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Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 21 - CROSS-CONNECTION AND BACKFLOW CONTROL › Section 11-21-5 - Installation and location

Current through June, 2024
The backflow prevention device shall be installed on the
				  consumer side of the property line and as close to the water meter where
				  applicable as physically possible. Connections or tees between the meter where
				  applicable and the backflow prevention device will not be permitted without
				  approval from the director.
A backflow prevention device shall not be installed
				  underground or in a vault without written approval by the director.
Installation dimension for backflow prevention devices shall
				  conform to the following table:
SIZE OF DEVICE
DIMENSION GROUND LEVEL TO CENTERLINE OF
							 BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE
DIMENSION DISTANCE TO SURROUNDING
							 OBSTRUCTIONS
Minimum
Maximum
3/4" to
							 1-1/2"
18"
48"
24"
2" to 3"
24"
48"
24"
4" to 6"
30"
48"
24"
8" to 10"
36"
48"
24"
In all cases, the backflow prevention device shall be
				  installed according to the backflow preventor manufacturer's directions and in
				  an easily accessible location
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 21 - CROSS-CONNECTION AND BACKFLOW CONTROL › Section 11-21-6 - Existing cross-connections

Current through June, 2024
Within a reasonable time following the adoption of this
				  regulation, existing cross-connections between a public water system and any
				  secondary water system shall be eliminated or protected by means of an approved
				  backflow preventor.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 21 - CROSS-CONNECTION AND BACKFLOW CONTROL › Section 11-21-7 - Irrigation systems

Current through June, 2024
(a) The following
				guidelines relating to backflow prevention devices for irrigation systems shall
				apply:
(1) Atmospheric vacuum breakers shall
				be installed after the last control valve of each sprinkler circuit and at a
				minimum of six inches above the highest irrigation head. The atmospheric vacuum
				breaker shall be installed only on irrigation circuits with heads that will not
				return any pressure in the circuit when the circuit control valve is
				closed.
(2) Pressure vacuum
				breakers shall be installed at the beginning of each irrigation circuit and at
				a minimum of twelve inches above the highest irrigation head on the circuit.
				Individual irrigation circuits having quick coupling valves or other similar
				type heads that will permit pressure to be retained in the circuit shall have a
				pressure vacuum breaker installed as a minimum requirement for each circuit.
				Irrigation systems using the subsurface drip method shall have a pressure
				vacuum breaker on each circuit. A pressure vacuum breaker may not be installed
				where a double check valve assembly, reduced pressure principle backflow
				prevention device, or air gap separation is required.
(3) A double check valve assembly may be
				installed to serve multiple irrigation circuits in lieu of vacuum breakers on
				each individual irrigation circuit.
(4) A reduced pressure principal backflow
				preventor or air gap separation shall be required before any piping network in
				which fertilizers, pesticides and other chemicals or toxic contaminants are
				injected or siphoned into the irrigation system.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 21 - CROSS-CONNECTION AND BACKFLOW CONTROL › Section 11-21-8 - Maintenance requirements

Current through June, 2024
(a) It shall be the
				responsibility of water users to maintain all backflow preventors and vacuum
				breakers within the building or on the premises in good working order. No
				piping or other arrangement for the purpose of bypassing backflow devices shall
				be permitted.
(b) Periodic testing
				and inspection schedule shall be established by the director for all backflow
				preventors in intervals between such testing, inspection and overhauls of each
				devices shall be established in accordance with age and condition of the
				backflow prevention device. Inspection intervals should not exceed one year.
				Backflow prevention devices should be inspected frequently after initial
				installation to assure that the devices are properly installed and debris
				resulting from the installation has not interfered with the functioning of the
				device. The inspection and testing shall be performed by a certified tester
				approved by the director. In those instances where the director deems the
				hazard to be great, inspections may be required at more frequent intervals.
				Records of any tests, repairs and overhauls shall be kept and made on forms
				prescribed by the director. Should the water user fail to make the proper test
				and provide all records on the test, the director at his discretion may perform
				the necessary test, needed repairs, and replacements and charge the cost
				thereof to the water consumer.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 21 - CROSS-CONNECTION AND BACKFLOW CONTROL › Section 11-21-9 - Violations and penalties

