(a) For each site at which a requesting party chooses to conduct a voluntary response action, an application and $1,000 nonrefundable processing fee shall be submitted. In the case of a requesting party that is a public or nonprofit agency, the director may reduce or waive this fee if the director deems it to be in the public interest.
Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 128D-34
Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
Facility: means any building, structure, installation, equipment, pipe or pipeline (including any pipe into a sewer or publicly owned treatment works), well, pit, pond, lagoon, impoundment, ditch, landfill, storage container, motor vehicle, rolling stock, or aircraft, or any site or area where a hazardous substance or pollutant or contaminant has been deposited, stored, disposed of, or placed, or otherwise comes to be located; but does not include any consumer product in consumer use. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 128D-1
Requesting party: means the person or persons submitting an application to conduct a voluntary response action. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 128D-32
response: means remove, removal, remedy, or remedial action; and all such terms include government enforcement activities related thereto. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 128D-1
Voluntary response action: means a response conducted voluntarily by a requesting party. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 128D-32
(b) The department shall review each application in a timely manner and approve or deny the application based upon the requirements in this section and sections 128D-33 and [128D-35].(c) Each application shall include but not be limited to the following information:
(1) The requesting party’s name, mailing address, telephone number, facsimile number, if applicable, or electronic mail address;(2) The property owners’ names, mailing addresses, telephone numbers, facsimile numbers, if applicable, or electronic mail addresses;(3) The property location, mailing address, street or physical location address, latitude and longitude, tax map key numbers, and telephone number for the requesting party;(4) A brief description of the site, its operational history, and any known or suspected contamination;(5) A listing of any permits obtained by any facility on the property;(6) A description of the intended scope of work;(7) A description of any civil, criminal, or administrative actions relative to the environmental matters of the subject property;(8) A written consent by the property owner supporting the proposed voluntary response action including any restrictions of property rights; and(9) The signature of the requesting party.(d) The requesting party shall provide the department with any and all reports and data pertaining to environmental investigations or response actions on the subject property.(e) Within sixty days after initial approval of the application, the requesting party and the department shall negotiate an agreement for conducting the voluntary response action. The agreement shall contain guarantees of completion, such as letters of credit, personal guarantees, insurance, or similar measures of guarantee. If, after sixty days, an agreement cannot be negotiated in good faith, the department may deny the application.(f) The department’s decision on an application shall be final, with no right of appeal.
