Section 11-62-54.01 - Wastewater management individual permits(a) Timing. Applications for individual permits required under section 11-62-50 shall be submitted as follows:(1) For existing lands, facilities, operations, and lands, not later than one year after the effective date of this section; and(2) New facilities, operations, and lands, not later than one hundred eighty days before the facilities, operations, or lands are used or begin activity. The director may waive this one hundred eighty day requirement by issuing the permit before the one hundred eighty days expire.(b) Information and forms. Applicants for individual permits shall complete and submit one original and one copy of the form(s)furnished by the director. Applicants shall provide at least the type of information required by 4 0 CFR Part 501 and the following information: (1) The type of activities conducted by the applicant which requires a permit to be obtained;(2) The name, mailing address, and location of the wastewater or wastewater sludge collection, handling, storage, treatment, use, disposal, or transportation facility, operation, or land;(3) The owner's name, address, telephone number, ownership status, and status as federal, state, private, public, or other entity;(4) The operator's name, address, telephone number, ownership status, status as federal, state, private, public or other entity, and operator's certification number under chapter 11-61, if applicable;(5) A listing of all environmental permits received or applied, including all federal, state, or local permits;(6) A topographical map or other map if a topographical map is unavailable extending one mile beyond the property boundaries of the sludge management facility, depicting the treatment and disposal sites, the location of all water bodies, and the locations of potable water wells within one-quarter mile of the property boundaries;(7) Any sludge monitoring data and for land application, any available groundwater monitoring data, with a description of the well locations and approximate depth to the groundwater;(8) A description of the applicant's sludge use and disposal practices, including where applicable, the location of any sites where the applicant transfers wastewater sludge for treatment, disposal, or both, as well as the name of the applier who applies the wastewater sludge to the land if different from the applicant, and the name of any distributors when the sludge will be distributed, if different from the applicant;(9) For each land application site the applicant will use during the life of the permit, the applicant will supply information necessary to determine if the site is appropriate for land application and a description of how the site is, or will be managed. Applicants intending to apply wastewater sludge to land application sites not identified at the time of application must submit a land application plan which at a minimum: (A) Describes the geographical area covered by the plan;(B) Identifies the site selection criteria;(C) Describes how the site will be managed;(D) Provides for advanced notice to the director of specific land application sites; and(E) Provides for advance public notice and notice to landowners and occupants adjacent to or abutting the proposed land application site;(10) Annual sludge production volumes; and(11) Any information required to determine the appropriate standards for permitting under 40 CFR Part 503,(c) The director may require the submission of additional information after an individual permit application has been submitted,(d) Records. Applicants shall keep records of all data used to complete permit applications and any supplemental information submitted under this section for a period of at least five years from the date the application is submitted, unless otherwise specified by the director.(e) Fees. Every applicant for an individual permit shall pay the filing fee specified in section 11-62-51 for each facility, operation, or land to be permitted, except as the director may provide under section 11-62-50(e).(f) Processing suspension. If the director considers permit application incomplete, lacking payment of the fee, otherwise deficient, or considers more information necessary, the director shall order that the permit application shall not be processed or a permit issued until the applicant supplies the missing information or otherwise corrects the deficiency. Haw. Code R. § 11-62-54.01
[Eff and comp 12/09/2004] (Auth: HRS §§ 342D-4, 342D-5, 342D-6) (Imp: HRS §§ 342D-2, 342D-4, 342D-6, 342D-13, 342D-50; 40 CFR Part 501, 40 CFR § 501.15(a),(d))