Current through June, 2024
(a) The director
				shall notify the owner, or authorized agent of the owner, of the building or
				premise in which there is found a violation(s) of these regulations. The
				director shall set a specific time for the owner to have the violation(s)
				removed or corrected. If the owner fails to correct the violation(s) in the
				specified time, the director may, if in his judgment an imminent health hazard
				exists, request that the water service to the building or premise be
				terminated. Additional fines or penalties may also be invoked following
				termination of service.
(b) The
				owner or authorized agent of the owner responsible for the maintenance of the
				plumbing system in the building who knowingly permits a violation to remain
				uncorrected after the specified time set by the director, shall, upon
				conviction thereof by the court, be required to pay a fine of not more than
				$500.00 or by imprisonment in jail for a period of time not to exceed one year,
				or both such fine and imprisonment.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 21 - CROSS-CONNECTION AND BACKFLOW CONTROL › Section 11-21-10 - Effect of county government ordinances

Current through June, 2024
When a county government has adopted an ordinance governing
				  cross-connection and backflow prevention, and the provisions of the ordinance
				  and the methods of enforcement by the county government are approved in writing
				  by the director, said ordinance, and not these regulations, shall control the
				  matter of cross-connection and backflow prevention in such
				  county.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 21 - CROSS-CONNECTION AND BACKFLOW CONTROL › Section 11-21-11 - Severability

Current through June, 2024
If any provision of this chapter, or its application to any
				  person or circumstance is held invalid, the application of such provision to
				  other persons or circumstances, and the remainder of this chapter, shall not be
				  affected thereby.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 22 - MORTUARIES, CEMETERIES, EMBALMERS, UNDERTAKERS AND MORTUARY AUTHORITIES › Section 11-22-1 - Purpose

Current through June, 2024
The purpose of this chapter is to provide minimum standards
				  relating to the practice of embalming, to the business of an undertaker, and to
				  the sanitary condition of places where such business or practice is
				  conducted.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 22 - MORTUARIES, CEMETERIES, EMBALMERS, UNDERTAKERS AND MORTUARY AUTHORITIES › Section 11-22-2 - Definitions

Current through June, 2024
As used in this chapter:
"Cemetery" means a place dedicated to and used or intended
				  to be used for the permanent interment of human remains. It may be either a
				  burial park, for earth interment; a mausoleum; for vault or crypt interments; a
				  structure or place used or intended to be used for the interment of cremated
				  remains; or any combination of one or more thereof.
"Cemetery authority" means any person who undertakes to
				  establish, maintain, manage, operate, improve, or conduct a cemetery, the
				  interring of human remains, or the care, preservation, and embellishment of
				  cemetery property , whether or not the person undertakes such activity for
				  profit.
"Director" means the director of health of the State
				  department of health or his duly authorized agent.
"Embalm" means the injection of fluid or agent of sufficient
				  strength and quantity to accomplish a thorough disinfection and preservation of
				  a dead human body, the fluid or agent being injected arterially in addition to
				  cavity injection.
"Funeral services" means arranging for or providing for pick
				  up of human remains, embalming, placing the same on display, or otherwise
				  providing for final disposition of human remains.
"State" means the State of Hawaii.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 22 - MORTUARIES, CEMETERIES, EMBALMERS, UNDERTAKERS AND MORTUARY AUTHORITIES › Section 11-22-3 - Mortuaries

Current through June, 2024
(a) Requirements for establishing,
				purchasing, or altering.
(1) It shall be
				unlawful to establish a mortuary without the approval of plans and
				specifications by the director.
(2)
				Any person desiring to establish or purchase a mortuary shall make application
				to the director, submitting a complete set of plans and specifications
				therefore, with full description of the grounds, buildings, roads, water
				supply, and sewage disposal system.
(3) The approved plans and specifications of
				a mortuary shall not be changed without the prior written approval of the
				director. The facility shall be built or established only in accordance with
				approved plans.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 22 - MORTUARIES, CEMETERIES, EMBALMERS, UNDERTAKERS AND MORTUARY AUTHORITIES › Section 11-22-4 - Embalming and embalmers

