HAR §11-280.1-325. Permit

(a) Upon approval of an application for a permit to install and operate an UST or tank system, the director shall issue a permit for a term of five years except as noted in subsection ( b) . (b) The owner or operator shall have one year from the issuance of the permit to install an UST or tank system. If the installation is not completed within one year, the permit expires and the owner or operator must apply for a new permit. (c) The owner or operator must inform the department at least seven days prior to performing the actual installation. The information shall include the permit number, name and address of the UST or tank system, the contact person, the contact person's phone number, and date and time of actual installation. (d) The owner or operator must notify the department within thirty days after the installation of the UST or tank system. The notification shall be submitted on the "Certification of Underground Storage Tank Installationu form prescribed by the director. If information submitted on the "Application for an Underground Storage Tank Permit" form has changed since the original application, the section of the certification form entitled "Changes to Original Installations Plans" must be completed and submitted. The certification of installation must certify compliance with the following requirements: (1) Installation of tanks and piping under section ll-280.l-20(f); (2) Cathodic protection of steel tanks and piping under section ll-280.l-20(b) and (c); (3) Financial responsibility under subchapter 8; and 280.1-211 3 5 8 4 §11-280.1-325 (4) Release detection under sections 11-280.1-41 and 11-280.1-42. (e) The department, where practicable and appropriate, may issue one permit to the owner or operator of an UST system for the purpose of combining all USTs, piping, and any ancillary equipment constituting that UST system under one permit, irrespective of the number of individual USTs, so long as that UST system is part of one reasonably contiguous physical location. [Eff 7/15/18; comp 1/17/20; am and comp 7/8/21; comp MAR 212025 ] (Auth: HRS §§342L-3, 342L-7.5) (Imp: HRS §§342L-4, 342L-31)