Hawaii Revised Statutes 340e. Safe Drinking Water

PART I. DRINKING WATER REGULATIONS

• 340e-1 Definitions.
  Part heading added by L 1987, c 297, §2(1). §340E-1 Definitions. As used in this chapter: "Administrator" means the administrator of the United States...
• 340e-2 Drinking Water Standards.
  Part heading added by L 1987, c 297, §2(1). [§340E-2] Drinking water standards. (a) The director shall promulgate and enforce State Primary Drinking Water...
• 340e-2.5 Capacity Development.
  Part heading added by L 1987, c 297, §2(1). [§340E-2.5] Capacity development. The director may adopt rules to ensure that public water systems demonstrate...
• 340e-3 Variances and Exemptions.
  Part heading added by L 1987, c 297, §2(1). [§340E-3] Variances and exemptions. The director may issue variances or exemptions from the regulations issued...
• 340e-4 Imminent Hazards.
  Part heading added by L 1987, c 297, §2(1). §340E-4 Imminent hazards. The director, upon learning that a contaminant is present in or is...
• 340e-4.5 Tampering With Public Water Systems, Penalties.
  Part heading added by L 1987, c 297, §2(1). [§340E-4.5] Tampering with public water systems, penalties. (a) Any person who tampers with a public...
• 340e-4.6 Inspection of Premises.
  Part heading added by L 1987, c 297, §2(1). [§340E-4.6] Inspection of premises. The director, in accordance with rules adopted pursuant to chapter 91,...
• 340e-4.7 Notification to Users of Potential Lead Contamination.
  Part heading added by L 1987, c 297, §2(1). [§340E-4.7] Notification to users of potential lead contamination. Before June 19, 1988, every public water...
• 340e-4.8 Water Catchment Systems.
  Part heading added by L 1987, c 297, §2(1). [§340E-4.8] Water catchment systems. (a) The department shall establish a program to conduct annual testing...
• 340e-5 Plan for Emergency Provision of Water.
  Part heading added by L 1987, c 297, §2(1). [§340E-5] Plan for emergency provision of water. The director shall promulgate a plan for the...
• 340e-6 Notification of Users and Department.
  Part heading added by L 1987, c 297, §2(1). §340E-6 Notification of users and department. (a) Whenever a public water system: (1) Fails to...
• 340e-7 Prohibited Acts.
  Part heading added by L 1987, c 297, §2(1). §340E-7 Prohibited acts. (a) No supplier of water shall violate any rule adopted pursuant to...
• 340e-8 Penalties and Remedies.
  Part heading added by L 1987, c 297, §2(1). §340E-8 Penalties and remedies. (a) Any person who violates section 340E-7 shall be administratively or...
• 340e-9 Administration.
  Part heading added by L 1987, c 297, §2(1). [§340E-9] Administration. The director may: (1) Perform any and all acts necessary to carry out...

PART II. STATE INTERIM ACTION LEVELS
FOR CONTAMINANTS IN WATER

• 340e-21 Definitions.
  As used in this part, unless the context requires otherwise: "EPA risk assessment guidelines" means guidelines developed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency...
• 340e-22 Establishment of Interim Action Levels.
  (a) The director, upon identifying a contaminant in a public water system that may present an unacceptable health risk to the public, shall establish...
• 340e-23 Rules.
  The director, by rules adopted under chapter 91, may establish state standards which shall supersede interim action levels. As soon as practicable and within...
• 340e-24 Notification of Contamination of Underground Sources of Drinking Water and Other Sources of Public Drinking Water.
  (a) Suppliers of water shall notify the department by written communication of any previously undetected chemical contamination of any underground sources of drinking water...
• 340e-25 Preemption.]
  No provision of this part shall in any way modify or preempt the public notification requirements as identified by state or federal regulation pertaining...

PART III. DRINKING WATER FINANCING

• 340e-31 Definitions.
  As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires: "American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009" means the federal law, Public Law 111-5,...
• 340e-32 Declaration of Policy.
  The State's policy is to protect and improve drinking water quality by financing eligible projects consistent with applicable federal and state laws. [L 1997,...
• 340e-33 Powers and Duties.
  (a) The director may approve grants, loans, and other financial assistance consistent with this part and the Federal Act to eligible public water systems...
• 340e-33.5 Use of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and Other Federal Moneys
  . (a) The director may provide financial assistance to public water systems for the construction of necessary drinking water infrastructure projects, through the drinking water...
• 340e-34 Grants.
  (a) The director may make grants to public water systems from state funds as authorized and appropriated by the legislature for the construction of...
• 340e-35 Drinking Water Treatment Revolving Loan Fund; Establishment, Purpose.
  There is established in the state treasury a fund to be known as the drinking water treatment revolving loan fund to be administered by...
• 340e-36 Drinking Water Fund; Uses and Limitations; Types of Assistance.
  (a) Moneys in the drinking water fund may be used only as allowed and limited by sections 1452(a)(2) and (3), 1452(d), and 1452(k)(1) and (2)...
• 340e-37 Drinking Water Fund; Conditions.
  (a) No loan or other financial assistance shall be made from the drinking water fund for any project unless: (1) The project conforms with the...
• 340e-38 Drinking Water Fund; Deposits.
  The following may be deposited into the drinking water fund: (1) Federal capitalization grant funds and other federal grants, loans, or appropriations; (2) Appropriations by...
• 340e-39 Drinking Water Fund; Fees.
  (a) If established, fees shall cover the costs of current activities, including the issuance of loans and other financial assistance, monitoring of loans and...
• 340e-40 Drinking Water Fund; Interest and Investment on Accounts.
  Moneys in the drinking water fund shall be placed in interest bearing investments or otherwise invested at the discretion of the director until such...
• 340e-41 Compliance.
  The failure or inability of any public water system to receive funds under this part or any other loan or grant program, or any...

Last modified: October 27, 2016