Current through June, 2024
(a) Embalming.
(1) No person shall embalm a dead human body
				unless licensed by the director as an embalmer or registered with the director
				as an apprentice embalmer under the supervision of a licensed
				embalmer.
(2) Except as provided in
				§
										11-22-4(a)
				(3), a dead human body shall be embalmed, if the condition of the body permits,
				cremated, or buried within thirty hours after death, unless the body has been
				placed in the custody of the coroner, medical examiner, county, or county
				physician. In such instances, the body shall be embalmed, cremated, buried
				within thirty hours after release, or placed in refrigerated storage in a State
				approved hospital.
(3) No embalming
				fluid, or substitute therefor, shall be injected into any dead body:
(A) if the death is subject to investigation
				by the coroner or medical examiner, or
(B) if the death was from plague, asiatic
				cholera, smallpox, epidemic typhus fever, yellow fever, or louse-borne
				relapsing fever, or any approved term indicating such diseases. Permission to
				embalm in case (A) above must be secured from the office of the coroner or
				medical examiner and in case (B) from the director.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 22 - MORTUARIES, CEMETERIES, EMBALMERS, UNDERTAKERS AND MORTUARY AUTHORITIES › Section 11-22-5 - Burial

Current through June, 2024
(a) Cemeteries; Requirements for
				establishing, constructing, modifying, operating.
(1) No place shall be used as a cemetery (as
				defined in §
										441-1, HRS) without
				the prior written approval of the director.
(2) No place shall be approved for use as a
				cemetery unless
(A) It has been dedicated
				pursuant to chapter
				441, HRS;
(B) All planned construction and all existing
				construction of the grounds, plots, buildings, roads, water supply, and sewage
				disposal system has been approved by the director;
(C) Proposed rules governing the operation of
				the cemetery have been approved by the director; and
(D) A cemetery authority has registered
				pursuant to §
											11-22-5(a)
				(5) herein.
(3) All
				construction shall be only in accordance with approved plans and
				specifications. Any changes must be submitted in writing and approved by the
				director prior to construction.
(4)
				Every cemetery shall have and be supervised by a cemetery authority properly
				licensed under chapter
				441, HRS. The cemetery authority
				shall insure compliance with all regulations made by the director relating to
				cemeteries and burials.
(5) Every
				person who acts as a cemetery authority shall register with the department of
				health on a form to be designated by the director.
(6) A cemetery authority shall be responsible
				for the prevention of any unhygienic condition or danger to public health
				arising from operation of the cemetery; shall oversee that no damage is done to
				the tombs, grave markers, and fences; shall prevent cattle and beasts from
				entering the cemetery; shall maintain and deliver, whenever required by the
				director, records of burials; shall deliver said records over to successor
				cemetery authorities; shall provide for the indetification of tombs, vaults, or
				other sites of burial by appropriate markings; and shall prepare and keep
				up-to-date a map or plot showing the location of each body buried or interred
				within the cemetery.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 22 - MORTUARIES, CEMETERIES, EMBALMERS, UNDERTAKERS AND MORTUARY AUTHORITIES › Section 11-22-6 - Transportation of bodies

Current through June, 2024
(a) By common
				carrier
(1) The transportation of dead human
				bodies by a common carrier shall be conducted in such a manner as not to be a
				menace to the health of the general public.
(2) A burial-transit permit issued pursuant
				to chapter
				338, HRS, or chapter 841, HRS, shall
				accompany the body.
(3) The body
				must be placed in a coffin or casket. If the death resulted from a disease
				specified in §
										11-22-4(a)
				(3) and the body is not embalmed, it shall be placed in a hermetically sealed
				coffin or casket and encased in an outer box; provided, however, that no
				section of this chapter shall be interpreted to prohibit the transportation of
				dead bodies without the use of an outer case or box in closed vehicles designed
				exclusively for the transportation of dead human bodies.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 22 - MORTUARIES, CEMETERIES, EMBALMERS, UNDERTAKERS AND MORTUARY AUTHORITIES › Section 11-22-7 - Public funerals

Current through June, 2024
A public or a church funeral shall not be held for any
				  person who has died of a disease specified in §
									11-22-4(a) (3) 
				  unless the written consent of the director has first been obtained. If a
				  funeral is held, attendance at the funeral shall be restricted to those persons
				  who are not in the quarantinable stage of the disease as determined by the
				  director.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 22 - MORTUARIES, CEMETERIES, EMBALMERS, UNDERTAKERS AND MORTUARY AUTHORITIES › Section 11-22-8 - Penalties

