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Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 61 - MANDATORY CERTIFICATION OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT PERSONNEL IN WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS › Section 11-61-8 - Penalties and remedies

Current through June, 2024
Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall
				  be subject to the penalties and remedies provided under sections
				  340B-9,
				  340B-10, and
				  603-23,
				  HRS.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 61 - MANDATORY CERTIFICATION OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT PERSONNEL IN WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS › Section 11-61-9 - Severability

Current through June, 2024
If any provision of this chapter or the application to any
				  person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other
				  provisions or application of this chapter which can be given effect without
				  regard to the invalid provision or application."
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 62 - WASTEWATER SYSTEMS › Subchapter 1 - PROHIBITIONS AND GENERAL REQUIREMENTS › Section 11-62-01 - Preamble

Current through June, 2024
The department of health seeks to ensure that the use and
					 disposal of wastewater and wastewater sludge does not contaminate or pollute
					 any valuable water resource, does not give rise to public nuisance, and does
					 not become a hazard or potential hazard to the public health, safety, and
					 welfare.
The department of health seeks to migrate towards an
					 ultimate goal of regional sewage collection, treatment and disposal systems
					 that are consistent with state and county wastewater planning policies.
					 Off-site treatment and disposal systems, followed in priority by on-site
					 systems, meeting health and environmental standards will be allowed whenever
					 they are consistent with state and county wastewater planning policies and on
					 the premise that these systems will eventually connect to regional sewage
					 systems. Individual wastewater systems may be utilized in remote areas and in
					 areas of low population density. Hawaii is long overdue in eliminating
					 construction of wastewater disposal systems depositing untreated sewage into
					 the environment, such as cesspools. Indeed, the department stated in its prior
					 rules back in the 1990's, with the agreement of all counties' wastewater
					 advisory committees, that installation of new cesspools should end after the
					 year 2000.
The department of health seeks to work in close partnership
					 with the counties to manage wastewater to prevent pollution and harm to public
					 health, safety and welfare. Each county may participate in the implementation
					 of these rules through the recommendations of a county wastewater advisory
					 committee to the director.
The department of health seeks to advance the use of
					 recycled water and wastewater sludge consistent with public health and safety
					 and environmental quality. The state department of health acknowledges that
					 when properly treated and used, all recycled water and wastewater sludge are
					 valuable resources with environmental and economic benefits and can be used to
					 conserve the State's precious resources. The director acknowledges that the
					 most highly treated recycled water and exceptional quality wastewater sludge
					 can be used for a wide variety of applications with the appropriate
					 restrictions and when best management practices and other requirements of this
					 chapter are met.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 62 - WASTEWATER SYSTEMS › Subchapter 1 - PROHIBITIONS AND GENERAL REQUIREMENTS › Section 11-62-02 - Purpose and applicability

Current through June, 2024
(a) This chapter
				  seeks to ensure that the use and disposal of wastewater and wastewater sludge
				  from wastewater systems:
(1) Do not
				  contaminate or pollute any drinking water or potential drinking water supply,
				  or the waters of any beaches, shores, ponds, lakes, streams, groundwater, or
				  shellfish growing waters;
(2) Do
				  not encourage the harborage of insects, rodents, or other possible
				  vectors;
(3) Do not give rise to
				  nuisances;
(4) Do not become a
				  hazard or a potential hazard to public health, safety and welfare;
(5) Contribute to the achievement of
				  wastewater management goals contained in approved county water quality
				  management plans;
(6) Reinforce
				  state and county planning policies; and
(7) Are consistent with the State's
				  administration of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination
				  System.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 62 - WASTEWATER SYSTEMS › Subchapter 1 - PROHIBITIONS AND GENERAL REQUIREMENTS › Section 11-62-04 - County wastewater advisory committee

Current through June, 2024
(a) The mayor of
				  each county may request that the director form a county wastewater advisory
				  committee ("committee"), and the mayor may nominate its members, who may
				  include representatives of the county water supply, public works, planning, and
				  land utilization departments, labor, industry, environmental groups, and other
				  interested people. The chief of the environmental management division on Oahu
				  and the district environmental health program chiefs on the neighbor islands
				  shall serve as ex officio members of their respective county committees. The
				  department shall provide technical and support services for the
				  committee.
(b) The primary role of
				  the committee is to review and make recommendations to the director on the
				  application of this chapter on matters which are unique to each county, on the
				  establishment of critical wastewater disposal areas, on proposals which are not
				  specifically addressed in these rules, and upon the director's request, for
				  applications for variances. The committee's recommendations shall seek to
				  advance the purposes of this chapter.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 62 - WASTEWATER SYSTEMS › Subchapter 1 - PROHIBITIONS AND GENERAL REQUIREMENTS › Section 11-62-05 - Critical wastewater disposal areas (CWDA)

