Haw. Code R. § §§ 11-270.2
The following definitions apply to this chapter and chapter 11-271.1. Terms not defined in this section have the meaning given by RCRA.
Administrator means the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, or an authorized representative.
Application means the current EPA standard national forms for applying for a permit. Application also includes the information required by the director under 40 C.F.R. sections 270.14 to 270.29, as incorporated and amended in this chapter.
Approved program or approved State means a State which has been approved or authorized by EPA under part 271.
Aquifer means a geological formation, group of formations, or part of a formation that is capable of yielding a significant amount of water to a well or spring.
Closure means the act of securing a Hazardous Waste Management facility pursuant to the requirements of 40 CFR part 264.
Component means any constituent part of a unit or any group of constituent parts of a unit which are assembled to perform a specific function (e.g., a pump seal, pump, kiln liner, kiln thermocouple).
Corrective Action Management Unit or CAMU means an area within a facility that is designated by the director under part 264 subpart S, for the purpose of implementing corrective action requirements under § 264.101 and RCRA section 3008(h). A CAMU shall only be used for the management of remediation wastes pursuant to implementing such corrective action requirements at the facility.
CWA means the Clean Water Act (formerly referred to as the Federal Water Pollution Control Act or Federal Water Pollution Control Act amendments of 1972) Pub. L. 92-500, as amended by Pub. L. 92-217 and Pub. L. 95-576; 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.
Director means the director of the Hawaii department of health.
Disposal means the discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking, or placing of any hazardous waste into or on any land or water so that such hazardous waste or any constituent thereof may enter the environment or be emitted into the air or discharged into any waters, including ground water.
Disposal facility means a facility or part of a facility at which hazardous waste is intentionally placed into or on the land or water, and at which hazardous waste will remain after closure. The term disposal facility does not include a corrective action management unit into which remediation wastes are placed.
Draft permit means a document prepared under § 124.6 indicating the Director's tentative decision to issue or deny, modify, revoke and reissue, terminate, or reissue a permit. A notice of intent to terminate a permit, and a notice of intent to deny a permit, as discussed in § 124.5, are types of draft permits. A denial of a request for modification, revocation and reissuance, or termination, as discussed in § 124.5 is not a "draft permit." A proposed permit is not a draft permit.
Elementary neutralization unit means a device which:
(a) Is used for neutralizing wastes only because they exhibit the corrosivity characteristic defined in § 261.22 of this chapter, or are listed in subpart D of part 261 of this chapter only for this reason; and
(b) Meets the definition of tank, tank system, container, transport vehicle, or vessel in § 260.10 of this chapter.
Emergency permit means a RCRA permit issued in accordance with § 270.61.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) means the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
EPA means the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
Existing hazardous waste management (HWM) facility or existing facility means a facility which was in operation or for which construction commenced on or before:
(1) November 19, 1980; or
(2) The effective date of statutory or regulatory changes made under RCRA prior to June 18, 1994 that made the facility subject to the requirement to have an RCRA permit; or
(3) The effective date of statutory or regulatory changes made under chapter 342J, HRS, after June 18, 1994 that made the facility subject to the requirement to have a permit under section 342J-30(a), HRS.
A facility has commenced construction if:
(a) The owner or operator has obtained the Federal, State and local approvals or permits necessary to begin physical construction; and either
(b) (1) A continuous on-site, physical construction program has begun;
or
(2) The owner or operator has entered into contractual obligations which cannot be cancelled or modified without substantial loss-for physical construction of the facility to be completed within a reasonable time.
Facility mailing list means the mailing list for a facility maintained by state department of health in accordance with 40 CFR 124.10(c)(1)(ix).
Facility or activity means any HWM facility or any other facility or activity (including land or appurtenances thereto) that is subject to regulation under chapter 342J, HRS, and chapters 11-260.1 to 11-279.1.
Federal, State and local approvals or permits necessary to begin physical construction means permits and approvals required under Federal, State or county hazardous waste control statutes, regulations or ordinances.
Functionally equivalent component means a component which performs the same function or measurement and which meets or exceeds the performance specifications of another component.
Generator means any person, by site location, whose act, or process produces "hazardous waste" identified or listed in 40 CFR part 261 .
Ground water means water below the land surface in a zone of saturation.
Hazardous waste means a hazardous waste as defined in 40 CFR 261.3.
Hazardous Waste Management facility (HWM facility) means all contiguous land, and structures, other appurtenances, and improvements on the land, used for treating, storing, or disposing of hazardous waste. A facility may consist of several treatment, storage, or disposal operational units (for example, one or more landfills, surface impoundments, or combinations of them).
HWM facility means Hazardous Waste Management facility.
Injection well means a well into which fluids are being injected.
In operation means a facility which is treating, storing, or disposing of hazardous waste.
Major facility means any facility or activity classified as such by the Regional Administrator in conjunction with the director.
Manifest means the shipping document originated and signed by the generator which contains the information required by subpart B of 40 CFR part 262 .
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System means the national program for issuing, modifying, revoking and reissuing, terminating, monitoring and enforcing permits, and imposing and enforcing pretreatment requirements, under sections 307, 402, 318, and 405 of the CWA. The term includes an approved program.