Current through June, 2024
(a) Any person who shall violate any
				provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon
				conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500 or by
				imprisonment for not more than one year or both, as provided in §
									321-18, HRS.
(b) Any person who practices as an embalmer
				or undertaker without being registered with the department of health as herein
				provided shall be fined not less than $50 nor more than $250 or imprisoned no
				less than thirty days nor more than ninety days, or both, as provided in §
									469-8, HRS.
(c) Each and every violation of the
				provisions of this chapter shall constitute a separate offense.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 22 - MORTUARIES, CEMETERIES, EMBALMERS, UNDERTAKERS AND MORTUARY AUTHORITIES › Section 11-22-9 - Severability

Current through June, 2024
Should any section, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase, or
				  application of this chapter be declared unconstitutional or invalid for any
				  reason, the remainder or any other application of this chapter shall not be
				  affected.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 23 - UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL › Section 11-23-01 - Purpose

Current through June, 2024
The purpose of this chapter is to establish a State
				  Underground injection control (UIC) program in order to protect the quality of
				  the State's Underground sources of drinking water (USDW) from pollution by
				  subsurface disposal of fluids. Toward this end, conditions are specified to
				  govern the location, construction and Operation of injection wells so that
				  injected fluids do not migrate and pollute USDW. This chapter establishes
				  minimum Standards and counties are not precluded from establishing more
				  stringent Standards.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 23 - UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL › Section 11-23-02 - Scope

Current through June, 2024
This chapter Covers any injection well as herein defined in
				  this chapter. Excluded from this chapter are:
(1) Individual wastewater Systems (IWS)
				serving Single family residential households which generate a volume of
				domestic sewage less than one thousand gallons per day (gpd);
(2) Non-residential waste disposal Systems
				which receive solely sanitary wastes from buildings that generate less than one
				thousand gpd of wastewater;
(3)
				Test borings used for geotechnical and/or hydrologic investigations, provided
				that those borings are plugged with impermeable material upon completion of the
				investigation; and
(4) Wells which
				are used for ground stabilization by the injection of a grout or by vertical
				relief of excess soil pore pressures.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 23 - UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL › Section 11-23-04 - Classification of exempted aquifers and Underground sources of drinking water

Current through June, 2024
(a) Upon request, and with concurrence of the
				director, the department shall review the aquifer designations. The aquifer
				designations shall be reviewed at least every three years. In its review, the
				department may amend the Status of an aquifer in accordance with chapter 91,
				HRS. The criteria for exempting aquifers from Underground source of drinking
				water (USDW) Status is as follows:
(1) The
				aquifer does not currently serve as a source of drinking water; and
(2) The aquifer cannot now and will not in
				the future serve as a sourcs of drinking water because of any of the following
				criteria:
(A) It is situated at a depth or
				location which currently makes recovery of water for drinking water purposes
				economically or technologically impractical; or
(B) It is so contaminated that it would be
				economically or technologically impractical to render that water fit for human
				consumption; or
(C) The total
				diaaolved aolida (TDS) concentration of the ground water ia more than five
				thousand mg/L, and it is not reasonably expected to supply a public or private
				drinking water system.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 23 - UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL › Section 11-23-05 - Identification of exempted aouifers and USDW

Current through June, 2024
(a) The department
				has designated the following formations as exempted portions of aquifers: in
				the horizontal dimension, lands which are makai of the UIC line; and in the
				vertical dimension:
(1) Where the volcanic
				formation ia a non-artesian aquifer, the entire geologic column; or
(2) Where the volcanic formation is an
				artesian aquifer, from the subaerial ground surfaca down to fifty feet above
				the contact between the artesian volcanic aquifer and the overlying confining
				materiala.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 23 - UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL › Section 11-23-06 - Classification of injection wells

Current through June, 2024
(a) The department
				shall classify existing and proposed injection wells in accordance with the
				five classes of wells described in this section. Wells in classes I through IV
				are prohibited and are defined as follows:
(1) Class I. Wells which inject fluids
				beneath the lowermost formation containing, within one quarter mile of the well
				bore, an Underground source of drinking water and which are used by:
(A) Generators of hazardous waste or owners
				or Operators of hazardous waste management facilities; and
(B) Disposers of industrial and municipal
				waste fluids.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 23 - UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL › Section 11-23-07 - Prohibition