Current through June, 2024
(a) All
				  areas of the State are critical wastewater disposal areas.
(b) The director may impose more stringent
				  requirements than those specified in this chapter for wastewater systems
				  located or proposed to be located within areas that require additional
				  protection. Requirements that the director may impose include, but are not
				  limited to, meeting higher effluent standards for wastewater systems, limiting
				  the method of effluent disposal, and requiring flow restriction devices on
				  water fixtures.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 62 - WASTEWATER SYSTEMS › Subchapter 1 - PROHIBITIONS AND GENERAL REQUIREMENTS › Section 11-62-07.1 - Requirements for non-domestic wastewater

Current through June, 2024
(a) The director
				  will review the use and disposal of non-domestic wastewater on a case-by-case
				  basis.
(b) Non-domestic wastewater
				  includes, but is not limited to:
(1)
				  Wastewater from agricultural, commercial, or industrial activities or
				  operations;
(2) Solids,
				  semi-solids, or liquids removed from the non-domestic wastewater;
(3) Wastewater that contains a mix of both
				  domestic and non-domestic wastewater; or
(4) Solids, semi-solids, or liquids removed
				  from wastewater that contains a mix of both domestic and non-domestic
				  wastewater.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 62 - WASTEWATER SYSTEMS › Subchapter 1 - PROHIBITIONS AND GENERAL REQUIREMENTS › Section 11-62-08 - Other requirements for wastewater systems

Current through June, 2024
(a) Purpose.
(1) It is the purpose of this section and
				  subchapters
				  2, 3, and 4 to set forth minimum
				  requirements for the following purposes:
(A)
				  To clarify responsibilities of owners, engineers, and the
				  department,-
(B) To set minimum
				  distance requirements so that nuisances are avoided;
(C) To set minimum requirements to protect
				  public health, safety, and welfare, and to protect the wastewater systems from
				  malicious damage or unauthorized entry; and
(D) To emphasize the need for proper design,
				  installation, operation, and maintenance.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 62 - WASTEWATER SYSTEMS › Subchapter 1 - PROHIBITIONS AND GENERAL REQUIREMENTS › Section 11-62-09 - Public access to information

Current through June, 2024
(a) The following
				  information is available for public inspection:
(1) The name and address of any person
				  seeking or obtaining registration, an individual permit, or department approval
				  for use of an individual wastewater system; and
(2) Registration information and forms,
				  registrations, individual permit applications and permits, department approval
				  for use of an individual wastewater system, sludge and effluent data, and
				  reports required to be submitted under this chapter. This includes information
				  submitted on the forms themselves and any attachments used to supply
				  information required by the forms.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 62 - WASTEWATER SYSTEMS › Subchapter 1 - PROHIBITIONS AND GENERAL REQUIREMENTS › Section 11-62-10 - Public hearings and informational meetings

Current through June, 2024
(a) The
				  director may hold a public hearing in the director's discretion, when such a
				  hearing may help the director's decision on a matter regulated by this chapter
				  or for another reason which the director considers to be in the public
				  interest.
(b) The director may hold
				  a public informational meeting when the director considers it to be in the
				  public interest.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 62 - WASTEWATER SYSTEMS › Subchapter 1 - PROHIBITIONS AND GENERAL REQUIREMENTS › Section 11-62-11 - Incorporation by reference

Current through June, 2024
Appendices A through E, dated July 1, 2 014, located at the
					 end of this chapter, are made a part of this chapter.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 62 - WASTEWATER SYSTEMS › Subchapter 1 - PROHIBITIONS AND GENERAL REQUIREMENTS › Section 11-62-12 - Timely processing

Current through June, 2024
(a) This section
				  applies to applications for a permit, license, certificate or any form of
				  approval required under this chapter.
(b) The director shall approve, approve with
				  conditions, or deny a complete application and notify the applicant accordingly
				  within one hundred eighty days of the receipt of the complete application.
				  Otherwise, the application is deemed automatically approved on the one hundred
				  eighty-first day.
(c) The director
				  shall determine and notify an applicant of the completeness or deficiency of an
				  application covered by this section, including payment of required fees, within
				  forty-five days of receipt of the application. Failure by the applicant to
				  provide additional information, pay the fees, or correct a deficiency for
				  completeness of the application is sufficient ground to suspend or terminate a
				  review of the application. The director shall determine and notify an applicant
				  of the completeness of a revised application covered by this section, including
				  payment of required fees, within thirty days of receipt of the revised
				  completed application.
(d) Notice
				  to the applicant shall be complete upon mailing, facsimile transmission, or
				  electronic mail transmission.
(e)
				  The period for the director's action includes all calendar days, but if the
				  period ends on a Saturday, Sunday, or state holiday, the period extends to the
				  next working day.
(f) The one
				  hundred eighty day period for the director's action under subsection (b)
				  applies to the director's initial decision and notice. The initial decision and
				  notice do not become untimely if later there is a request for hearing, an
				  actual hearing, a lawsuit, or other challenges to the initial decision which
				  prevents it from becoming final.
(g) The time for the director's action and
				  notice to the applicant shall be extended when allowed by section
				  91-13.5,
				  HRS.
(h) Any action taken and any
				  wastewater system or sludge facility built, modified, or operated under an
				  automatic approval shall comply with all applicable requirements of this
				  chapter, and the automatic approval is effective for a period of one
				  year.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 62 - WASTEWATER SYSTEMS › Subchapter 2 - WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS › Section 11-62-23.1 - Specific requirements for wastewater treatment works