NPDES means National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System.
New HWM facility means a Hazardous Waste Management facility which is not included in the definition of an existing hazardous waste management facility.
Off-site means any site which is not on-site.
On-site means on the same or geographically contiguous property which may be divided by public or private right(s)-of-way, provided the entrance and exit between the properties is at a cross-roads intersection, and access is by crossing as opposed to going along, the right(s)-of-way. Non-contiguous properties owned by the same person but connected by a right-of-way which the person controls and to which the public does not have access, is also considered on-site property.
Owner or operator means the owner or operator of any facility or activity subject to regulation under RCRA.
Permit means an authorization, license, or equivalent control document issued by EPA to implement the requirements of 40 C.F.R. parts 124, 270, and 271 or by the State to implement the requirements of chapters 11-270.1 and 11-271.1. Permit includes permit by rule (40 C.F.R. section 270.60) and emergency permit (40 C.F.R. section 270. 61). Permit does not include hazardous waste management interim status ( 40 C.F.R. part 270 , subpart G), or any permit which has not yet been the subject of final EPA or department action, such as a draft permit or a proposed permit.
Permit-by-rule means a provision of these regulations stating that a facility or activity is deemed to have a RCRA permit if it meets the requirements of the provision.
Person means any individual, partnership, firm, joint stock company, association, public or private corporation, federal agency, the State or any of its political subdivisions, any state and any of its political subdivisions, trust, estate, interstate body, or any other legal entity.
Physical construction means excavation, movement of earth, erection of forms or structures, or similar activity to prepare an HWM facility to accept hazardous waste.
POTW means publicly owned treatment works.
Publicly owned treatment works (POTW) means any device or system used in the treatment (including recycling and reclamation) of municipal sewage or industrial wastes of a liquid nature which is owned by a State or municipality. This definition includes sewers, pipes, or other conveyances only if they convey wastewater to a POTW providing treatment.
RCRA means the Solid Waste Disposal Act as amended by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 ( Pub. L. 94-580, as amended by Pub. L. 95609 and Pub. L. 96-482, 42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.)
Regional Administrator means the Regional Administrator of the appropriate Regional Office of the Environmental Protection Agency or the authorized representative of the Regional Administrator.
Remedial Action Plan (RAP) means a special form of state hazardous waste permit or EPA-issued RCRA permit that a facility owner or operator may obtain instead of a permit issued under §§ 270.3 through 270.66, to authorize the treatment, storage or disposal of hazardous remediation waste (as defined in § 260.10 of this chapter) at a remediation waste management site.
Schedule of compliance means a schedule of remedial measures included in a permit, including an enforceable sequence of interim requirements (for example, actions, operations, or milestone events) leading to compliance with chapter 342J, HRS, and chapters 11-260.1 to 11-279.1.
SDWA means the Safe Drinking Water Act ( Pub. L. 95-523, as amended by Pub. L. 95-1900; 42 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.).
Site means the land or water area where any facility or activity is physically located or conducted, including adjacent land used in connection with the facility or activity.
State/EPA Agreement means an agreement between the Regional Administrator and the State which coordinates EPA and State activities, responsibilities and programs.
Storage means the holding of hazardous waste for a temporary period, at the end of which the hazardous waste is treated, disposed, or stored elsewhere.
Transfer facility means any transportation-related facility including loading docks, parking areas, storage areas and other similar areas where shipments of hazardous waste are held during the normal course of transportation.
Transporter means a person engaged in the off-site transportation of hazardous waste by air, rail, highway or water.
Treatment means any method, technique, or process, including neutralization, designed to change the physical, chemical, or biological character or composition of any hazardous waste so as to neutralize such wastes, or so as to recover energy or material resources from the waste, or so as to render such waste non-hazardous, or less hazardous; safer to transport, store, or dispose of; or amenable for recovery, amenable for storage, or reduced in volume.
UIC means the Underground Injection Control Program under part C of the Safe Drinking Water Act, including an approved program.
Underground injection means a well injection.
Underground source of drinking water (USDW) means an aquifer or its portion:
(a)
(1) Which supplies any public water system; or
(2) Which contains a sufficient quantity of ground water to supply a public water system; and
(i) Currently supplies drinking water for human consumption; or
(ii) Contains fewer than 10,000 mg/l total dissolved solids; and
(b) Which is not an exempted aquifer.
USDW means underground source of drinking water.
Wastewater treatment unit means a device which:
(a) Is part of a wastewater treatment facility which is subject to regulation under either section 402 or 307(b) of the Clean Water Act; and
(b) Receives and treats or stores an influent wastewater which is a hazardous waste as defined in § 261.3 of this chapter, or generates and accumulates a wastewater treatment sludge which is a hazardous waste as defined in § 261.3 of this chapter, or treats or stores a wastewater treatment sludge which is a hazardous waste as defined in § 261.3 of this chapter; and
(c) Meets the definition of tank or tank system in § 260.10 of this chapter.
Haw. Code R. §§ 11-270.2