Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 487D - Retail Merchant Club Cards

• Air pollution: means the presence in the outdoor air of substances in quantities and for durations which may endanger human health or welfare, plant or animal life, or property or which may unreasonably interfere with the comfortable enjoyment of life and property throughout the State and in such areas of the State as are affected thereby, but excludes all aspects of employer-employee relationships as to health and safety hazards. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342B-1
• Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Department: means the department of health. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342B-1
• Director: means the director of health. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342B-1
• Emission: means the act of releasing or discharging air pollutants into the ambient air from any source. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342B-1
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Permit: means written authorization from the director to construct, modify, relocate, or operate any regulated air pollutant source. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342B-1
• Person: means any individual, firm, corporation, association, partnership, consortium, joint venture, commercial entity, state, county, commission, political subdivision of the State, or, to the extent they are subject to this chapter, the United States or any interstate body. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342B-1
• Source: means any property, real or personal, which emits or may emit any air pollutant. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342B-1
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• Variance: means special written authorization from the director to cause or emit any regulated air pollutant in a manner or in an amount in excess of applicable standards, or to do an act that deviates from the requirements of rules or standards adopted pursuant to this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342B-1