Bill Text: HI SB2601 | 2022 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Underground Storage Tanks.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-18 - Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC/WAM. [SB2601 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2022-SB2601-Amended.html
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THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022 |
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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 subsections (b) and (c) to read as follows:
"(b) The department [may] shall
require that applications for [such] permits [shall] be
accompanied by plans, specifications, and [such] other information as it
deems necessary in order for it to determine whether the proposed installation,
alteration, or use will be in accord with applicable rules and standards.
(c) The director [shall] may 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]
shall be subject to conditions as the director may prescribe. The director, on application, [shall] may
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."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on January 1, 2050.
Report Title:
Underground Storage Tanks; Department of Health; Permits
Description:
Requires applications for underground storage tank permits to be accompanied by plans, specifications, and other necessary information. Removes automatic grant of permits for underground storage tanks. Requires the Director of Health to modify, suspend, or revoke a permit if there is a violation of the permit, the permit was obtained by misrepresentation, or if there was a release of regulated substances. Effective 1/1/2050. (SD1)
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