Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 340A - Solid Waste

• Agency: means any department, office or board or commission of the state or county government which is a part of the executive branch of that government. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 340A-1
• Agricultural solid waste: means the solid waste that results from the rearing of animals and the harvesting of crops. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 340A-1
• Appraisal: A determination of property value.
• Collector: means any person or governmental agency which has been licensed to remove refuse in accordance with applicable ordinances and regulations. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 340A-1
• Concurrent resolution: A legislative measure, designated "S. Con. Res." and numbered consecutively upon introduction, generally employed to address the sentiments of both chambers, to deal with issues or matters affecting both houses, such as a concurrent budget resolution, or to create a temporary joint committee. Concurrent resolutions are not submitted to the President/Governor and thus do not have the force of law.
• County: shall include each county of the State, including the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 340A-1
• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• Director: means the director of the department of health. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 340A-1
• Generator: means any person or governmental agency which generates solid waste. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 340A-1
• important agricultural lands: means those lands, identified pursuant to this part, that:
  (1) Are capable of producing sustained high agricultural yields when treated and managed according to accepted farming methods and technology;
  (2) Contribute to the State's economic base and produce agricultural commodities for export or local consumption; or
  (3) Are needed to promote the expansion of agricultural activities and income for the future, even if currently not in production. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 205-42
• Incinerator: means an engineered combustion device specifically designed for volume reduction by controlled burning of combustible solid waste. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 340A-1
• Landfill: means a land area used for the disposal of solid waste. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 340A-1
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Mortgage loan: A loan made by a lender to a borrower for the financing of real property. ^{Source: OCC}
• Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
• Operator: means any person or governmental agency which accepts solid waste for processing, disposing, or transferring at an incinerator, landfill site, resource recovery facility or transfer station. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 340A-1
• Owner: means any person or governmental agency which shall have title to solid waste. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 340A-1
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• Resource recovery facility: means a facility in which solid waste is reprocessed into new products in such manner that original products lose their identity. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 340A-1
• Solid waste: means garbage, refuse and other discarded solid materials, including solid waste materials resulting from industrial and commercial operations, and from community activities. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 340A-1
• Source separated waste: means recyclable waste materials which are set aside at their point of generation for segregated collection and transport to specialized waste processing sites or final manufacturing markets. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 340A-1
• Transfer station: means a supplemental transportation facility used as an adjunct to solid waste route collection vehicles, which facility may be fixed or mobile and may include recompaction of solid waste. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 340A-1