Current through June, 2024
(a)
				  In addition to the requirements of section
				  11-62-08(b), the
				  following documents shall be submitted to the director prior to approval to
				  construct the treatment works:
(1) A written
				  declaration signed and dated by the engineer that the proposed treatment works
				  was designed to meet all applicable effluent requirements of sections
				  11-62-26 and
				  11-62-27; and
(2) Certification by the owner of a proposed
				  treatment works that the treatment works shall be operated and maintained in
				  accordance with all of the provisions of the operation and maintenance manual
				  developed pursuant to subsection (d)(2). The owner shall certify that the
				  operation and maintenance manual shall be available to the operator of the
				  treatment works and shall further certify that, upon sale or transfer of
				  ownership of the treatment works, the sale or transfer will include
				  construction drawings, equipment manuals, operational data collected, and the
				  appropriate transfer documents and provisions binding the new owner to the
				  operation and maintenance manual.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 62 - WASTEWATER SYSTEMS › Subchapter 2 - WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS › Section 11-62-24 - Treatment unit requirements

Current through June, 2024
(a) For private
				  wastewater treatment works of required design capacities of less than 100,000
				  gallons per day:
(1) For sludge digesters or
				  aerated sludge holding tanks constructed after December 10, 198 8, the sludge
				  digesters or aerated sludge holding tanks shall treat and store at least the
				  amount of sludge generated over a twenty day period;
(2) Except for subsurface disposal systems,
				  continuous disinfection of the treated effluent shall be provided for treatment
				  works unless otherwise approved or ordered by the director;
(3) For aeration tanks constructed after
				  December 10, 1988 the aeration tank loading shall not exceed 12.5 pounds of
				  BODs per 1,000 cubic feet. For the sequencing batch reactor process, food to
				  microorganism (F/M) ratios shall be between 0.05 and 0.10;
(4) For final settling tanks constructed
				  after December 10, 198 8, the detention time for final settling tanks shall not
				  be less than four hours and the surface overflow rate shall not exceed 300
				  gallons per day per square foot based on the average daily flow;
(5) For treatment works constructed after
				  December 10, 1988, flow equalization shall be provided unless the engineer
				  submits written justification that changes in normal daily flow rate or
				  seasonal occupancy rates shall not affect the treatment unit's ability to meet
				  continuous compliance with the effluent requirements of sections
				  11-62-25,
				  11-62-26, and
				  11-62-27;
(6) For treatment works constructed after
				  December 10, 1988, easy access shall be provided for operators to allow
				  necessary operation, maintenance, and repair. Completely enclosed treatment
				  units with unexposed water surfaces and equipment shall not be allowed unless
				  the design engineer can satisfy the director that provisions have been included
				  to eliminate confined space work areas and to allow accessibility for necessary
				  operation, maintenance, and repair, and replacement; and
(7) For all treatment units utilizing gas
				  chlorination for disinfection, the following equipment shall be provided:
				  chlorine gas leak detector and alarm, self contained breathing apparatus,
				  chlorine gas mask, warning signs, and an emergency eyewash and
				  shower.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 62 - WASTEWATER SYSTEMS › Subchapter 2 - WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS › Section 11-62-25 - Wastewater effluent disposal systems

Current through June, 2024
(a) New and
				  proposed effluent disposal systems.
(1)
				  Effluent disposal systems shall at least consist of a primary disposal
				  component and a separate 100 per cent back-up disposal component.
(2) The primary disposal component and the
				  backup disposal component shall each be designed to handle the peak flow. The
				  peak flow shall be determined in accordance with the design standards of their
				  respective county. If a county does not have design standards, the design
				  standards of the City and County of Honolulu shall be used. Other means of
				  determining the peak flow, as recommended by the design engineer, may be
				  approved by the director.
(3) Each
				  disposal component shall be tested to accommodate the wastewater flow as
				  required in paragraph (2).
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 62 - WASTEWATER SYSTEMS › Subchapter 2 - WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS › Section 11-62-26 - Wastewater effluent requirements, recycled water quality, monitoring, and reporting requirements applicable to treatment works treating domestic wastewater

