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HI Rev Stat § 339D-23 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 19. Health|339D. Electronic Waste and Television Recycling and Recovery Act|339D-23 Television manufacturer responsibility.

  §339D-23 Television manufacturer responsibility. (a) Beginning January 1, 2011, a television manufacturer shall recycle or arrange for the recycling of any covered television sold in the State.  (b) By June 1, 2010, and annually thereafter, each television manufacturer shall submit a plan to the department to establish, conduct, and manage a program for the recycling of covered televisions sold in the State, which shall be subject to the following conditions:  (1) The plan shall not permit the charging of a fee at the point of recycling if the covered television is brought by the covered television owner to a central location for recycling; provided that the plan may include a reasonable transportation fee if the television manufacturer or television manufacturer's agent removes the covered electronic device from the owner's premises at the owner's request and if the removal is not in conjunction with delivery of a new television to the owner; and  (2) Each television manufacturer may develop its own recycling program or may collaborate with other television manufacturers, so long as the program is implemented and fully operational no later than January 1, 2011.  (c) The department shall review each television manufacturer's plan and, within sixty days of receipt of the plan, determine whether the plan complies with this part. If the plan is approved, the department shall notify the television manufacturer or group of television manufacturers. If the plan is rejected, the department shall notify the television manufacturer or group of television manufacturers and provide the reasons for the plan's rejection. Within thirty days after receipt of the department's rejection, the television manufacturer or group of television manufacturers may revise and resubmit the plan to the department for approval.  (d) No later than January 31, 2012, and each year thereafter, each television manufacturer shall report to the department the total weight of covered televisions that the television manufacturer collected in the State and recycled during the previous year. [L 2009, c 183, pt of §6]
HI Rev Stat § 339D-24 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 19. Health|339D. Electronic Waste and Television Recycling and Recovery Act|339D-24 Retailer responsibility.

  §339D-24 Retailer responsibility. (a) Beginning January 1, 2011, no retailer shall sell or offer to sell any covered television in this State unless a visible, permanent label clearly identifying the manufacturer of that device is affixed to the equipment and the television manufacturer has registered with the State.  (b) Beginning January 1, 2011, retailers shall make available to their customers information on collection services for discarded televisions in the State and shall include the department's website address and toll-free telephone number. Remote retailers may include this information in a visible location on their website to fulfill this requirement.  (c) Retailers shall not be liable in any way for electronic data or other information that a consumer may have stored on a covered television that is recovered or recycled. [L 2009, c 183, pt of §6]
HI Rev Stat § 339D-25 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 19. Health|339D. Electronic Waste and Television Recycling and Recovery Act|339D-25 Television recovery system.

  §339D-25 Television recovery system. (a) The department shall use state-specific television sales data or national television sales data available from commercially available analytical sources to determine each television manufacturer's recycling responsibilities for covered televisions based upon the television manufacturer's market share. If the department uses national sales data, the department shall extrapolate data for the State from national data on the basis of the State's share of the national population. The department shall seek to establish the most accurate determination of each television manufacturer's market share and may rely on supplemental sources of information to achieve this goal.  (b) No later than March 15, 2012, and annually thereafter, the department shall notify each television manufacturer of its recycling obligation. Each television manufacturer's obligation shall be based on that television manufacturer's market share from the previous year multiplied by the total pounds of covered televisions recycled by all television manufacturers during the previous program year.  (c) The department shall develop a consumer education program about the covered television recycling program.  (d) Beginning January 1, 2011, the department shall display on its website a toll-free number and current information on covered television recycling locations. [L 2009, c 183, pt of §6]
HI Rev Stat § 339D-26 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 19. Health|339D. Electronic Waste and Television Recycling and Recovery Act|339D-26 Environmental management.

  §339D-26 Environmental management. (a) All covered televisions recovered pursuant to this part shall be recycled in a manner that complies with all applicable federal, state, and county laws and requirements.  (b) The department shall adopt by reference the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Inc.'s Electronics Recycling Operating Practices as requirements. [L 2009, c 183, pt of §6]
HI Rev Stat § 339D-27 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 19. Health|339D. Electronic Waste and Television Recycling and Recovery Act|339D-27 State procurement.

  §339D-27 State procurement. All state and county agencies that purchase or lease any covered television shall require each prospective offeror to certify compliance with this part. Failure to provide certification shall disqualify the prospective offeror. [L 2009, c 183, pt of §6]
HI Rev Stat § 339K-2 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 19. Health|339K. Northwest Interstate Compact on Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management|339K-2 Compact administrator.

