Establishment of the Honouliuli National Monument

President Obama used the Antiquities Act to establish the Honouliuli National Monument, preserving a former World War II internment camp in Hawai'i where Japanese Americans and others were unjustly detained. The 123-acre monument will be managed by the National Park Service with a management plan due within 3 years.

Federal Register Open PDF 80 FR 11069

Impact dates

Feb 24, 2018
Management plan due from Secretary of the Interior

Key directives

Establish Honouliuli National Monument on approximately 123.0 acres
Withdraw federal lands from entry, location, sale, leasing, mining, and mineral/geothermal leasing
Secretary of Interior to manage monument through National Park Service
Secretary to prepare management plan within 3 years with full public involvement
Management plan must preserve historic objects and interpret WWII internment/detention history
NPS to enter agreements for access and for research/preservation/interpretation/education
NPS to coordinate management with WWII Valor in the Pacific National Monument

Who is ordered

Secretary of the Interior · Department of the Interior

Timeline

Immediate

Monument establishment and federal land withdrawal from disposition

Near term (90d)

Initial National Park Service management assumption
Coordination with WWII Valor in the Pacific National Monument begins

Long term

Management plan due within 3 years
Ongoing preservation, research, interpretation, and education programs
Potential acquisition of non-federal lands within monument boundaries

Risks & tensions

Monument boundaries include non-federal lands; acquisition timeline uncertain
Site archaeological integrity may conflict with public access demands
Management plan requirement for 'full public involvement' could generate competing stakeholder claims
Monument designation may face local opposition to federal land control in Hawai'i