REPORT TITLE:
Noise Pollution


DESCRIPTION:
Shortens the allowable period for the permit review process for
noise pollution permits from 180 days to 30 days.  (SB738 HD1)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           S.D. 1
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                H.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO NOISE POLLUTION.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  The length of time involved in the issuance of
 
 2 state permits places a significant burden on the developers of
 
 3 construction projects.  Currently, the time allotted to the
 
 4 department of health to grant noise control permits is
 
 5 one-hundred-eighty days.  Shortening the noise pollution permit
 
 6 review period will allow development projects to proceed in a
 
 7 more timely manner.
 
 8      The purpose of this Act is to require the department of
 
 9 health to grant or reject noise control permits within thirty
 
10 days instead of one-hundred-eighty days.
 
11      SECTION 2.  Section 342F-4, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
12 amended by amending subsection (d) to read as follows:
 
13      "(d)  [The failure of] Except for applications for which the
 
14 director deems a public informational meeting, hearing, or notice
 
15 is appropriate, the director [to] shall act on an application for
 
16 the issuance of a permit or an application by a permit holder for
 
17 the modification or renewal thereof within [one hundred eighty]
 
18 thirty days of the receipt of [such] a properly completed
 
19 application [shall be deemed a grant of such application provided
 
20 that the applicant acts consistently with the application and all
 

 
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 1 plans, specifications, and other information submitted as a part
 
 2 thereof].
 
 3      For applications for which the director deems a public
 
 4 informational meeting, hearing, or notice is appropriate, the
 
 5 director shall act on the application within ninety days of the
 
 6 receipt of a properly completed application.
 
 7      If the director determines that extraordinary circumstances
 
 8 exist on an application, the director shall extend the ninety-day
 
 9 period up to an additional ninety days."
 
10      SECTION 3.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
11 New statutory material is underscored.
 
12      SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.