Hawaii Revised Statutes 342B-19 – Unpermitted releases; timely notice
Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 342B-19
- Department: means the department of health. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342B-1
- Major source: means any stationary source, or any group of stationary sources that are located on one or more contiguous properties, and are under common control, belonging to a single major industrial grouping and that emits or has the potential to emit, considering controls:
(1) Any hazardous air pollutant, except radionuclides, in the aggregate of ten tons per year or more, twenty-five tons per year or more of any combination, or such lesser quantity as the director may establish by rule;
(2) One hundred tons per year or more of any regulated air pollutant, including fugitive emissions of any such regulated air pollutant as the director may establish by rule; and
(3) For radionuclides, "major source" shall have the meaning specified by the director by rule. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342B-1
- Owner or operator: means any person who owns, leases, operates, controls, or supervises a stationary source. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342B-1
The department shall review the reports submitted by every owner or operator of a geothermal facility, or major source within Campbell Industrial Park or Kahe Valley, of their unpermitted releases to determine whether the release may have an adverse impact on human health. The department shall notify the neighborhood boards or community associations, or both, of the adjacent communities of unpermitted releases which may have an adverse impact on human health as soon as circumstances warrant.