HAR §11-54-5.1
HAR §11-54-5.1. (v) All flowing waters in Waimanu National Estuarine Research Reserve (Hawaii)
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Cite as Haw. Code R. § 11-54-5.1
As listed in Appendix A dated July 1, 2014, entitled "Class 1, Inland Waters", located at the end of this chapter.
(B) Class 1.b.: All flowing waters in protective subzones designated under chapter 13-5 by the state department of land and natural resources as listed in Appendix A dated July 1, 2014, entitled "Class 1, Inland Waters", located at the end of this chapter.
(C) Class 2.: All flowing waters in areas not otherwise classified.
All flowing waters in classes 1 and 2 in which water quality exceeds the standards specified in this chapter shall not be lowered in quality unless it has been affirmatively demonstrated to the director that the change is justifiable as a result of important economic or social development and shall not interfere with or become injurious to any assigned uses made of, or presently in, those waters. This statement of antidegradation policy does not limit the applicability of the policy in section 11-54-1.1 to the whole chapter.
(2) Standing waters include natural freshwater lakes and reservoirs.
(A) Class 1.a.:
(i) All standing waters within the natural reserves, preserves, sanctuaries, and refuges established by the state department of land and natural resources under chapter 195, HRS, or similar reserves for the protection of aquatic life
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established under chapter 195,
HRS.
(ii) All standing waters in national
and state parks.
(iii) All standing waters in state or
federal fish and wildlife refuges.
(iv) All standing waters which have
been identified as a unique or
critical habitat for threatened or
endangered species by the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service.
(v) All standing waters in Waimanu
National Estuarine Research
Reserve (Hawaii).
As listed in Appendix A dated July 1,
2014, entitled "Class 1, Inland
Waters", located at the end of this
chapter.
(B) Class 1.b.: All standing waters in
protective subzones designated under
chapter 13-5 by the state department of
land and natural resources as listed in
Appendix A dated July 1, 2014, entitled
"Class 1, Inland Waters", located at
the end of this chapter.
(C) Class 2.: All standing waters in areas
not otherwise classified.
(3) Elevated wetlands and low wetlands.
(A) Class 1.a.:
(i) All elevated and low wetlands
within the natural reserves,
preserves, sanctuaries, and
refuges established by the state
department of land and natural
resources under chapter 195, HRS,
or similar reserves for the
protection of aquatic life
established under chapter 195,
HRS.
(ii) All elevated and low wetlands in
national and state parks.
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