiʻi cesspools by 2050.
GHI
Global Horizontal Irradiance
Global Horizontal Irradiance — the total solar energy reaching a horizontal surface; the standard measure of a site's solar resource.
Statute & rule reference
The rules behind the read.
Deeper reference pages on the specific Hawaiʻi statutes, rules, and citations a parcel read surfaces — each explained in plain language and tied to its agency of record.
Cultural & historic preservation
Environmental review & hazards
See it in context
These terms live in the read.
Every one of these shows up — with the same plain-language gloss on hover — inside a KILO parcel report, next to the finding that triggered it. The glossary is the reference; the read is where it earns its keep.
Definitions are tied to the bodies of record: the State Historic Preservation Division (DLNR) for §6E / AIS / NRHP, the Hawaiʻi Coastal Zone Management Program for §205A / SMA, FEMA for the NFHL, and the Hawaiʻi Department of Health for HEER and onsite-wastewater rules. KILO is a pre-development screening tool, not a system of record — confirm any determination with the agency of jurisdiction.