Current through June, 2024
(a) All treatment
				  works shall meet the applicable requirements of this section. Nothing in this
				  section shall be construed to prevent the engineer from applying more stringent
				  requirements if the engineer determines that the particular design and
				  circumstances for which the engineer is responsible warrants the more stringent
				  requirements.
(b) Treatment works'
				  effluent and other parameters shall be monitored as follows and shall not
				  exceed the following limits:
(1) Biochemical
				  oxygen demand (BOD5).
(A) For wastewater
				  treatment works excluding wastewater pond systems with average daily flows
				  greater than or equal to 100,000 gallons per day, the owner or operator shall
				  perform composite sampling at least weekly.
(B) For wastewater treatment works with
				  average daily flows less than 100,000 gallons per day, the owner or operator
				  shall perform grab sampling at least monthly.
(C) For wastewater pond systems with average
				  daily flows greater than or equal to 100,000 gallons per day, the owner or
				  operator shall perform grab sampling at least weekly.
(D) The BOD5 in the effluent from a treatment
				  works shall not exceed 30 milligrams per liter based on the monthly average of
				  the results of the analyses of composite samples.
(E) The BOD5 in the effluent from a treatment
				  works shall not exceed 60 milligrams per liter based on a grab
				  sample.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 62 - WASTEWATER SYSTEMS › Subchapter 2 - WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS › Section 11-62-27 - Recycled water systems

Current through June, 2024
(a) No recycled
				  water system shall be constructed, used, or modified without written approval
				  by the director.
(b) In reviewing
				  recycled water systems and in addition to this chapter, the director shall be
				  guided by the Reuse Guidelines.
(c)
				  Before using recycled water, the owner of the recycled water system shall
				  submit to the director the following information:
(1) Name, address, and phone number of the
				  owner and party responsible for the application of recycled water at the site
				  (if different from the owner);
(2)
				  Clear identification of the people who will actually operate and maintain the
				  system, if different from paragraph (1);
(3) Detailed site information on the water
				  recycling application site and its surroundings, including site name, address,
				  and tax map key number(s), a map indicating specific areas of use, areas of
				  public access, surrounding land use, location of all wells within a one-fourth
				  mile radius, description of nearest housing or public area, setbacks, general
				  location of existing and proposed water and sewer lines, the direction of
				  drainage with a description of how the drainage will flow, and the depth to
				  groundwater underlying the irrigated area with a description of the ground
				  water quality; and
(4) Information
				  sufficient to show compliance with the requirements of subsection (h), and
				  identification of best management practices.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 62 - WASTEWATER SYSTEMS › Subchapter 2 - WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS › Section 11-62-28 - Additional monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting

Current through June, 2024
(a)
				  The owners of treatment works or the owners' duly authorized agents shall
				  maintain complete records of operation and maintenance, repairs, replacements,
				  and improvements performed or installed at the treatment works.
(b) The monitoring results, reports, and all
				  records required in sections
				  11-62-26 and 11-26-27, this
				  section, and Appendix B, entitled Responses for Wastewater Spills, Overflows,
				  and Discharges ("Spills"), dated July 1, 2014, located at the end of this
				  chapter shall be kept on site and available for the director's inspection for
				  at least two years and a copy made available to the director without charge
				  upon the director's request.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 62 - WASTEWATER SYSTEMS › Subchapter 3 - INDIVIDUAL WASTEWATER SYSTEMS › Section 11-62-31.1 - General requirements for individual wastewater systems

Current through June, 2024
(a) Individual wastewater systems may be used
				  as a temporary on-site means of wastewater disposal in lieu of wastewater
				  treatment works under the following conditions:
(1) Developments involving dwellings.
(A) There shall be 10,000 square feet of land
				  area for each individual wastewater system;
(B) Total development of an area shall not
				  exceed fifty single family residential lots or exceed fifty dwelling units
				  except for developments consisting of one dwelling unit per acre or
				  greater;
(C) Area of the lot shall
				  not be less than 10,000 square feet, except for lots created and recorded
				  before August 30, 1991. For lots less than 10,000 square feet which were
				  created and recorded before August 30, 1991, only one individual wastewater
				  system shall be allowed.
(D) The
				  total wastewater flow into one individual wastewater system shall not exceed
				  one thousand gallons, and one individual wastewater system shall not serve more
				  than five bedrooms, whether they are in one dwelling unit or two.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 62 - WASTEWATER SYSTEMS › Subchapter 3 - INDIVIDUAL WASTEWATER SYSTEMS › Section 11-62-31.2 - Site evaluation

Current through June, 2024
(a) The site
				  evaluation shall be performed by the engineer.
(b) The site shall be evaluated for depth of
				  permeable soil over seasonal high groundwater, bedrock, or other limiting
				  layer, soil factors, land slope, flooding hazard, and amount of suitable area
				  available.
(c) The minimum depth of
				  the soil profile observation shall be at least five feet. If the engineer
				  performs a preliminary observation at three feet, the engineer shall confirm
				  the soil profile to five feet at the time of construction.
(d) The following factors shall be evaluated
				  and reported for a depth of at least three feet below the proposed absorption
				  system:
(1) Thickness of layers or
				  horizons;
(2) Texture of soil
				  layers;
(3) General color, and
				  color variation (mottling);
(4)
				  Depth to water, if observed;
(5)
				  Depth to estimated seasonal high groundwater table;
(6) Depth to and type of bedrock, if
				  observed; and
(7) Other prominent
				  features such as structure, stoniness, and roots.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 62 - WASTEWATER SYSTEMS › Subchapter 3 - INDIVIDUAL WASTEWATER SYSTEMS › Section 11-62-32 - Spacing of individual wastewater systems