  §339K-2 Compact administrator. The compact administrator, acting jointly with like officers of other party states, may promulgate rules and regulations to carry out more effectively the terms of the compact. The compact administrator shall cooperate with all departments, agencies, and officers of and in the government of this State and its subdivisions in facilitating the present administration of the compact or of any supplementary agreement or agreements entered into by this State thereunder. The compact administrator shall adopt the practices and may impose the fees authorized under article III of the compact, except that state and county law enforcement agencies and the public utilities commission shall retain their enforcement and inspection authority relating to carriers. [L 1982, c 234, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 339K-3 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 19. Health|339K. Northwest Interstate Compact on Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management|339K-3 Supplementary agreements.

  §339K-3 Supplementary agreements. The compact administrator may enter into supplementary agreements with appropriate officials of other states pursuant to the compact. In the event that the supplementary agreement requires or contemplates the use of any institution or facility of the State or requires or contemplates the provision of any service by the State, the supplementary agreement shall have no force or effect until approved by the head of the department or agency under whose jurisdiction the institution or facility is operated or whose department or agency will be charged with the rendering of such service. [L 1982, c 234, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 339K-4 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 19. Health|339K. Northwest Interstate Compact on Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management|339K-4 Payment of state obligations.

  §339K-4 Payment of state obligations. The compact administrator, subject to the approval of the comptroller, may make or arrange for any payment necessary to discharge any financial obligation imposed upon this State by the compact or by any supplementary agreement entered into thereunder. [L 1982, c 234, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 340A-1 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 19. Health|340A. Solid Waste|340A-1 Definitions.

 §340A-1 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:  "Agency" means any department, office or board or commission of the state or county government which is a part of the executive branch of that government.  "Agricultural solid waste" means the solid waste that results from the rearing of animals and the harvesting of crops.  "Collector" means any person or governmental agency which has been licensed to remove refuse in accordance with applicable ordinances and regulations.  "County" shall include each county of the State, including the city and county of Honolulu.  "Director" means the director of the department of health.  "Generator" means any person or governmental agency which generates solid waste.  "Incinerator" means an engineered combustion device specifically designed for volume reduction by controlled burning of combustible solid waste.  "Landfill" means a land area used for the disposal of solid waste.  "Operator" means any person or governmental agency which accepts solid waste for processing, disposing, or transferring at an incinerator, landfill site, resource recovery facility or transfer station.  "Owner" means any person or governmental agency which shall have title to solid waste.  "Resource recovery facility" means a facility in which solid waste is reprocessed into new products in such manner that original products lose their identity.  "Solid waste" means garbage, refuse and other discarded solid materials, including solid waste materials resulting from industrial and commercial operations, and from community activities. Solid waste does not include solid or dissolved material in domestic sewage or other substances in water sources, such as silt, dissolved or suspended solids in industrial waste effluents, dissolved materials in irrigation return flows or other water pollutants. This definition is also intended to include liquid waste materials such as waste oil, paints, and solvents.  "Source separated waste" means recyclable waste materials which are set aside at their point of generation for segregated collection and transport to specialized waste processing sites or final manufacturing markets.  "Transfer station" means a supplemental transportation facility used as an adjunct to solid waste route collection vehicles, which facility may be fixed or mobile and may include recompaction of solid waste. [L 1976, c 184, pt of §2; am L 1979, c 151, §2] Revision Note  Numeric designations deleted and definitions rearranged.
HI Rev Stat § 340A-2 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 19. Health|340A. Solid Waste|340A-2 Ownership of solid waste.

 §340A-2 Ownership of solid waste. Unless otherwise provided by county ordinance or federal regulation, the owner of solid waste shall be:  (1) The generator of the solid waste until the solid waste is collected;  (2) The collector until the solid waste is deposited with an operator;  (3) In the absence of a collector, the generator of the solid waste until the solid waste is deposited with an operator; or  (4) The operator upon acceptance of the solid waste. [L 1976, c 184, pt of §2; am L 1982, c 19, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 340A-3 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 19. Health|340A. Solid Waste|340A-3 Disposal of solid waste.