Current through June, 2024
(a) Without exception, any injection well not
				defined by class V in section
				11-23-06
				shall not be permitted to be constructed, operated or to exist in the State.
				Class V injection wells shall be permitted to be constructed, modified and
				operated to the extent provided by, and subject to, the reguirements of this
				chapter.
(b) No new subclass A well
				shall be constructed or operated in an Underground source of drinking water
				after July 6, 1984.
(c) No
				injection well owner or Operator shall construct, operate, maintain, or close
				its injection well unless authorized by this chapter, a permit, or an order to
				do so.
(d) No injection well owner
				or Operator shall violate any term of any written authorization, including
				those relating to inspection, monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 23 - UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL › Section 11-23-08 - Construction conditions

Current through June, 2024
(a) No injection
				well shall be constructed unless, prior to the start of any construction:
(1) Application is made for a UIC permit and
				all application procedures set forth in sections
				11-23-12
				through
				11-23-15
				are completed;
(2) It is shown that
				the proposed injection well will comply with this chapter; and
(3) The department, upon satisfaction of the
				reguirements set forth in paragraphs (1) and (2), approves the start of
				construction.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 23 - UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL › Section 11-23-09 - Siting and pre-conatruction reouirements

Current through June, 2024
(a) Any new
				injection well, other than subclass 0 injection wells, shall be sited beyond an
				area which extends at least one-guarter mile from any part of a drinking water
				source. This includes not only the surface expression of the water supply well,
				tunnel or spring, but also all portions of the subsurface collection System
				which may extend laterally, either at right or inclined angles to the ground
				surface. The area of protection shall be delineated by a reasonably smooth
				curve drawn to connect the points extending one-guarter mile beyond the most
				extensive portions of the drinking water source and its collection
				system.
(b) Where the surface
				expression of an existing drinking water source drawing from an artesian
				aquifer is located in an exempted caprock aquifer, a new injection well, other
				than a subclass D injection well, shall be located, in addition to subsection
				(a) of this section, outside an area measuring one-half mile wide, which is
				bisected by a line running hydrologically upgradient from the surface
				expression of the drinking water source to the UIC boundary line. This
				condition also applies to any future drinking water source which may be sited
				in an exempted aquifer.
(c) For a
				proposed injection well which is sited mauka of the UIC boundary line, in
				addition to meeting the minimum distance requirement in subsection (a) of this
				section, the department shall require the applicant to submit water quality
				data representative of local conditions as part of the application. Where water
				quality data is lacking or insufficient to determine the areal water quality,
				the department may require the applicant to collect representative water
				samples from the injection well during construction. The samples shall be
				collected and analyzed, in accordance with Standards and methods established in
				chapter
				11-20, entitled "Rules Relating To
				Potable Water Systems". The parameters for which values shall be identified
				are, at least, the following:
(1) Chloride
				concentration,
(2) Total dissolved
				solids (TOS), and
(3) Coliform -
				Total; if found, then fecal and Streptococcus determinations.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 23 - UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL › Section 11-23-10 - Provision for artesian aquifer protection

Current through June, 2024
(a) Where an
				injection well is located in a caprock formation which overlies volcanic USDW
				under artesian pressure, the following conditions shall be applied:
(1) A buffer zone of at least fifty feet of
				the confining materials (caprock) or other impermeable substance, shall remain
				between the bottom of the injection well and the top of the volcanic aquifer,
				and
(2) Injection pressure, as
				measured at the feed elevation or well head, shall remain below the hydrostatic
				pressure of the volcanic aquifer (the artesian head) or two p.s.i., whichever
				is greater.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 23 - UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL › Section 11-23-11 - Ooeratino conditions

Current through June, 2024
(a) No injection
				well shall be operated, modified or otherwise utilized without a UIC permit
				issued by the department. Only subclass C wells that meet the requirements of
				section
				11-23-12(f)
				shall be exempt from obtaining a UIC permit to operate.
(b) No person shall construct, operate,
				maintain, convert, plug, abandon or conduct any other injection activity in a
				manner which allows the movement of fluid containing a contaminant into
				Underground sources of drinking water, if the presence of that contaminant may
				cause a violation of any national or State primary drinking water rule or may
				otherwise adversely affect the health of one or raore persons.
(c) All injection wells shall be operated in
				such a manner that they do not violate any of the department's administrative
				rules under title 11, Hawaii Administrative Rules, regulating various aspects
				of water guality and pollution, and chapters 342-B, 342-D, 342-F, 342-H, 342-J,
				342-L, and 342-N, HRS. The rules include:
(1)
				Chapter
				11-20, "Rules Relating To Potable
				Water Systems";
(2) Chapter
				11-62,
				"Wastewater Systems"; and
(3)
				Chapter 11-55, "Water Pollution Control".
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 23 - UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL › Section 11-23-12 - Application procedures for UIC permit

