Definitions
HRS §342P-1
in effect342P-1. Definitions
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
"Abatement" means any measure or set
of measures designed to permanently eliminate asbestos or lead-based paint
hazards, including but not limited to removal, enclosure, encapsulation, or
disposal.
"Asbestos" means the asbestiform
varieties of serpentine (chrysotile), riebeckite (crocidolite),
cummingtonite-grunerite (amosite), anthophyllite, actinolite, and tremolite.
"Complaint" means any written charge
filed with or by the department that a person is violating any provision of
this chapter or any rule or order adopted or issued pursuant to this chapter.
"Department" means the department of
health.
"Director" means the director of
health or a duly authorized agent, officer, or inspector.
"Emission" means the act of releasing
or discharging asbestos into the ambient air from any source.
"Facility" means any institutional,
commercial, public, private, or industrial structure, installation or building.
"Party" means each person or agency
named as a party or properly entitled to be a party in any court or agency
proceeding.
"Person" means any individual,
partnership, firm, association, public or private corporation, federal agency,
the State or any of its political subdivisions, trust, estate, or any other
legal entity.
"Renovation" means altering in any
way one or more facilities or structural components of a facility.
"Repair" means the restoration of
asbestos-containing material that has been damaged to seal exposed areas where
asbestos fibers may be released, including the repair of enclosures around
asbestos-containing materials. The term, as it relates to the repair of
previously encapsulated asbestos-containing materials, includes filling damaged
areas with asbestos substitute and re-encapsulating.
"Variance" means the act of deviating
from the requirements of rules adopted under this chapter or a license granted
by the director to deviate from these rules.
[L 1991, c 219, pt of §1; am L
1998, c 242, §4]
Source: Hawaii State Legislature (capitol.hawaii.gov), via Internet Archive capturesURL: http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol06_Ch0321-0344/HRS0342P/HRS_0342P-0001.htmFetched: 11/10/2026