{"id":164,"date":"2025-06-24T10:03:17","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T20:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dlnreng.hawaii.gov\/gfcp\/?page_id=164"},"modified":"2026-02-25T14:40:59","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T00:40:59","slug":"regulatory","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dlnreng.hawaii.gov\/gfcp\/regulatory\/","title":{"rendered":"Regulatory Guidance"},"content":{"rendered":"

The following links provide guidance, regulatory and contact information for various aspects of flood control and drainage management, and other flood-related planning. Links are provided for Federal, State, and County agencies.<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
AGENCY<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nPERMITS \/ REGULATIONS<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBuilding\/Zoning\/Grading<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nCoastal Area<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nStreams<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n404\/410<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nSpecial<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Federal<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nLegend: “R” Regulation, “P” Permit<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Commission on Water Resource Management (CWRM)<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nP<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Environmental Protection Agency: Clean Water Act<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\nR<\/span><\/a><\/td>\nR<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
United States Army Corps of Engineers: River & Harbor Act<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nP<\/a>,R<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nR<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Coastal Zone Management (CZM)<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\nP<\/a>,R<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
State<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nLegend: “R” Regulation, “P” Permit<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Flood Control & Flood Water Conservation (HRS Chapter 179)<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\nR<\/span><\/a><\/td>\nR<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
State of Hawaii Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan (2023)<\/span><\/a><\/td>\nR<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Soil and Water Conservation District Program (HRS Chapter 180)<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\nR<\/span><\/a><\/td>\nR<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
State of Hawaii Department of Health<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nP<\/span><\/a><\/td>\nP<\/a>,R<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
County<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nLegend: “R” Regulation, “P” Permit<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kauai County: Ordinance General Standards for Drainage<\/span><\/a><\/td>\nP<\/a>,R<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\nR<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
City & County of Honolulu: Rules Relating to Storm Drainage Standards<\/span><\/a><\/td>\nP<\/span><\/a><\/td>\nP<\/span><\/a><\/td>\nR<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rules for the Design of Storm Drainage Facilities in the County of Maui<\/span><\/a><\/td>\nP<\/span><\/a><\/td>\nR<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
County of Hawaii Storm Drainage Standard (1970)<\/span><\/a><\/td>\nP<\/span><\/a><\/td>\nR<\/span><\/a><\/td>\nR<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The following links provide guidance, regulatory and contact information for various aspects of flood control and drainage management, and other flood-related planning. Links are provided for Federal, State, and County agencies. AGENCY PERMITS \/ REGULATIONS Building\/Zoning\/Grading Coastal Area Streams 404\/410 Special Federal Legend: “R” Regulation, “P” Permit Commission on Water Resource Management (CWRM) P Environmental […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":110,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-164","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dlnreng.hawaii.gov\/gfcp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dlnreng.hawaii.gov\/gfcp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dlnreng.hawaii.gov\/gfcp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dlnreng.hawaii.gov\/gfcp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/110"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dlnreng.hawaii.gov\/gfcp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164"}],"version-history":[{"count":35,"href":"https:\/\/dlnreng.hawaii.gov\/gfcp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/164\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":238,"href":"https:\/\/dlnreng.hawaii.gov\/gfcp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/164\/revisions\/238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dlnreng.hawaii.gov\/gfcp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}