Current through June, 2024
(a) No person shall
				operate, modify or abandon an injection well or wells without first obtaining a
				UIC permit from the department. Only subclasa C wells that meet the
				reguirements in subsection (f) of this section shall be exempt from obtaining a
				UIC permit to operate. Further, no person shall start construction of an
				injection well without first applying for a permit and obtaining the
				department's approval for the start of construction.
(b) All permit applications shall be made by
				the injection well owner on authorized departmental forms which shall be
				available at department Offices. In the case of leasehold land, the applicant
				shall submit written proof of the consent of the land owner. In the case of a
				modification, the legal Operator, with the written consent of the owner, may
				submit the application.
(c) An
				applicant may apply for a System permit rather than apply for each individual
				injection well if the wells meet all of the following conditions:
(1) Are owned by the same person;
(2) Are operated by the same
				person;
(3) Are similarly
				designed;
(4) Serve the same
				purpose; and
(5) Inject into the
				same aquifer or injection zone at the same property.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 23 - UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL › Section 11-23-13 - Submission of data

Current through June, 2024
(a) Each applicant shall provide the
				following:
(1) Facility name and
				description;
(2) Facility location,
				including street address and zip code;
(3) Tax map key (TMK) number and map at the
				most detailed scale available, showing the location of the proposed injection
				well or wells on the property, the correct scale and north arrow;
(4) USGS topographic quadrangle map or good
				copy (scale 1:24,000) indicating the location of the proposed injection well or
				wells, and all other injection and withdrawal wells within one-quarter mile of
				the facility boundary;
(5)
				Ownership of facility;
(6) Name and
				address of lessor, if applicant is a lessee, and written consent of the
				property owner;
(7) Name and
				address of legal contact;
(8) Name
				of proposed Operator;
(9) Nature
				and source of injected fluid;
(10)
				Proposed design capacity and operating volume of injected fluid;
(11) Number and type of injection wells,
				including construction materials and procedures;
(12) Elevation section for proposed well or
				wells, as found on the application form;
(13) Description of injection System,
				including emergency standby or monitoring wells, if any, and System
				blueprints;
(14) Details of
				proposed injection testing, the duration of which shall be for not less than
				twelve hours, and preferably for twenty-four hours;
(15) For injection wells sited mauka of the
				UIC line, water quality data, including, at a minimum, values for Chloride,
				total dissolved solids, and coliform, from several of the nearest water supply
				wells;
(16) Number of each type of
				injection well actually constructed, including emergency standby and monitoring
				wells, if any;
(17) Well log
				maintained by a geologist, including:
(A)
				Lithology of injection interval or intervals and confining formation or
				formations;
(B) Physical and
				structural characteristics of the formations encountered;
(C) Initial water level, and subsequent water
				levels as fluctuations occur, especially for artesian conditions; and
(D) Tidal fluctuations and
				efficiency;
(18)
				Elevation section, as found on the application form, showing exact final
				dimensions for each of the injection wells and materials used in
				construction;
(19) Complete results
				of injection testing, including maximum capacity;
(20) Water quality data, if
				required;
(21) Nature and source of
				formation water;
(22) Description
				of operating plana, including identification of legal Operator, maximum and
				average volumes of injected fluids, number of hours per day of use, and degree
				and type of treatment, if any.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 23 - UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL › Section 11-23-14 - Public notice of proposed wells iniecting into USDW

Current through June, 2024
(a) The
				director shall notify the public of every application for a well proposing to
				inject into an Underground source of drinking water in a manner designed to
				inform interested and potentially interested persons. Public notice procedures
				shall include at least the following:
(1)
				Notice shall be circulated within the geographical area in which the proposed
				injection is located. The circulation shall, at the discretion of the director,
				include either or both of the following:
(A)
				Posting in the post office and public places of the municipality nearest the
				premises of the applicant in which the injection well facility is located;
				and
(B) Publishing in local
				newspapers and periodicals or in a daily newspaper of general
				circulation;
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 23 - UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL › Section 11-23-15 - Public hearings

