HAR §13-168-5. Declaration of water use

(a) Any person making a use of water from a well or stream diversion works in existence on the effective date of these rules in any area of the state shall file a declaration of the person's use with UNOFFICIAL COMPILATION 168-6 the commission within one year from the effective date of these rules. (b) The commission shall cause notice of the rules to be published on three separate days in a newspaper of general circulation statewide and in a newspaper of areawide or countywide circulation. The commission shall also cause notice of the rules to be given by mail to any person required to file of whom the commission has or could readily obtain knowledge or who has requested mailed notice to be given when the commission adopts rules requiring the filing of declarations. (c) Declarations by the user shall be made on forms provided by the commission and shall contain information including, but not limited to, the location of the water sources and all usage-related facts, or information within his knowledge or possession. The user shall include a declaration of the manner, purposes, and time in which the water source is being used and operated, the rate and volume of water being withdrawn or diverted therefrom, and the method or means of measuring and controlling the water taken or used. Each declaration shall contain a statement, signed and sworn to by the person required to file the declaration, or by some other person duly authorized in the person's behalf, to the effect that the contents thereof are true to the best of the person's knowledge and belief. (d) If no declaration is filed, the commission, in its discretion, may conclusively determine the extent of the uses required of declaration. (e) The commission shall act upon a declaration within six months after its filing. [Eff. MAY 27 1988] (Auth: HRS §174C-8) (Imp: HRS §§91-2, 174C-26, 174C-50)