Current through June, 2024
No individual wastewater system shall be located at any
					 point having less than the minimum distances indicated in Table II attached to
					 this chapter in Appendix D, entitled Tables, dated July 1, 2 014, and located
					 at the end of this chapter unless otherwise approved by the director. The
					 minimum distances indicated in Table II shall be measured from the outer edge
					 of each item.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 62 - WASTEWATER SYSTEMS › Subchapter 3 - INDIVIDUAL WASTEWATER SYSTEMS › Section 11-62-33.1 - Specific requirements for new and proposed treatment units

Current through June, 2024
(a) Septic tank.
(1) All wastewater shall discharge into the
				  septic tank. Roof, footing, garage, surface water drainage, cooling water, and
				  graywater disposed of in accordance with section
				  11-62-31.1(g)(4)
				  shall be excluded.
(2) Septic tanks
				  shall meet the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials
				  (lAPMO) material and property standards for prefabricated septic tanks, lAPMO
				  ANSI ZlOOO-2013. Septic tanks shall be approved and listed by lAPMO.
(3) Plans for cast-in-place septic tanks
				  shall be submitted with the application for the individual wastewater system.
				  The plans for the septic tank shall be designed and stamped by a licensed
				  structural engineer and shall meet the lAPMO design specifications.
(4) The following schedule shall apply to
				  septic tank sizing:
No. of Bedrooms
Minimum Capacity (Gallons)
4 or less
1000
5
1250
(5) For wastewater flows greater than 1,000
				  gallons per day or five bedrooms, the formula: Minimum capacity gallons = 1,000
				  + (Q-800)x 1.25, where Q=design flow, shall be used.
(6) Concrete septic tanks shall be coated to
				  protect the tank from leakage and corrosion by acceptable means. The coating
				  shall cover the entire tank interior.
(7) Manholes or removable covers to septic
				  tanks shall be brought to grade. The cover shall be secured to prevent
				  unauthorized entry or opening of the tank.
(8) When septic tanks are installed in ground
				  water or in clay soils with an expansive nature, the engineer shall design or
				  provide adequate protection to prevent the tank from floating, moving or
				  crushing.
(9) The excavation to
				  receive the tank shall be large enough to permit the proper placement of the
				  tank and backfill. Tanks shall be installed on a solid base that will not
				  settle and shall be level. Where rock or other undesirable protruding
				  obstructions are encountered, the bottom of the hole shall be excavated an
				  additional six inches and backfilled with sand, crushed stone, or gravel to the
				  proper grade. Backfill around and over the septic tank shall be placed in such
				  a manner as to prevent undue strain or damage to the tank or connected
				  pipes.
(10) When a septic tank is
				  installed under a driveway, parking lot, in a heavy saturated soil, or other
				  areas subject to heavy loads, the tank shall be capable of withstanding an H-20
				  wheel load as defined by the American Association of State Highway
				  Officials.
(11) Effluent from a
				  septic tank shall be discharged into a soil absorption system, sand filter,
				  subsurface irrigation system as approved by the director, or other treatment
				  unit approved for use by the director.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 62 - WASTEWATER SYSTEMS › Subchapter 3 - INDIVIDUAL WASTEWATER SYSTEMS › Section 11-62-34 - Specific requirements for new and proposed disposal systems

Current through June, 2024
(a) Absorption trenches.
(1) Location.
(A) Absorption trenches shall be located in
				  accordance with section
				  11-62-32.
(B) Absorption trenches shall not be
				  constructed in soils with a percolation rate slower than sixty minutes per inch
				  or where rapid percolation may result in contamination of water-bearing
				  formations or surface waters.
(C)
				  Absorption trenches shall be located on the property to maximize the vertical
				  separation distance from the bottom of the absorption trench to the seasonal
				  high groundwater level, bedrock, or other limiting layer, but under no
				  circumstance shall the vertical separation be less than three feet. The
				  director may require a greater vertical separation where water-bearing
				  formations are in danger of contamination.
(D) Absorption trenches shall not be
				  constructed in unstabilized fill.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 62 - WASTEWATER SYSTEMS › Subchapter 3 - INDIVIDUAL WASTEWATER SYSTEMS › Section 11-62-35 - Other individual wastewater systems

