Definitions
HRS §342E-1
in effect342E-1. Definitions
As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
"Department" means the department of
health.
"Director" means the director of
health.
"Nonpoint source pollution" means
water pollution that does not originate from a point source.
"Person" means any individual,
partnership, firm, association, public or private corporation, federal agency,
the State or a county, trust, estate, or any other legal entity.
"Point source pollution" means
pollution from any discernible, confined, and discrete conveyance, including,
but not limited to, any pipe, ditch, channel, tunnel, conduit, well, discrete
fissure, container, rolling stock, concentrated animal feeding operation, or
vessel or other floating craft, from which pollutants are or may be
discharged. This term does not include agricultural stormwater discharges and
return flows from irrigated agriculture.
"Pollution" means water pollution.
"Program" means the nonpoint source
pollution management and control program established within the department
pursuant to this chapter.
"State waters" means all waters,
fresh, brackish, or salt, around and within the State including, but not
limited to, coastal waters, wetlands, streams, rivers, drainage ditches, ponds,
reservoirs, canals, groundwaters, and lakes; provided that drainage ditches,
canals, ponds, wetlands, and reservoirs required as a part of a water pollution
control system or an irrigation system are excluded.
[L 1993, c 345, pt
of §2]
Source: Hawaii State Legislature (capitol.hawaii.gov), via Internet Archive capturesURL: http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol06_Ch0321-0344/HRS0342E/HRS_0342E-0001.htmFetched: 11/10/2026