State boards · The Environmental Notice · June 23, 2026

Adaptation Pathways: Seawall Removal and Dune Restoration – Final EA (FONSI)

Environmental review · Maui · Maui - multiple districts

Tax map key, as printed

(2) 3:8:014:004 (2) 3:8:014:005

Agency, as printed

County of Maui; Planning Department

Applicant, as printed

Kanai A Nalu Condominium AOAO; Kanai A Nalu AOAO 250 Hauoli Street, Wailuku, HI 96793

Permits, as printed

Special Management Area Approval, Shoreline Setback Variance, Flood Development Permit, Grading Permit; Shoreline Setback Variance

Status, as printed

Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) determination

Area

No tax map key: on no area page.

The state's document

The Environmental Notice, June 23, 2026 (PDF)

Kanai A Nalu and the County of Maui have agreed to a series of actions to adapt to sea level rise, to restore more natural movement of the shoreline, and to re-establish native plants on the shoreline. As a first step in establishing an adaptation pathway for Kanai A Nalu, the condominium is proposing installation of a geotextile, sand-filled burrito moved back from the shoreline toward the condominium buildings. This soft structure will allow the condominium to negotiate a permit with the State of Hawaii Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands for the removal of the existing seawalls, restoring an unarmored shoreline. Kanai A Nalu also proposes a wooden ramp to allow for safe passage by the public to the beach. And lastly, restoration of native plants along the unarmored shoreline.

Basis. Read from the issue's PDF by script (pipeline/fetch_environmental_notice.py), published by the State of Hawaiʻi Office of Planning and Sustainable Development; first on the record Sept. 19, 2026. Wording is the notice's; contact names, telephone numbers and email addresses are not carried. Corrections: the corrections log.