Current through June, 2024
(a) The specific
				  design requirements for composting toilets, incinerator toilets, natural
				  systems, and other individual wastewater systems not specifically covered in
				  this chapter shall be reviewed and approved by the director on a case-by-case
				  basis. Solids generated from such products that are land applied must meet the
				  requirements of subchapter 4. Such products, if sold in Hawaii, shall be
				  approved by the director based on appropriate testing procedures and standards
				  as set forth by the National Sanitation Foundation (NSF) Testing Laboratory,
				  Ann Arbor, Michigan. The performance data shall be obtained by an agency such
				  as a university or an independent research laboratory acceptable to the
				  director or from the NSF.
(b) The
				  director may approve an innovative wastewater system based on the following
				  conditions:
(1) The innovative system
				  provides or may provide a benefit to the people of the State;
(2) The owner of the innovative system shall
				  agree that for a period of up to twelve months after the initiation of the
				  operation of the innovative system, operational data shall be gathered and
				  submitted to the director; and
(3)
				  The owner shall submit a written agreement stating that should the director at
				  any time find the operation of the innovative system unsatisfactory, the owner
				  shall promptly repair or modify the system, or replace it with another
				  acceptable system.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 62 - WASTEWATER SYSTEMS › Subchapter 3 - INDIVIDUAL WASTEWATER SYSTEMS › Section 11-62-36 - Cesspools

Current through June, 2024
(a) No new cesspools shall be constructed
				  after the effective date of this rule unless they have been approved for
				  construction before the effective date of this rule.
(b) The director may require a cesspool card
				  from an owner whose cesspool has no cesspool card on file with the department.
				  An existing cesspool card shall be completed and signed by a licensed engineer,
				  contractor, plumber, or architect.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 62 - WASTEWATER SYSTEMS › Subchapter 3 - INDIVIDUAL WASTEWATER SYSTEMS › Section 11-62-37 - Application for and review of building permits and individual wastewater systems

Current through June, 2024
(a) The director
				  shall review all individual wastewater systems before the director signs any
				  related county building permit application.
(b) The application to construct a new
				  individual wastewater system or to modify an existing individual wastewater
				  system shall be made by the applicant on forms furnished by the director. The
				  application at a minimum shall contain the following information:
(1) Name of the owner of the individual
				  wastewater system;
(2) The location
				  of the individual wastewater system, including a location map, plot plan,
				  street address, and tax map key number;
(3) The type and size of treatment unit and
				  disposal system;
(4) Certification
				  by the engineer that the individual wastewater system has been designed in
				  accordance with sections
				  11-62-31.1 through
				  11-62-41; and
(5) Certification by the engineer that a
				  final inspection report will be submitted to the director in accordance with
				  section 11-62-31.1(f) (1)
				  (B).
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 62 - WASTEWATER SYSTEMS › Subchapter 4 - WASTEWATER SLUDGE USE AND DISPOSAL › Section 11-62-41 - General requirements and prohibition

Current through June, 2024
(a) No person shall
				  generate, treat, prepare, store, haul, apply, place, use, or dispose of
				  wastewater sludge except:
(1) In compliance
				  with:
(A) A permit or department approval for
				  use of an individual wastewater system obtained under this chapter;
(B) A registration under this chapter;
				  or
(C) An exemption from permitting
				  or registration provided by section
				  11-62-50.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 62 - WASTEWATER SYSTEMS › Subchapter 4 - WASTEWATER SLUDGE USE AND DISPOSAL › Section 11-62-41.1 - Relation to federal law

Current through June, 2024
(a) This chapter
				  shall be interpreted and applied so that it is at least as stringent as 40 CFR
				  Part 503 and so that the department's sludge management program complies with
				  40 CFR Part 501.
(b) No wastewater
				  sludge generation, treatment, preparation, storage, hauling, application,
				  placement, use, or disposal shall be conducted unless allowed by this chapter,
				  even if allowed under 40 CFR Part 503.
(c) References to the Code of Federal
				  Regulations (CFR) are to the July 1, 1999 version, and references to specific
				  sections or subparts of the CFR incorporate those regulations and make them
				  part of this chapter, whether or not the word incorporate is specifically used,
				  unless otherwise specifically stated.
(d) Special definitions. For the purposes of
				  this chapter, when used in 4 0 CFR Part 503:
"Municipal solid waste landfill unit" has the same meaning
					 as defined in 40 CFR Part 258.
"Permitting authority" means the director.
"Sewage" means wastewater.
(e) No permit shall be issued when the United
				  States Environmental Protection Agency Administrator for Region IX has objected
				  in writing under
				  40 CFR
				  §123.44.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 62 - WASTEWATER SYSTEMS › Subchapter 4 - WASTEWATER SLUDGE USE AND DISPOSAL › Section 11-62-42 - Land application of exceptional quality wastewater sludge