 §340A-3 Disposal of solid waste. (a) The county agency responsible for the collection and disposal of solid waste may require that all solid waste transported by the county agency, collectors, businesses or individuals be disposed of at facilities or in areas designated by the county agency if it is found to be in the best public interest; provided that agricultural solid waste and source separated waste transported for recycling purposes shall not be subject to the provisions of this section; and provided further that if regional transfer stations are designated, transportation to the stations shall be considered so as to minimize the operating costs of the collector.  The best public interest shall be found if disposal at the designated facilities or areas will:  (1) Result in reusable materials being recovered from solid waste; or  (2) Achieve the solid waste volumes necessary to meet a resource recovery facility's minimum operating requirements; or  (3) Lessen the demand for landfill sites; or  (4) Conserve natural resources.  (b) For a county that has a resource recovery facility in use or when the design for such a facility has begun, the director shall not grant a permit for other solid waste disposal activities including landfills, for a term extending beyond the planned operational date for the resource recovery facility unless the other disposal activity is to be used for one or more of the following:  (1) Disposal of ash or residue from a resource recovery facility;  (2) Disposal of solid waste which, because of its chemical or physical characteristics, is not suitable for processing at a resource recovery facility;  (3) Provide an emergency backup or overflow capacity for a resource recovery facility;  (4) Provide for solid waste disposal for those areas not served by a resource recovery facility as designated by the county agency responsible for the collection and disposal of solid waste. [L 1979, c 151, §3] Revision Note  Subsection (a) designation added.
HI Rev Stat § 340B-1 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 19. Health|340B. Wastewater Treatment Personnel|340B-1 Definitions.

  §340B-1 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:  "Association of boards of certification for operating personnel in water and wastewater utilities" means that organization which serves as an information center for certification activities, recommends minimum standards and guidelines for the classification of potable water supply and wastewater systems and facilities and for certification of operators, facilitates reciprocity between state programs, and assists authorities in establishing new certification programs and upgrading existing programs.  "Board" means the board of certification established by section 340B-4.  "Director" means the director of health.  "Operator" means any individual who operates a wastewater treatment plant, or a major segment of a wastewater treatment plant.  "Person" means any individual, partnership, firm, association, joint venture, public or private corporation, trust, estate, commission, board, public or private institution, utility, cooperative, municipality, or any other legal entity.  "Supervisor" means, where shift operation is not required, any individual who has direct responsibility for the operation of a wastewater treatment plant or who supervises operators of such a plant. Where shift operation is required, "supervisor" means any individual who has direct responsibility for active daily on-site technical and administrative supervision, and active daily on-site charge of an operating shift, or a major segment of a wastewater treatment plant.  "Wastewater treatment plant" means the various facilities used in the treatment of wastewater, including a wastewater reclamation plant, but excluding a private sewage treatment plant with actual flows greater than 2.0 million gallons per day, with a valid discharge permit issued pursuant to chapter 342, and without a record of adjudged violations of any permit conditions at any time for the life of the permit. [L 1978, c 169, pt of §2] Note  Chapter 342 referred to in text is repealed. Revision Note  Numeric designations deleted and definitions rearranged.
HI Rev Stat § 340B-2 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 19. Health|340B. Wastewater Treatment Personnel|340B-2 Classification.

  §340B-2 Classification. The board shall classify all wastewater treatment plants. Cesspool and septic tank facilities connected to an individual household shall be exempt from classification. Industrial facilities for treatment of process water from oil refineries and sugar mills shall be exempt from classification provided such waste streams contain no domestic component and further provided that they do not discharge to a municipal collection, treatment, or disposal system. Application for exemption from classification of other industrial wastewater treatment facilities may be made to the director. In classifying or exempting from classification wastewater treatment, the board shall consider the applicable provisions in chapter 38 of the department of health regulations regarding wastewater treatment facilities and any rules and regulations of the department of health pertaining to the control of underground injection of wastewater. The classification shall take due regard to size and type, character of wastewater to be treated, other physical conditions affecting such wastewater treatment plants, and the skill, knowledge and experience required of an operator. [L 1978, c 169, pt of §2]
HI Rev Stat § 340B-3 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 19. Health|340B. Wastewater Treatment Personnel|340B-3 Certification.

 §340B-3 Certification. (a) Upon board approval the director shall issue certificates entitling qualified individuals to operate wastewater treatment plants. Each certificate shall indicate the class of wastewater treatment plant for which the individual is qualified.  (b) The director shall issue a certificate to each applicant who, on June 2, 1978, holds a valid certificate issued to the applicant pursuant to the voluntary program, conducted by the Hawaii water pollution control association for certification of operators of wastewater treatment plants in this State; provided that such applicant files an application with the director.  (c) The director may issue a certificate, without requiring a qualifying examination therefor, to an applicant who is an operator satisfactorily operating a wastewater treatment plant on June 2, 1978; provided that such certificate shall be valid only for the operation of that wastewater treatment plant or a similar wastewater treatment plant. [L 1978, c 169, pt of §2; am L 1979, c 72, §1; gen ch 1985] Revision Note  "June 2, 1978" substituted for "the effective date of this chapter".
HI Rev Stat § 340B-3.5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 19. Health|340B. Wastewater Treatment Personnel|340B-3.5 Wastewater treatment certification board special fund.

