HAR §15-10-17. Application process for set-aside supplies

(a) An applicant may be a wholesale purchaser-consumer seeking an assignment from the set-aside program to meet a hardship or emergency, or a commercial or priority end-user who customarily purchases fuel from a retail fuel outlet (service station) or jobber and who has a hardship or emergency situation. Wholesale purchaser-resellers are not eligible to apply for set-aside. (b) Application for assignment for fuel from the set- aside supplies shall be made in writing or by telephone. Appendix B (continued) Appendix B, p. 17 The appropriate form to file is state form SMC-1, which may be obtained from the SMC or other designated agencies. Whether verbal or written, applicants must provide at least the following: (1) The applicant's name, address, and telephone number; (2) Name of the applicant's contact person; (3) Category of the applicant (wholesale purchaser-consumer or commercial retail purchaser); (4) Name of the applicant's supplier product brand and type; (5) Delivery location; (6) A list of the applicant's monthly purchases of fuel during the twelve months immediately preceding the State's declaration of a shortage emergency. In addition, wholesale purchaser-consumers sha11 state the nature of their emergency or hardship and the efforts made to manage the situation and to conserve fuel; (7) Any previous assignment order from the set- aside system that was issued to applicant; (8) A statement that the applicant's historical supplier is unable to supply the applicant's requirements through normal channels, or if the applicant does not have a supplier, a statement that the applicant has contacted two suppliers who could not supply the applicant with the requested product, and showing the identity of such suppliers; and (9) Any other relevant information requested by the SMC. (c) All applicants shall submit their application for set-aside supplies to the SMC by the fifteenth of the month for which fuel is being allocated. If the fifteenth falls on a weekend or on a state or federal holiday, the application shall be filed by the preceding workday. Only emergency applications shall be received after that date. (d) Applications shall be filed with the Hawaii Shortage Management Center, Department of Planning and Economic Development. (e) Applicants on the neighbor island shall file applications through their respective county fuel office, from which county fuel office shall promptly forward the application to the SMC with any added recommendations by the county. Appendix B (continued) Appendix B, p. 18 [Eff FEB 17 1987] (Auth: HRS §125C-23) (Imp: HRS §§125C-22, 125C-23)