Current through June, 2024
(a) Exceptional quality wastewater sludge
				  shall meet the following criteria at a minimum:
(1) Pollutant limits. No pollutant
				  concentration shall exceed the ceiling limits in Appendix D, Table
				  IV.
(2) Pathogens. The Class A
				  pathogen requirements in section
				  11-62-46(a) shall
				  be met.
(3) Vectors. One of the
				  vector attraction reduction requirements in
				  40 CFR §
												503.33(b)(1) through (8)
				  shall be met.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 62 - WASTEWATER SYSTEMS › Subchapter 4 - WASTEWATER SLUDGE USE AND DISPOSAL › Section 11-62-43 - Land application of other than exceptional quality wastewater sludge, to agricultural land, forest, public contact site, or reclamation site

Current through June, 2024
(a) No person shall apply non-exceptional
				  quality wastewater sludge to land unless the land is agricultural land, forest,
				  a public contact site, or a reclamation site, and all the requirements of this
				  section are met,
(b) Pollutant
				  limits. Non-exceptional quality wastewater sludge shall not be land applied if
				  the concentration of any pollutant in the wastewater sludge exceeds the ceiling
				  limits in Appendix D, Table IV dated July 1, 2014, and located at the end of
				  this chapter.
(c) Pathogens, The
				  Class A pathogen requirements in section
				  11-62-46(a) or
				  the Class B pathogen requirements in
				  40 CFR
				  §503.32(b) shall be met
				  for non-exceptional quality wastewater sludge.
(d) Vectors. One of the vector attraction
				  reduction requirements in 40 CFR §503 - 33(b)(1) through (10) shall be met
				  for non-exceptional quality wastewater sludge.
(1) The preparer shall meet one of the
				  requirements of
				  40 CFR §
												503.33(b)(1) through (8);
				  or
(2) The applier shall meet one
				  of the requirements of
				  40 CFR §
												503.33(b)(9) or
				  (10).
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 62 - WASTEWATER SYSTEMS › Subchapter 4 - WASTEWATER SLUDGE USE AND DISPOSAL › Section 11-62-44 - Land application of domestic septage to agricultural land, forest, or reclamation site

Current through June, 2024
(a) No person shall apply domestic septage to
				  land unless the land is agricultural land, forest, or a reclamation site if the
				  annual application rate (AAR) exceeds 1/0.0026 the amount of nitrogen (N) in
				  pounds per acre per 365 day period needed by the crop or vegetation growth on
				  the land.
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(b) Pathogens The pathogen requirements of
(1)
											40 CFR
				  §503.32(c) (1);
				  or
(2)
											40 CFR
				  §503.32(c) (2),
				  including the site restrictions of
				  40 CFR
				  §
												503.32(b)(5)(i)
				  through (iv), shall be met for domestic septage.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 62 - WASTEWATER SYSTEMS › Subchapter 4 - WASTEWATER SLUDGE USE AND DISPOSAL › Section 11-62-46 - Pathogens

Current through June, 2024
(a) Wastewater sludge -class A.
(1) The requirements of this subsection shall
				  be met for a wastewater sludge to be classified exceptional quality sludge or
				  class A with respect to pathogens.
(2) One of the class A requirements in
				  paragraphs (3), (4), (6) or (7) shall be met, or with the prior approval of the
				  director paragraph (5) shall met. The requirements in paragraphs (3) through
				  (7) shall be met before or at the same time that the vector attraction
				  reduction requirements in
				  40 CFR
				  §503.33 are met, unless one of the
				  vector attraction reduction requirements in
				  40 CFR §
												503.33(b)(6) through (8) is
				  met.
(3) Class A - alternative 1.
				  The requirements of
				  40 CFR
				  §503.32(a)(3) apply,
				  except that the requirements of §503.32(a)(3)(i) are replaced with those
				  of paragraph (8).
(4) Class A -
				  alternative 2. The requirements of
				  40 CFR
				  §503.32(a)(4) apply,
				  except that the requirements of §503.32(a)(4)(i) are replaced with those
				  of paragraph (8).
(5) Class A -
				  alternative 3. The requirements of
				  40 CFR
				  §503.32(a)(6) apply,
				  except that the requirements of §503.32(a)(6)(i) are replaced with those
				  of paragraph (8).
(6) Class A -
				  alternative 4. The requirements of paragraph (8), and subsection (d), Process
				  to Further Reduce Pathogens (PFRP), apply.
(7) Class A - alternative 5. The requirements
				  of paragraph (8) apply and, as determined by the director, a process equivalent
				  to one in subsection (d), Process to Further Reduce Pathogens (PFRP), shall be
				  used.
(8) Pathogen density at the
				  time the wastewater sludge is used, disposed, or prepared for sale or give away
				  in a bag or other container for land application, shall meet the following:
(i) Unless otherwise specified by the
				  director, seven samples shall be analyzed; and
(ii) For each sample the fecal coliform shall
				  be less than 1000 MPN per gram of total solids (dry weight basis) or for each
				  sample the Salmonella sp. bacteria shall be less than three MPN per four grams
				  of total solids (dry weight basis).
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 62 - WASTEWATER SYSTEMS › Subchapter 4 - WASTEWATER SLUDGE USE AND DISPOSAL › Section 11-62-47 - Vector attraction reduction

