The Department of Land and Natural Resources will hold a public meeting at the Hilo State Office Building Thursday on draft rules for a new administrative system to handle civil enforcement cases when the natural resource protection rules have been violated.

The meeting starts at 5 p.m. in conference Rooms A, B, and C. This second meeting in Hilo is being held at the request of the public.

DLNR plans to amend Hawai'i Administrative Rules, Chapter 13-1 to add a new subchapter authorizing DLNR to issue citations for alleged civil resource violations, and assess an administrative penalty for each violation according to a penalty schedule.

People cited would be able to pay the fine, request mitigation or contest the citation.

For more information, visit www.hawaii.gov/dlnr/ and click on "Announcements."