Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 342B > Part III - Permit Program

• Administrator: means the administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342B-1
• Ambient air: means the general outdoor atmosphere. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342B-1
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Clean Air Act: means the federal Clean Air Act of 1963 as amended (42 United States Code § 7401 et seq. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342B-1
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Compliance plan: means a plan which includes a description of how a source proposes to comply with all applicable requirements pursuant to this chapter and includes a schedule of compliance and a schedule under which the permittee will submit progress reports to the department no less frequently than every six months. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342B-1
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• county: includes the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-22
• Covered source: means :

  (1) Any major source;

  (2) Any source subject to a standard of performance for new stationary sources as established by the director pursuant to this chapter;

  (3) Any source subject to an emissions standard for hazardous air pollutants as established by the director pursuant to this chapter;

  (4) Any source subject to the rules for the prevention of significant deterioration of air quality as established by the director pursuant to this chapter; and

  (5) Any source in a source category designated by the director. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342B-1

• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• Department: means the department of health. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342B-1
• Director: means the director of health. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342B-1
• Emission: means the act of releasing or discharging air pollutants into the ambient air from any source. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342B-1
• EPA: means the United States Environmental Protection Agency. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342B-1
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Fugitive dust: means uncontrolled emission of solid airborne particulate matter from any source other than combustion. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342B-1
• Hazardous air pollutant: means those hazardous air pollutants listed in section 112 (b) of the Clean Air Act, as amended, 42 United States Code § 7412(b), and any other hazardous air pollutant designated by rules. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342B-1
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• Owner or operator: means any person who owns, leases, operates, controls, or supervises a stationary source. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342B-1
• Permit: means written authorization from the director to construct, modify, relocate, or operate any regulated air pollutant source. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342B-1
• Permit program: means the program established pursuant to part III of this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342B-1
• Person: means any individual, firm, corporation, association, partnership, consortium, joint venture, commercial entity, state, county, commission, political subdivision of the State, or, to the extent they are subject to this chapter, the United States or any interstate body. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342B-1
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• Regulated air pollutant: means :

  (1) Nitrogen oxides or any volatile organic compound;

  (2) Any air pollutant for which a national or state ambient air quality standard has been adopted; and

  (3) Any air pollutant that is established by rule pursuant to this chapter pertaining to standards of performance for new stationary sources and emissions standards for hazardous air pollutants. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342B-1

• Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
• Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
• Source: means any property, real or personal, which emits or may emit any air pollutant. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342B-1
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.