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Ex. AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-005 Context (guidance or announcement) Primary source read

News Release NR20-037, 'All Commercial Ocean & Trail Tours and All Hawaii State Parks Now Closed'

03/20/20 - All Commercial Ocean & Trail Tours and All Hawaii State Parks Now Closed

DLNR (Chair Suzanne Case); Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation; Division of Forestry and Wildlife; Division of State Parks · Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources (State agency; Divisions of State Parks, Boating and Ocean Recreation, Forestry and Wildlife) (State)

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Jurisdiction
Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources (State agency; Divisions of State Parks, Boating and Ocean Recreation, Forestry and Wildlife) · Hawaii
Level
State
Authority
Governor Ige's Supplementary Proclamation of Mar. 16, 2020 (Ex. HI-002) under HRS ch. 127A; HRS ch. 184 (State parks) and ch. 200 (ocean recreation and small boat harbors; commercial use permits) (pins to be verified)
Issued
2020-03-20 Mar. 20, 2020
Effective
2020-03-20 (many State parks closed from Mar. 16, 2020) (read as 2020-03-20)
In force
Mar. 20, 2020 to June 29, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Business closureGathering capTravel and quarantine
Addressees
  • all commercial ocean recreation operator permit holders
  • all commercial trail tour operators on State lands
  • the public (all State parks)
Functions reached
  • CB customer base (all park and tour patrons)
  • TV travel and tourism (every commercial ocean, snorkel, dive, kayak and trail tour halted)
  • AM amenities
  • GS group sales (tour operators)
  • GATH commercial group tours
Character
context
Collection
State agriculture, parks and wildlife agencies AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE

Operative words

the DLNR Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation (DOBOR) has suspended all commercial operator permits until further notice. The suspension is consistent with Governor Ige's supplemental emergency proclamation... The DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DOFAW) has closed all commercial tours on State [forest reserve lands and trails]... Many state parks were closed four days ago, but the DLNR Division of State Parks announced this [morning the closure of all State parks].

Enforcement

Permit suspension (revocation exposure for permittees); DOCARE citations for entering closed parks ('violators are subject to [citation]'); HRS ch. 127A penalties for violating emergency proclamations

Notes

Reaches the whole Hawaii tour-operator industry (ocean recreation, trail tours) and the concessions and shuttle services at Diamond Head and other parks.

Retrieval note

Bracketed words summarize text between quoted fragments; the release is the agency's own notice of the permit suspension and closures.

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