  §340B-3.5 Wastewater treatment certification board special fund. (a) There is established in the state treasury a special fund to be known as the wastewater treatment certification board special fund. The following moneys collected by the board shall be deposited into the special fund:  (1) Registration fees for examinations;  (2) Renewal fees;  (3) Reciprocity fees; and  (4) Temporary certificates fees. All interest earned or accrued on moneys deposited into the special fund shall become a part of the special fund.  (b) All moneys paid into the special fund shall be expended by the board to finance its operations. [L 1999, c 238, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 340B-4 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 19. Health|340B. Wastewater Treatment Personnel|340B-4 Board of certification.

  §340B-4 Board of certification. (a) A state board of certification of nine members shall be appointed by the governor to carry out this chapter. The board shall be placed, for administrative purposes, in the department of health. The board shall consist of the following:  (1) Four individuals who shall be employed in a wastewater treatment plant either as a certified operator or certified supervisor of a wastewater treatment plant. Three of the individuals must be employed in the outer island counties; one individual from the county of Hawaii, one from the county of Kauai, and one from the county of Maui.  (2) One individual who is an active member of the Hawaii water pollution control association.  (3) One individual who is a professional engineer in private practice, preferably specializing in sanitary engineering.  (4) One individual who is a member of the engineering (environmental or sanitary) faculty of a university or college in the State.  (5) One individual from the state agency responsible for the State's water quality program.  (6) One individual from the private sector interested in the field of water pollution control.  (b) The foregoing members shall serve for four-year terms except that of the initial appointments, one shall be for one year, two shall be for two years, two shall be for three years, and four shall be for four years.  (c) The members of the board shall meet for an organizational meeting at the call of the director, within forty-five days of their appointment and thereafter at least twice a year at such time and place as may be provided by rules and regulations adopted by them. The members of the board shall annually elect one of the board members to serve as chairperson. Additional meetings may be called by the chairperson as deemed necessary. Notice of such meeting shall be given all members in writing at least ten days prior to the date of the meeting.  (d) The governor shall fill any vacancy in the board and may remove any member for cause.  (e) Board members shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. [L 1978, c 169, pt of §2]
HI Rev Stat § 340B-5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 19. Health|340B. Wastewater Treatment Personnel|340B-5 Association of certification authorities.

  §340B-5 Association of certification authorities. The board may, when taking action pursuant to sections 340B-2, 340B-3, and 340B-7 of this chapter, consider generally applicable criteria and guidelines developed by the association of boards of certification for operating personnel in water and wastewater utilities. [L 1978, c 169, pt of §2]
HI Rev Stat § 340B-6 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 19. Health|340B. Wastewater Treatment Personnel|340B-6 Certification requirement.

  §340B-6 Certification requirement. All classified wastewater treatment plants whether publicly or privately owned, used or intended for use by the public or private persons, shall at all times be under the direct supervision of an individual whose competency is certified to by the director in a classification corresponding to the classification of the wastewater treatment plant to be supervised. [L 1978, c 169, pt of §2]
HI Rev Stat § 340B-7 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 19. Health|340B. Wastewater Treatment Personnel|340B-7 Regulations.

  §340B-7 Regulations. The board shall adopt such rules and regulations as may be necessary for the administration of this chapter, and which shall include at least the following provisions:  (1) The basis for classification of wastewater treatment plants as required by section 340B-2;  (2) Criteria for the qualification of applicants for operator certification corresponding to each of the classifications referred to in paragraph (1) of this section;  (3) Procedures for examination of candidates and renewal of certificates; and  (4) Procedures for the revocation of certificates. [L 1978, c 169, pt of §2]
HI Rev Stat § 340B-8 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 19. Health|340B. Wastewater Treatment Personnel|340B-8 Prohibited acts.

  §340B-8 Prohibited acts. It shall be unlawful:  (1) For any wastewater treatment plant to be operated unless the operator is duly certified under this chapter;  (2) For any individual to perform the duties of an operator without being duly certified under this chapter. [L 1978, c 169, pt of §2]