The director may:

(1) Receive or initiate complaints on air pollution, hold hearings in connection with air pollution, and institute legal proceedings in the name of the State for the prevention, control, or abatement of air pollution; and

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 342B-15

  • Air pollution: means the presence in the outdoor air of substances in quantities and for durations which may endanger human health or welfare, plant or animal life, or property or which may unreasonably interfere with the comfortable enjoyment of life and property throughout the State and in such areas of the State as are affected thereby, but excludes all aspects of employer-employee relationships as to health and safety hazards. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342B-1
  • Director: means the director of health. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342B-1
(2) Appoint a master or masters to conduct investigations and hearings.