Hawaii Revised Statutes 342g. Integrated Solid Waste Management

PART I. GENERAL PROVISIONS

• 342g-1 Definitions.
  As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise: "Agricultural solid waste" means the solid waste that results from the rearing of animals...
• 342g-2 Solid Waste Management Priorities.
  (a) This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Hawaii Integrated Solid Waste Management Act". (b) In implementing this chapter, the...
• 342g-3 Goals.
  (a) It is the goal of the State to reduce the solid waste stream prior to disposal by: (1) Twenty-five per cent by January...

PART II. ADMINISTRATION

• 342g-11 Administration.
  The department shall be responsible for the administration of this chapter. The director may delegate to any person within the department the power and...
• 342g-12 Office of Solid Waste Management, Establishment.
  There is established within the department the office of solid waste management. The head of the office shall be known as the state solid...
• 342g-12.5 Recycling Coordinator.
  There is established a position of assistant to the coordinator of the office of solid waste management to be known as the recycling coordinator....
• 342g-13 Powers and Duties of the Department.
  In the execution of the responsibilities provided under this chapter, the department shall: (1) Establish and administer goals and guidelines as provided for in...
• 342g-14 Powers and Duties of the Office of Solid Waste Management.
  The office shall: (1) Promote the development of coordinated statewide solid waste management; (2) Identify and monitor environmental and public health issues relating to...
• 342g-15 Annual Report.
  (a) The coordinator shall prepare and submit an annual report to each county, the director, the governor, and the legislature, twenty days prior to...

PART III. INTEGRATED SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PLANNING

• 342g-21 Establishment of County Integrated Solid Waste Management Plans.
  By January 1, 1993, each county shall submit to the office an integrated solid waste management plan that has been formally adopted by the...
• 342g-22 Development of County Integrated Solid Waste Management Plans.
  (a) Prior to preparing a plan, each county shall form an advisory committee appointed by the mayor. The county advisory committee may be composed...
• 342g-23 State Review of County Integrated Solid Waste Management Plans.
  (a) Prior to submitting to the office a plan that has been formally adopted by a county, the county and the office may negotiate...
• 342g-24 Submission Schedule for Revised Integrated Solid Waste Management Plans.
  (a) Each state-approved county plan shall be revised and submitted to the office on the following schedule: (1) The first revised plan shall be...
• 342g-25 Contents of County Integrated Solid Waste Management Plans.
  (a) Each county plan and subsequent revision shall include: (1) A program element; and (2) A facility capacity and siting element. A county may...
• 342g-26 Contents of the Program Element.
  (a) The waste stream assessment component shall describe and explain the origin, composition, and weight or volume, or both, of solid waste generated within...
• 342g-27 Contents of the Facility Capacity and Siting Element.
  (a) The existing capacity and future needs component shall identify existing and future facilities needed by the county for solid waste management. (b) The...
• 342g-28 Facility Permitting.
  Permitting shall be performed pursuant to chapter 342H. [L 1991, c 324, pt of §2]
• 342g-29 Revisions to the State Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan.
  (a) The office shall be responsible for preparing revisions to the state integrated solid waste management plan. The first revision shall be completed within...
• 342g-30 Records.
  Each operator of a municipal solid waste landfill or incineration facility shall keep records of all deliveries of solid waste to the facility, including,...
• 342g-31 Guidelines.]
  The process of county and state integrated solid waste management planning shall be expedited to the greatest degree possible. The department, within six months...

