(a) No person shall install or operate an underground storage tank or tank system brought into use after the effective date of the tank or tank system standards established in § 342L-32 unless a permit is obtained from the department and upon payment of a fee.

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 342L-31

  • Department: means the department of health. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342L-1
  • Director: means the director of health. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342L-1
  • Operator: means any person in control of, or having responsibility for, the daily operation of the underground storage tank. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342L-1
  • Owner: means :

    (1) In the case of a particular underground storage tank or tank system in use or brought into use on or after November 8, 1984, any person who owns an underground storage tank or tank system; and

    (2) In the case of a particular underground storage tank or tank system in use before November 8, 1984, but no longer in use after that date, any person who owned such a tank or tank system immediately before the discontinuation of its use. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342L-1

  • Permit: means written authorization from the director to install or operate an underground storage tank or tank system. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342L-1
  • Person: means an individual, trust, estate, firm, joint stock company, corporation (including a government corporation), partnership, association, commission, consortium, joint venture, commercial entity, the State or a county, the United States government, federal agency, interstate body, or any other legal entity. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342L-1
  • tank: means any one or combination of tanks (including pipes connected thereto) used to contain an accumulation of regulated substances, and the volume of which (including the volume of the underground pipes connected thereto) is ten per cent or more beneath the surface of the ground. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342L-1
  • tank system: means an underground storage tank, connected underground piping, underground ancillary equipment, and containment system, if any. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342L-1
(b) No permit to own or operate an underground storage tank or tank system shall be transferred to any person without prior written approval of the director.
(c) The department shall prepare a form for an application to request the director’s approval to transfer a permit of ownership or operation of an underground storage tank or tank system. A person wishing to accept the obligations of a transferred permit to own or operate an underground storage tank or tank system from the previous owner or operator shall complete an application form and submit the form to the director. The director shall review the application and issue an approval of the transfer if the applicant proves to the satisfaction of the director that the applicant is able to comply with the conditions of the permit.

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