Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS
Chapter 23 - UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL
Section 11-23-04 - Classification of exempted aquifers and Underground sources of drinking water
Current through February, 2024
(a) Upon request, and with concurrence of the director, the department shall review the aquifer designations. The aquifer designations shall be reviewed at least every three years. In its review, the department may amend the Status of an aquifer in accordance with chapter 91, HRS. The criteria for exempting aquifers from Underground source of drinking water (USDW) Status is as follows:
(b) The UIC maps shall indicate exempted aquifers and USDW, in plan view, by use of a UIC line, and such maps are an integral part of this chapter. The department's UIC maps. shall be the final authority for the identification of the aquifer boundaries on the land surface. Copies of the maps and this chapter are available for examination at an office of the department's environmental protection and health Services division, the district health Offices and other department Offices on each island.
(c) Unless expressly exempted, all aquifers are considered to be USDW.