Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 340E-2

• Administrator: means the administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 340E-1
• Contaminant: means any physical, chemical, biological, or radiological substance or matter in water. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 340E-1
• Director: means the director of health or the director's authorized agent. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 340E-1
• Federal Act: means the Safe Drinking Water Act, Public Law 93-523, as amended by the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1986, Public Law 99-339, and the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996, Public Law 104-182. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 340E-1
• Injection: means the subsurface emplacement of any material, liquid, semi-solid, or solid, or any admixture thereof, which may add a contaminant to underground waters. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 340E-1
• National primary drinking water regulations: means primary drinking water regulations promulgated by the administrator pursuant to the Federal Act. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 340E-1
• Person: means an individual, corporation, company, association, partnership, county, city and county, state, or federal agency. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 340E-1
• Primary drinking water regulation: means a regulation or rule which:

  (1) Applies to public water systems;

  (2) Specifies contaminants which, in the judgment of the director, may have any adverse effect on the health of persons;

  (3) Specifies for each contaminant either:

  (A) A maximum contaminant level if, in the judgment of the director, it is economically and technologically feasible to ascertain the level of such contaminant in public water systems; or

  (B) If, in the judgment of the director, it is not economically or technologically feasible to ascertain the contaminant level[,] each treatment technique known to the director which leads to a reduction in the level of such contaminant sufficient to satisfy the requirements of § 340E-2; and

  (4) Contains criteria and procedures to assure a supply of drinking water which dependably complies with such maximum contaminant levels, including accepted methods for quality control and testing procedures to insure compliance with such levels and proper operation and maintenance of the system, and requirements as to:

  (A) The minimum quality of water which may be taken into the system; and

  (B) Siting for new facilities for public water systems. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 340E-1

• Public water system: means a system which provides water for human consumption through pipes or other constructed conveyances if the system has at least fifteen service connections or regularly serves at least twenty-five individuals. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 340E-1