Bill Text: HI SB2600 | 2022 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Underground Storage Tanks.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)
Status: (Passed) 2022-06-27 - Act 157, on 06/27/2022 (Gov. Msg. No. 1258). [SB2600 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2022-SB2600-Introduced.html
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THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to underground storage tanks.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 342L-4, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:
"(c) The director shall issue a permit for any term, not exceeding five years, if the director determines this to be protective of human health and the environment; provided that the permit may be subject to conditions as the director may prescribe. The director, on application, shall renew a permit from time to time for a term not to exceed five years if the director determines this to be protective of human health and the environment. The director shall not deny an application for the issuance or renewal of a permit without affording the applicant an opportunity for a hearing in accordance with chapter 91.
The director, on the director's own
motion or the application of any person, [may] shall modify,
suspend, or revoke any permit if, after affording the permittee an opportunity
for a hearing in accordance with chapter 91, the director determines that:
(1) There is a violation of any condition of the permit;
(2) The permit was
obtained by misrepresentation, or failure to disclose fully all relevant facts;
[or]
(3) There is a release
or threatened release of regulated substances that the department deems to pose
an imminent and substantial risk to human health or the environment[.];
(4) The permittee is
in non-compliance with any state or federal law or regulation; and
(5) The permittee has
been cited for a violation of the federal Water Pollution Control Act, P.L. 92-500
or chapter 342D."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Underground Storage Tanks; Permits; Compliance
Description:
Requires that any permittee remain in compliance with all state and federal laws and has not been cited for any violation of the federal Water Pollution Control Act or chapter 342D, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Requires the Director of Health to modify, suspend, or revoke any permit if the permittee does not meet certain conditions.
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