PART IV. GOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION

• 342g-41 Goals for Recycled Product Procurement.
  It shall be the policy of all state and county public agencies to give preference to the purchase of products made from recycled materials,...
• 342g-42 Office Responsibilities for Recycled Products Procurement.
  The office, in coordination with the state procurement office, shall ensure that all state and county purchasing agencies are provided with the information and...
• 342g-43 Reporting.
  (a) Each state agency that conducts its own procurement activities shall annually submit information and data to the office regarding: (1) The agency’s progress...
• 342g-44 Double-Sided Copying.
  Double-sided copying shall be standard operating practice for all state and county agencies, offices, and facilities, as available and appropriate. To increase double-sided copying,...
• 342g-45 Establishment of an Office Paper and Other Materials Recovery Program.
  By January 1, 1992, the department shall initiate an office paper and other materials recovery program for all appropriate offices within the department. By...
• 342g-46 Coordination of Bioconversion Programs.
  Bioconversion programs shall include: (1) A variety of program sizes ranging from backyard composting by residents and commercial establishments to full-scale municipal programs; and...
• 342g-47 State Agency Responsibilities in the Promotion of Bioconversion.
  The general responsibilities of state agencies under this chapter include the following: (1) Departments that procure compost or that can substitute compost for other...
• 342g-48 Recycling Market Development.
  Databases on solid waste management alternatives and businesses involved in recycling and bioconversion shall be developed and maintained as follows: (1) Within one year...
• 342g-49 Repealed.
  L Sp 1995, c 2, §5.

PART V. SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT SURCHARGE

• 342g-61 Solid Waste Collection Surcharge.
  Each county may assess residential real property owners in their respective county an annual solid waste collection surcharge based on the partial costs of...
• 342g-62 Solid Waste Disposal Surcharge.
  (a) There is established a solid waste management surcharge. The solid waste management surcharge shall be 35 cents per ton of solid waste disposed...
• 342g-63 Establishment of the Environmental Management Special Fund.
  (a) There is created in the state treasury an environmental management special fund. The fund may receive legislative appropriations, grants and gifts. (b) All...
• 342g-64 Administration of the Environmental Management Special Fund.
  (a) The department may adopt rules to administer the environmental management special fund. During the interim period until such rules are established, the department...

PART VI. ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES

• 342g-71 Penalties.
  Part heading added by revisor. §342G-71 Penalties. Any person who violates any provision of this chapter or any rule adopted pursuant to this chapter...
• 342g-72 Enforcement.
  Part heading added by revisor. §342G-72 Enforcement. (a) If the director determines that any person has violated or is violating any provision of this...

PART VII. GLASS CONTAINER RECOVERY

• 342g-81 Definitions.
  As used in this part, unless the context requires otherwise: "Deposit glass beverage container" means: (1) The individual, separate, sealed, glass container used for...
• 342g-82 Advance Disposal Fee.
  (a) Every glass container importer shall pay to the department an advance disposal fee. The fee shall be imposed only once on the same...
• 342g-83 Glass Container Importers; Registration, Recordkeeping Requirements.
  (a) By September 1, 1994, all glass container importers operating within the State shall register with the department, using forms prescribed by the department,...
• 342g-84 Deposit Into Environmental Management Special Fund; Distribution to Counties.
  (a) Revenues generated from the advance disposal fee shall be deposited into a special account in the environmental management fund. Moneys from the special...
• 342g-85 Container Inventory Report and Payment.
  (a) Payment of the advance glass disposal fee shall be made quarterly based on inventory reports of the glass container importers, except for those...
• 342g-86 County Glass Recovery Programs; Requirements.
  (a) All county glass recovery programs shall include: (1) Some form of glass incentive or "buy back" program providing a means of encouraging participation...
• 342g-87 Contract for Administrative Services.
  The department may contract the services of a third party to administer the advance disposal fee program under this part. [L 1994, c 201,...
• 342g-88, 89 Repealed.
  L 2002, c 176, §§14, 15.

