Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 340B - Wastewater Treatment Personnel

• Agency: means any agency, board, commission, department, or officer of a county government or the state government, including the authority as defined in part II. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 205A-1
• agricultural activities: means the activities described in paragraphs (1) to (3);
  (22) Geothermal resources exploration and geothermal resources development, as defined under § 182-1;
  (23) Hydroelectric facilities, including the appurtenances associated with the production and transmission of hydroelectric energy, subject to § 205-2; provided that the hydroelectric facilities and their appurtenances:

  (A) Shall consist of a small hydropower facility as defined by the United States Department of Energy, including:

  (i) Impoundment facilities using a dam to store water in a reservoir;

  (ii) A diversion or run-of-river facility that channels a portion of a river through a canal or channel; and

  (iii) Pumped storage facilities that store energy by pumping water uphill to a reservoir at higher elevation from a reservoir at a lower elevation to be released to turn a turbine to generate electricity;

  (B) Comply with the state water code, chapter 174C;

  (C) Shall, if over five hundred kilowatts in hydroelectric generating capacity, have the approval of the commission on water resource management, including a new instream flow standard established for any new hydroelectric facility; and

  (D) Do not impact or impede the use of agricultural land or the availability of surface or ground water for all uses on all parcels that are served by the ground water sources or streams for which hydroelectric facilities are considered; or
  (24) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, composting and co-composting operations; provided that operations that process their own green waste and do not require permits from the department of health shall use the finished composting product only on the operation's own premises to minimize the potential spread of invasive species. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 205-4.5
• Agricultural activity: means any activity described in paragraphs (1) to (3) of this subsection. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 205-4.5
• Appurtenances: means operational infrastructure of the appropriate type and scale for economic commercial storage and distribution, and other similar handling of feedstock, fuels, and other products of biofuel processing facilities. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 205-4.5
• Association of boards of certification for operating personnel in water and wastewater utilities: means that organization which serves as an information center for certification activities, recommends minimum standards and guidelines for the classification of potable water supply and wastewater systems and facilities and for certification of operators, facilitates reciprocity between state programs, and assists authorities in establishing new certification programs and upgrading existing programs. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 340B-1
• Authority: means the county planning commission, except in counties where the county planning commission is advisory only, in which case "authority" means the county council or such body as the council may by ordinance designate. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 205A-1
• Beach: includes sand deposits in nearshore submerged areas, or sand dunes or upland beach deposits landward of the shoreline, that provide benefits for public use and recreation, for coastal ecosystems, and as a natural buffer against coastal hazards. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 205A-1
• Board: means the board of certification established by § 340B-4. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 340B-1
• Coastal hazards: means any tsunami, hurricane, wind, wave, storm surges, high tide, flooding, erosion, sea level rise, subsidence, or point and nonpoint source pollution. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 205A-1
• Coastal zone management area: means all lands of the State and the area extending seaward from the shoreline to the limit of the State's police power and management authority, including the United States territorial sea. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 205A-1
• Coastal zone management program: means the comprehensive statement in words, maps, or other permanent media of communication, prepared, approved for submission, and amended by the State and approved by the United States government pursuant to Public Law No. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 205A-1
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Devise: To gift property by will.
• Director: means the director of health. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 340B-1
• Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation: A government corporation that insures the deposits of all national and state banks that are members of the Federal Reserve System. ^{Source: OCC}
• 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
• Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. ^{Source: OCC}
• Land: means the earth, water, and air above, below, or on the surface. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 205A-1
• Lead agency: means the office of planning and sustainable development. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 205A-1
• Mortgage loan: A loan made by a lender to a borrower for the financing of real property. ^{Source: OCC}
• Mortgagor: The person who pledges property to a creditor as collateral for a loan and who receives the money.
• Operator: means any individual who operates a wastewater treatment plant, or a major segment of a wastewater treatment plant. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 340B-1
• Person: means any individual, partnership, firm, association, joint venture, public or private corporation, trust, estate, commission, board, public or private institution, utility, cooperative, municipality, or any other legal entity. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 340B-1
• Public advisory body: means the advisory body established in section 205A-3. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 205A-1
• Shoreline: means the upper reaches of the wash of the waves, other than storm and seismic waves, at high tide during the season of the year in which the highest wash of the waves occurs, usually evidenced by the edge of vegetation growth, or the upper limit of debris left by the wash of the waves. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 205A-1
• Supervisor: means , where shift operation is not required, any individual who has direct responsibility for the operation of a wastewater treatment plant or who supervises operators of such a plant. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 340B-1
• Wastewater treatment plant: means the various facilities used in the treatment of wastewater, including a wastewater reclamation plant, but excluding a private sewage treatment plant with actual flows greater than 2. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 340B-1