Current through June, 2024
(a) An applicant or
				any interested person or group of persons may request or petition the
				department for a public hearing with respect to UIC applications which have
				been publicly noticed pursuant to section
				11-23-14.
				Within thirty days of the publication date of the public notice in the major
				daily newspapers, an applicant or any interested person or persons may request
				or petition for a public hearing, and shall indicate the interest of the party
				filing the request and their reason or reasons why a hearing is
				warranted.
(b) A hearing may be
				held if the director determines that there is significant public interest. Any
				hearing brought pursuant to this section shall be held in the geographical area
				of the proposed injection or other appropriate area, at the discretion of the
				director, and may, as appropriate with respect to geographic area, consider
				more than one UIC permit application.
(c) The public shall be given public notice
				of any hearing held pursuant to this section. The notice for the hearing shall
				include at least the following:
(1) Notice
				shall be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation within
				the geographical area of the injection site;
(2) Notice shall be sent to all persons who
				received a copy of the notice for the UIC permit application;
(3) Notice shall be mailed to any person or
				group upon reguest; and
(4) Notice
				shall be issued at least thirty days in advance of the hearing.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 23 - UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL › Section 11-23-16 - Permit issuance

Current through June, 2024
(a) The director
				shall issue a UIC permit for wells which propose to inject into exempted
				aquifers on the following basis:
(1) Existing
				or new injection wells do not or will not endanger the quality of Underground
				sources of drinking water.
(2)
				Existing or new injection wells are designed and are or will be constructed or
				modified to operate without causing a violation of these rules or other
				applicable laws.
(3) Proposed
				injection wells are designed and built in compliance with the Standards and
				limitations stated in sections
				11-23-07
				to
				11-23-10.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 23 - UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL › Section 11-23-17 - Existing injection well registration

Current through June, 2024
(a) The application
				procedures for a UIC permit, as stated in section
				11-23-12,
				shall apply to owners of existing injection well facilities.
(b) By August 6, 1984, the owner of any
				existing injection well or wells shall notify the department of the existence
				of the well, whether or not in use, and shall provide the department with the
				Information required by section
				11-23-13(a)(1)
				through (a)(7).
(c) The owner or
				Operator of any existing injection well or wells shall further, by January 6,
				1985, submit to the department Information concerning the construction and
				operating characteristics of such existing wells as required by section
				11-23-13(a)(16)
				through (a)(22).
(d) No existing
				injection well, including those sited in exempted aquifers, shall be permitted
				to operate without a UIC permit from the department. The owner of an existing
				injection well shall obtain a UIC permit by July 6, 1985. The permit shall be
				issued upon demonstration by the injection well owner that the well's Operation
				does not violate the conditions stated in sections
				11-23-10(a),
				11-23-11(b)
				and
				11-23-16(a)(1).
(e) By July 6, 1987, the State shall assess
				all existing injection wells to determine their impact on Underground sources
				of drinking water. Subclass A wells shall be issued a permit until such time
				that a sewage collection System serves the area if they meet the following
				provisions:
(1) The application is properly
				completed;
(2) The injected fluids
				remain non-polluting to drinking water sources; and
(3) The existing treatment facility design
				capacity is not exceeded.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 23 - UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL › Section 11-23-18 - Monitoring and reporting requirements

Current through June, 2024
(a) The Operator of
				any injection well or wells shall keep detailed records of the Operation of the
				well or wells, including, but not limited to, the type and quantity of injected
				fluids, and the method and rate of injection for each well.
(b) If the Operation of the injection well or
				wells is additionally regulated by other pollution control programs, e.g.,
				National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES), the adherence to their
				monitoring and reporting requirements shall be considered a requirement of this
				chapter.
(c) The owner of any
				injection well or wells shall within one month report any change in ownership
				to the director in writing. Until such time as the notice of change in
				ownership is submitted, the registered owner shall be responsible for the
				Operation of the well or wells and for damages resulting from improper
				Operation of the well or wells.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 23 - UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL › Section 11-23-19 - Plugging and abandonment requirements

