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or alcohol; liquids or sludges in containers one gallon or larger unless mixed with a bulking
<br />agent so that it solidifies; and hazardous wastes as defined in 40 Code of Federal Regulations
<br />parts 257, 258 and 261 or the State's statutes or rules, whichever is more stringent.
<br />"Public highway" means all roads, highways, alleys, streets, ways, lanes, bikeways, and
<br />bridges open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel that is acquired or built by
<br />the government.
<br />"Public property" means all real property owned by the County, State, or the Federal
<br />government.
<br />"Recyclable" means material that has reached the end of its current use and may be
<br />processed into material utilized in the production of new products.
<br />"Sanitary landfill" means engineered solid waste disposal method in accordance with State
<br />and federal laws which are designed and operated to protect human health and the environment
<br />by establishing requirements with respect to location, operation, design, ground water
<br />monitoring, corrective action, closure and post -closure, and financial assurance.
<br />"Solid waste" means any garbage, refuse, sludge, and other discarded material, including
<br />solid, liquid, semisolid, or contained gaseous material, resulting from residential habitation;
<br />industrial, commercial, mining, and agricultural operations; and community activities.
<br />"Solid waste management" means planned and organized handling of solid waste and
<br />recyclable materials in an environmentally and economically sound manner, encompassing the
<br />generation, storage, collection, transfer, transportation, processing, resource recovery, reuse, and
<br />disposal of solid waste and recyclable materials and including all administrative, financial,
<br />educational, environmental, legal, planning, marketing and operational aspects thereof.
<br />"State" means the State of Hawaii.
<br />"SWD" means the Solid Waste Division of the Department of Environmental Management.
<br />"SWD facility" means a County facility for the management of materials the County is
<br />legally permitted to accept pursuant to State law.
<br />Article 2. Administration and Enforcement.
<br />Division 1. Administration.
<br />Section 20-02-01. Jurisdiction.
<br />Unless otherwise provided for by law, the department shall have jurisdiction over and
<br />administer all matters covered by this chapter.
<br />Section 20-02-02. Adoption of rules.
<br />The department may adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes,
<br />necessary for the purposes of this chapter.
<br />Division 2. Enforcement.
<br />Section 20-02-21. General provisions.
<br />Failure to comply with any provision of this chapter, or any rule adopted pursuant to this
<br />chapter, or with conditions imposed as part of any permit issued pursuant to this chapter, shall
<br />constitute a violation of this chapter.
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