Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 342J > Part IV - Used Oil and Used Oil Fuel

• Age: means over the age of majority or emancipated minors. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 515-2
• Commission: means the civil rights commission. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 515-2
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Department: means the department of health. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342J-2
• Director: means the director of health or the director's authorized agent. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342J-2
• Disability: means having a physical or mental impairment which substantially limits one or more major life activities, having a record of such an impairment, or being regarded as having such an impairment. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 515-2
• Discriminatory practice: means a practice designated as discriminatory under the terms of this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 515-2
• Disposal: means the discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking, or placing of any used oil or used oil fuel into or on any land or water so that the used oil, used oil fuel, or any constituent thereof may enter the environment, be emitted into the air, or discharged into any waters, including ground waters. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342J-51
• 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.
• Facility: means all contiguous land and structures, other appurtenances, and improvements on the land used for the handling of used oil or used oil fuel. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342J-51
• Familial status: means the status of: a parent having legal custody of and domiciled with a minor child or children, a person who is domiciled with a minor child or children and who has written or unwritten permission from the legal parent, a person who is pregnant, or any person who is in the process of securing legal custody of a minor child or children. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 515-2
• Gender identity or expression: includes a person's actual or perceived gender, as well as a person's gender identity, gender-related self-image, gender-related appearance, or gender-related expression, regardless of whether that gender identity, gender-related self-image, gender-related appearance, or gender-related expression is different from that traditionally associated with the person's sex at birth. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 515-2
• Generator: means any person, by site, whose act or process produces used oil or used oil fuel or whose act first causes used oil or used oil fuel to become subject to regulation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342J-51
• Hazardous waste: means a solid waste, or combination of solid wastes, which because of its quantity, concentration, or physical, chemical, or infectious characteristics may:

  (1) Cause or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in a serious irreversible or incapacitating reversible illness; or

  (2) Pose a substantial existing or potential hazard to human health or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed of, or otherwise managed. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342J-2

• Housing accommodation: includes any improved or unimproved real property, or part thereof, which is used or occupied, or is intended, arranged, or designed to be used or occupied, as the home or residence of one or more individuals. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 515-2
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Permit: means written authorization from the director for a person to engage in the handling of used oil or used oil fuel. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342J-51
• Person: refers to the definition of section 1-19 and includes a legal representative, partnership, receiver, trust, trustee, trustee in bankruptcy, the State, or any governmental entity or agency. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 515-2
• Person: means any individual, partnership, firm, joint stock company, association, public or private corporation, federal agency, the State or any of its political subdivisions, any state and any of its political subdivisions, trust, estate, interstate body, or any other legal entity. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342J-2
• Pollution: means pollution by mismanagement or mishandling of used oil or used oil fuel. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342J-51
• Real estate transaction: includes the sale, exchange, rental, or lease of real property. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 515-2
• Sexual orientation: means having a preference for heterosexuality, homosexuality, or bisexuality, having a history of any one or more of these preferences, or being identified with any one or more of these preferences. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 515-2
• Specification fuel: means recycled oil which meets specific standards that are set by the director. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342J-51
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Used oil: means any oil (regardless of whether it is a hazardous waste) that has been refined from crude oil, or any synthetic oil, that has been used and as a result of such use is contaminated by physical or chemical impurities. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342J-51