All documents, including applications, written comments on applications, request for opinion, submittals, correspondence, information, reports, memoranda, and any other papers required or permitted to be filed with the agency, the statewide council, a subarea council, or any committee thereof, in any proceeding shall be filed at the agency' office within the time limit, if any, prescribed by statute, rule of the agency, or order of the agency.
Haw. Code R. § 11-185-9