Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS
Chapter 19 - EMERGENCY PLAN FOR SAFE DRINKING WATER
Section 11-19-8 - DOH activities
Universal Citation: HI Admin Rules 11-19-8
Current through February, 2024
(a) "Type A" emergencies.
(1) The DOH and CDA shall
determine response priorities, resource allocation, and activities in
consultation with appropriate DOH personnel.
(2) Within the DOH as relating to drinking
water, the DHO in consultation with the chief, EPHSD, shall determine response
priorities, resource allocation, and activities.
(3) Within the DOH, the chief, EPHSD, shall
coordinate with DHO as necessary and communicate as necessary between the state
CDA and DHO regarding priorities and availability of assistance, and provide
support services from DOH in Honolulu and from DHO's as needed.
(4) The DOH shall coordinate primarily with
state and county CDA and county DWS's for necessary alternative water supplies
and equipment to ensure supplies as requested by the county or as
needed.
(5) The DOH shall sample
and analyze drinking water supplies as requested by the county or as
needed.
(6) The DOH shall determine
health risks posed by drinking water as requested by the county or as
needed.
(7) The DOH shall inform
water suppliers and consumers of appropriate measure to minimize health risks
resulting from drinking water.
(8)
The DOH shall cooperate with CDA and water suppliers in notifying public (by
police and fire department public address systems, radio and television
announcements, newspapers, or other appropriate means) of necessary public
health protection measures to be taken regarding drinking water.
(b) "Type B" emergencies.
(1) The DHO shall determine DOH response
priorities, resource allocation, and activities in consultation with the chief,
EPHSD, as appropriate. Also the chief, EPHSD, shall provide support from
Honolulu or other DHO as needed.
(2) The DOH shall coordinate primarily with
CDA and DWS for necessary alternative water supplies and equipment to ensure
supplies.
(3) The DOH shall sample
and analyze drinking water supplies as required by the county or as
needed.
(4) The DOH shall determine
health risks posed by drinking water.
(5) The DOH shall inform water suppliers and
consumers of appropriate measures to minimize health risks resulting from
drinking water as requested by the county or as needed.
(6) The DOH shall cooperate with CDA and DWS
in notifying the public (by police and fire department public address systems,
radio and television announcements, newspapers, or other appropriate means) of
necessary public health protection measures to be taken regarding drinking
water.
(c) Special responsibilities.
(1) The chief, EPHSD, if
requested by the state CDA, shall coordinate with the corps for the corps to
initiate measures for furnishing drinking water during situations in which the
source of water has been contaminated.
(2) The DOH recognizes that the corps is
authorized to provide temporary emergency supplies of clean drinking water
pursuant to public law 84-99, as amended, Emergency Flood Control Work,
33 U.S.C.
701 n., and under the specific conditions
described in 33 C.F.R. Part 214. The corps' efforts are limited to situations
clearly beyond the resources reasonably available to the state and
locality.
(3) As needed or
appropriate, the chief, EPHSD, shall coordinate with the state department of
the attorney general to take legal action as set forth in HRS §§
340E-4.
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