Bill Text: HI SB2600 | 2022 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Underground Storage Tanks.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)
Status: (Passed) 2022-06-27 - Act 157, on 06/27/2022 (Gov. Msg. No. 1258). [SB2600 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2022-SB2600-Amended.html
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THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Chapter 342L, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to part I to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§342L- Permits near aquifer prohibited. (a) Beginning July 1, 2022, the department shall
not issue a permit for a new underground storage tank mauka of
the underground injection control line as defined by the department pursuant to
chapter 340E; provided that a permit
may be issued by the department for purposes of repairing or removing an
existing underground storage tank.
(b)
Beginning January 1, 2023, no person shall operate an underground storage
tank mauka of the underground injection control line as defined
by the department pursuant to chapter 340E, and no permit for an underground storage tank mauka of the
underground injection control line as defined by the department pursuant to
chapter 340E shall be renewed."
SECTION 2. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Report Title:
Underground Storage Tanks; Aquifers; Permits; Prohibition
Description:
Prohibits issuance of future underground storage tanks mauka of the underground injection control line as defined by the Department of Health beginning July 1, 2022. Prohibits operation of and renewal of underground storage tank permits located mauka of the underground injection control line as defined by the Department of Health beginning January 1, 2023. (SD1)
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