PART VIII. DEPOSIT BEVERAGE CONTAINER PROGRAM

• 342g-101 Definitions.
  L 2004, c 241, §13 provides: "SECTION 13. Unless modified hereafter pursuant to chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, the following definition shall supersede the...
• 342g-101.5 Commercial Passenger Vessels; Exemption.
  L 2004, c 241, §13 provides: "SECTION 13. Unless modified hereafter pursuant to chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, the following definition shall supersede the...
• 342g-102 Deposit Beverage Container Fee.
  L 2004, c 241, §13 provides: "SECTION 13. Unless modified hereafter pursuant to chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, the following definition shall supersede the...
• 342g-102.5 Repealed.
  L 2004, c 241, §13 provides: "SECTION 13. Unless modified hereafter pursuant to chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, the following definition shall supersede the...
• 342g-103 Deposit Beverage Distributors; Registration, Recordkeeping Requirements.
  L 2004, c 241, §13 provides: "SECTION 13. Unless modified hereafter pursuant to chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, the following definition shall supersede the...
• 342g-104 Deposit Into Deposit Beverage Container Deposit Special Fund; Use of Funds.
  L 2004, c 241, §13 provides: "SECTION 13. Unless modified hereafter pursuant to chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, the following definition shall supersede the...
• 342g-105 Deposit Beverage Container Inventory Report and Payment.
  L 2004, c 241, §13 provides: "SECTION 13. Unless modified hereafter pursuant to chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, the following definition shall supersede the...
• 342g-106 Contract for Administrative Services.
  L 2004, c 241, §13 provides: "SECTION 13. Unless modified hereafter pursuant to chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, the following definition shall supersede the...
• 342g-107 Management and Financial Audit.
  L 2004, c 241, §13 provides: "SECTION 13. Unless modified hereafter pursuant to chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, the following definition shall supersede the...
• 342g-108 Reserved.
  L 2004, c 241, §13 provides: "SECTION 13. Unless modified hereafter pursuant to chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, the following definition shall supersede the...
• 342g-109 Rules; Commencement.
  L 2004, c 241, §13 provides: "SECTION 13. Unless modified hereafter pursuant to chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, the following definition shall supersede the...
• 342g-110 Payment and Application of Deposits.
  L 2004, c 241, §13 provides: "SECTION 13. Unless modified hereafter pursuant to chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, the following definition shall supersede the...
• 342g-111 Sales of Beverages in Deposit Beverage Containers; Distributor Report; Fee and Deposit Payment.
  L 2004, c 241, §13 provides: "SECTION 13. Unless modified hereafter pursuant to chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, the following definition shall supersede the...
• 342g-112 Deposit Beverage Container Requirements.
  L 2004, c 241, §13 provides: "SECTION 13. Unless modified hereafter pursuant to chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, the following definition shall supersede the...
• 342g-113 Redemption of Empty Deposit Beverage Containers.
  L 2004, c 241, §13 provides: "SECTION 13. Unless modified hereafter pursuant to chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, the following definition shall supersede the...
• 342g-114 Redemption Centers.
  L 2004, c 241, §13 provides: "SECTION 13. Unless modified hereafter pursuant to chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, the following definition shall supersede the...
• 342g-114.5 Repealed.
  L 2004, c 241, §13 provides: "SECTION 13. Unless modified hereafter pursuant to chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, the following definition shall supersede the...
• 342g-115 Reverse Vending Machine Requirements.
  L 2004, c 241, §13 provides: "SECTION 13. Unless modified hereafter pursuant to chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, the following definition shall supersede the...
• 342g-116 Refusal of Refund Value Payment for a Deposit Beverage Container.
  L 2004, c 241, §13 provides: "SECTION 13. Unless modified hereafter pursuant to chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, the following definition shall supersede the...
• 342g-117 Handling Fees and Refund Values for Certified Redemption Centers.
  L 2004, c 241, §13 provides: "SECTION 13. Unless modified hereafter pursuant to chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, the following definition shall supersede the...
• 342g-118 Reserved.
  L 2004, c 241, §13 provides: "SECTION 13. Unless modified hereafter pursuant to chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, the following definition shall supersede the...
• 342g-119 Redemption Center Reporting.
  L 2004, c 241, §13 provides: "SECTION 13. Unless modified hereafter pursuant to chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, the following definition shall supersede the...
• 342g-120 Recycling Facility Reporting.
  L 2004, c 241, §13 provides: "SECTION 13. Unless modified hereafter pursuant to chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, the following definition shall supersede the...
• 342g-121 Audit Authority.
  L 2004, c 241, §13 provides: "SECTION 13. Unless modified hereafter pursuant to chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, the following definition shall supersede the...
• 342g-122 Advisory Committee.
  L 2004, c 241, §13 provides: "SECTION 13. Unless modified hereafter pursuant to chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, the following definition shall supersede the...
• 342g-123 Repealed.
  L 2004, c 241, §13 provides: "SECTION 13. Unless modified hereafter pursuant to chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, the following definition shall supersede the...

Last modified: October 27, 2016