Current through June, 2024
(a) Any owner who
				wishes to abandon an injection well shall submit an application, in accordance
				with section
				11-23-12,
				containing the details of the proposed abandonment. The department may require
				an abandoned well to be plugged in a manner which will not allow detrimental
				movement of fluids between formations. If required, plugging shall be completed
				by grouting with the tremie method in accordance with the Honolulu Board of
				Water Supply's "Water System Standards", dated March, 1977; or by some other
				method found appropriate and acceptable to the department.
(b) The department may order an injection
				well to be plugged and abandoned when it no longer performs its intended
				purpose, or when it is determined to be a threat to the ground water resource.
				The owner shall schedule the plugging so that departmental staff may be present
				to monitor the abandonment Operation.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 23 - UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL › Section 11-23-20 - Revocation, Suspension or revision of UIC permits

Current through June, 2024
(a) Each UIC
				permit shall be subject to revocation, Suspension or revision by the director
				if, after notice and opportunity for a contested hearing, it is determined
				that:
(1) There is a violation of any term or
				condition of the UIC permit; or
(2)
				The UIC permit was obtained by misrepresentation, or failure to fully disclose
				all relevant facts; or
(3) The UIC
				permit was willfully defaced, altered, forged or falsified; or
(4) There is a change in any condition that
				requires either a temporary or permanent reduction or elimination of the
				permitted injection; or
(5) There
				is a failure to comply with these rules or any other applicable rules or
				laws.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 23 - UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL › Section 11-23-21 - Inspection and entry

Current through June, 2024
The director shall have the right:
(1) To enter premises on which any injection
				well system is located;
(2) To
				inspect any equipment, Operation, or sampling of any injection well
				system;
(3) To take effluent
				samples from any injection well System; and
(4) To have access to and copy any record
				required to be kept pursuant to this chapter.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 23 - UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL › Section 11-23-22 - Penalties

Current through June, 2024
Any person who violates any Provision of this chapter shall
				  be subject to the penalties provided in section
				  340E-8,
				  HRS. Compliance with a corrective Order shall not excuse the basic
				  violation.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 23 - UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL › Section 11-23-23 - Severability

Current through June, 2024
If any provision of this chapter or its application to any
				  person or circumstances is held invalid, the application of such provision to
				  other persons or circumstances, and the remainder of this chapter, shall not be
				  affected thereby."
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 23 - UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL › Section 11-23-24 - Timely processing

Current through June, 2024
(a) This section
				applies to each written application under sections
				11-23-08,
				11-23-12,
				11-23-13,
				11-23-16,
				11-23-17,
				and
				11-23-19.
(b) The director shall approve, approve with
				conditions, or deny a complete application and notify the applicant accordingly
				within one hundred eighty days after 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 application. Failure by the applicant to provide
				additional information, pay the fee, or correct a deficiency for completeness
				of the application is sufficient ground to suspend or terminate 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
				revision.
(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 challenge 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 automatic approval of
				construction or of a permit resulting from this section:
(1) Is subject to the conditions in sections
				11-23-16(a)(l)
				through
				11-23-16(a)(3);
(2) Is valid from the date of the automatic
				approval; and
(3) Expires after one
				year.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 25 - RULES RELATING TO CERTIFICATION OF PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM OPERATORS › Section 11-25-1 - Purpose

Current through June, 2024
The purpose of this chapter is to protect public health
				  through the use of trained and experienced personnel to operate public water
				  systems, and to set standards for the certification of such personnel.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 25 - RULES RELATING TO CERTIFICATION OF PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM OPERATORS › Section 11-25-2.50 - Public water system operation and management

Current through June, 2024
(a) This
				chapter applies to all community and nontransient noncommunity public water
				systems.
(1) Each public water system covered
				by this chapter shall be under the responsible charge of an operator(s) holding
				a valid certification equal to or greater than the classification of the WTP or
				DS;
(2) All operating personnel
				making daily process control or system integrity decisions about water quality
				or quantity that affect public health shall be certified; and
(3) A designated certified operator shall be
				available for each operating shift.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 25 - RULES RELATING TO CERTIFICATION OF PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM OPERATORS › Section 11-25-3 - Classes of certification

Current through June, 2024
Operators may obtain certification by the following methods
				  provided in this section:
(1)
				Operator-in-training (OIT) certification.
(A)
				An applicant may apply for OIT certification if the applicant meets the
				following requirements:
(i) The applicant
				meets the educational requirements of section
				11-25-4
				and,
(ii) The applicant is hired or
				assigned to work at a WTP or DS, in order to gain experience to qualify for
				certification at the Grade 1 level.