Current through June, 2024
(a) Requirements
				  for land application.
(1) One of the vector
				  attraction reduction requirements in
				  40 CFR §
												503.33(b)(1) through (8)
				  shall be met before exceptional quality-was tewater sludge is land
				  applied.
(2) The requirements of 40
				  CFR §503.33(a) (1), (4), and (5) apply.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 62 - WASTEWATER SYSTEMS › Subchapter 4 - WASTEWATER SLUDGE USE AND DISPOSAL › Section 11-62-48 - Sampling method

Current through June, 2024
Samples of wastewater sludge that is applied to the land,
					 [placed on a surface disposal site,] fired in a wastewater sludge incinerator,
					 or disposed into a solid waste landfill or any other wastewater system shall be
					 collected and analyzed using the methods specified in
					 40 CFR
					 §503.8.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 62 - WASTEWATER SYSTEMS › Subchapter 5 - WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT PERMITS AND REGISTRATION › Section 11-62-50 - Registration and permits

Current through June, 2024
(a) Owners and
				  operators are not required under this subchapter to register or obtain any
				  permit coverage for their:
(1) Individual
				  wastewater systems (e.g., cesspools, septic tanks, and household aerobic
				  units);
(2) Land on which
				  exceptional quality wastewater sludge is applied;
(3) Land application or land placement
				  operations involving only exceptional quality wastewater sludge;
(4) Operations, such as businesses, that haul
				  only exceptional quality wastewater sludge; or
(5) Non-domestic wastewater treatment works,
				  unless deemed necessary by the director.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 62 - WASTEWATER SYSTEMS › Subchapter 5 - WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT PERMITS AND REGISTRATION › Section 11-62-51 - Fees

Current through June, 2024
(a) Registration. Every registrant shall pay
				  a filing fee according to this subsection. The filing fee shall be submitted
				  with the registration and shall not be refunded nor applied to any later
				  registration after filing or denial of a registration. Fees shall be made
				  payable to the State of Hawaii.
(1) For a new
				  operation, facility, or land, the fee is $30;
(2) For major changes in the registration of
				  an operation, facility, or land, the fee is $30;
(3) For renewal, the fee is $10;
(4) To change only ownership shown in a
				  registration, the fee is $5; and
(5) To make other changes in a registration,
				  the fee is $10;
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 62 - WASTEWATER SYSTEMS › Subchapter 5 - WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT PERMITS AND REGISTRATION › Section 11-62-52 - Signatories and certification requirements

Current through June, 2024
(a) Unless
				  otherwise specified, each registration, notice of intent, permit application,
				  and any information required to be submitted to the director shall be signed
				  and certified as required by
				  40
				  CFR §122.22.
(b) Each person who knowingly makes any false
				  statement, representation, or certification in any application, record, report,
				  plan, or other documentation submitted or required to be maintained under this
				  chapter or who knowingly falsifies, tampers with, or renders inaccurate any
				  monitoring device or method required to be maintained under this chapter is
				  subject to the penalties and remedies in section
				  11-62-72.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 62 - WASTEWATER SYSTEMS › Subchapter 5 - WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT PERMITS AND REGISTRATION › Section 11-62-53 - Wastewater management registration

Current through June, 2024
(a) Timing.
				  Completed registrations forms required under section
				  11-62-50 shall be submitted as
				  follows.
(1) For existing lands, facilities,
				  and operations, not later than ninety days after the effective date of this
				  rule; and
(2) For new lands,
				  facilities, and operations, no later than one hundred eighty days before such
				  lands, facilities, or operations are used or begin activity.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 62 - WASTEWATER SYSTEMS › Subchapter 5 - WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT PERMITS AND REGISTRATION › Section 11-62-54.01 - Wastewater management individual permits

Current through June, 2024
(a) Timing.
				  Applications for individual permits required under section
				  11-62-50 shall be submitted as
				  follows:
(1) For existing lands, facilities,
				  operations, and lands, not later than one year after the effective date of this
				  section; and
(2) New facilities,
				  operations, and lands, not later than one hundred eighty days before the
				  facilities, operations, or lands are used or begin activity. The director may
				  waive this one hundred eighty day requirement by issuing the permit before the
				  one hundred eighty days expire.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 62 - WASTEWATER SYSTEMS › Subchapter 5 - WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT PERMITS AND REGISTRATION › Section 11-62-54.02 - Draft individual permits

Current through June, 2024
After an application for a new, modified, or renewed
					 permit is complete, the director shall tentatively decide to prepare a draft
					 individual permit or deny the application. If the director tentatively proposes
					 to revoke and reissue a permit, the director shall prepare a draft individual
					 permit. A draft permit shall contain the necessary conditions to implement the
					 requirements of this chapter,
					 33 U.S.C.
					 §1345, and the incorporated sections of
					 40 CFR Parts 501 and 503.