Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 340E > Part II - State Interim Action Levels for Contaminants in Water

• Article: means any previously owned good or chattel, including, but not limited to, precious or semiprecious metals or precious or semiprecious gems. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 486M-1
• Automated recycling kiosk: means an interactive device that is installed within a secure retail space and performs the following technological functions:
  (1)Only accepts for recycling previously owned handheld electronic cellular phone devices;
  (2)Verifies a seller's identity through a combination of technology within the kiosk and remote examination of a government-issued identification by a live representative during each transaction;
  (3)Securely stores devices accepted by the kiosk;
  (4)Records images of the seller and the devices accepted during the transaction;
  (5)Possesses computerized record-keeping and transmittal capabilities;
  (6)Electronically transmits transaction records to law enforcement within twenty-four hours from when the device was received; and
  (7)Can be remotely opened upon request by law enforcement during normal business hours. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 486M-1
• Contaminant: means any physical, chemical, biological, or radiological substance or matter in water. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 340E-1
• 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
• Dealer: means any person, firm, partnership, corporation, or other entity who engages in a business which includes the buying of previously owned [articles,] and includes any pawnbroker or secondhand dealer. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 486M-1
• Department: means the department of health. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 340E-1
• Director: means the director of health or the director's authorized agent. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 340E-1
• EPA risk assessment guidelines: means guidelines developed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency for the assessment of health risks from environmental pollutants and includes, but is not limited to, Guidelines for Estimating Exposures, Guidelines for Mutagenicity Risk Assessment, Guidelines for the Health Assessment of Suspect Developmental Toxicants, and Guidelines for the Health Risk Assessment of Chemical Mixtures. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 340E-21
• 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.
• Federal drinking water guidelines: means a proposed maximum contamination level, health advisory, or other guidance developed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency to assist a state agency in responding to a contaminant in drinking water for which no maximum contamination level (MCL) is established. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 340E-21
• Government issued identification: means :
  (1) A passport issued by the United States of America;
  (2) A [driver's] license issued pursuant to any state or District of Columbia law;
  (3) An identification card issued by any state or local government or the Bureau of Indian Affairs; or
  (4) An identification card issued by any branch of the Armed Forces of the United States of America. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 486M-1
• Guest: means a person who is registered at the hotel and to whom a bedroom is assigned. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 486K-1
• Interim action level: means a level established by the director of health for a contaminant in a public drinking water supply for which a maximum contamination level is not established by the EPA. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 340E-21
• keeper: includes any individual, firm, or corporation actually operating a hotel. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 486K-1
• 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.
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Pawnbroker: means any person, firm, partnership, corporation, or other entity who advances for interest or for or in expectation of profit, gain, or reward any sum of money upon security of any goods or chattels taken by such person by way of pawn or pledge, and includes any person subject to part V of chapter 445. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 486M-1
• Public water system: means a system which provides water for human consumption through pipes or other constructed conveyances if the system has at least fifteen service connections or regularly serves at least twenty-five individuals. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 340E-1
• Reliable analytical data: means information approved by the director as indicating the presence of a contaminant in a water sample at or above the limit of detection and developed according to generally recognized standards of good field practices and good laboratory practices for sampling and analysis of contaminants in water. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 340E-21
• Security box: means any metal or alloy box, used in a hotel for the safekeeping of any valuables, which may be securely locked with a locking mechanism that meets or exceeds Underwriters Laboratories standards and which shall be secured in a manner which precludes its removal from the room. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 486K-1
• Valuables: includes money, bank notes, bonds, precious stones, jewelry, ornaments, watches, securities, transportation tickets, photographic cameras, checks, drafts, and other negotiable instruments, business papers, documents, and other papers, and other articles of value. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 486K-1