Current through November, 2024
Section 11-62-50 - Registration and permits(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.(b) Owners or operators or both of the following shall register with the department: (1) Land on which non-exceptional quality sludge is applied or placed, with or without the landowner's permission;(2) Land on which non-exceptional quality sludge is stored for less than two years, if the land is different from the treatment works which generated the sludge;(3) Land application or land placement operations for non-exceptional quality wastewater sludge, whether or not the wastewater sludge is applied or placed on land with the landowner's permission;(4) Operations, such as businesses, that haul wastewater or wastewater sludge, or both, including grease haulers and cesspool pumpers, except those operations that only haul exceptional quality sludge; and(5) Other facilities, operations, or land, if directed by the director.(c) Owners or operators or both shall obtain an individual permit for their: (1) Treatment works that generate wastewater sludge that is directly land applied;(2) If different from the generator, facilities or operations that treat or prepare wastewater sludge that is land applied or surface disposed;(3) Treatment works not located in the State but generate wastewater sludge that is directly land applied in the State;(4) Facilities or operations not located in the State that treat or prepare wastewater sludge that is land applied or surface disposed in the State; and(5) Other facilities, operations, or land, if directed by the director.(d) The department may accept and issue consolidated registrations and individual permits (collectively "authorizations"), and for the consolidated authorizations the department may charge the fee for only the most expensive authorization. The department may also charge the fees for all or some of the authorizations.[Eff and comp 12/09/2004] (Auth: HRS §§ 342D-4, 342D-5, 342D-6) (Imp: HRS §§ 342D-2, 342D-4, 342D-5, 342D-6, 342D-13, 342D-50; 40 CFR §§501.15, 503.3(a) )