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2024 Hawaii Revised Statutes
Title 19. Health
342F. Noise Pollution
PART I. DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS
- 342F-1 Definitions.
- 342F-2 Administration.
- 342F-3 Duties, rules, powers, appointment of hearings officers.
- 342F-4 Permits; procedures for.
- 342F-4.5 Projects exempt from noise permit requirements.
- 342F-5 Variances.
- 342F-6 Inspection of premises.
- 342F-7 Enforcement.
- 342F-8 Emergency powers; procedures.
- 342F-9 Penalties.
- 342F-10 Citation.
- 342F-11 Administrative penalties.
- 342F-11.5 Disposition of collected fines and penalties.
- 342F-12 Injunctive and other relief.
- 342F-13 Appeal.
- 342F-14 Fees.
- 342F-14.5 Fees for notification.
- 342F-15 Public records; confidential information; penalties.
- 342F-16 Nonliability of department personnel.
- 342F-17 Other action not barred.
- 342F-18 Enforcement by state and county authorities.
- 342F-19 Other powers of department not affected.
- 342F-20 Effect of laws, ordinances, and rules.
- 342F-21 Priority in courts.
- 342F-30 Prohibition.
- 342F-30.5 Noise control. By June 30, 1996, the department shall adopt a state community noise code pursuant to chapter 91, which recognizes differences in noise level standards in urban and non-urban areas of the State and noise level standards of each county. In the event of any conflict between this section and section 46-17, section 46-17 shall govern. [L 1995, c 200, §2]
- 342F-30.8 Leaf blowers; restrictions.
- 342F-31 Rules; specific.
- 342F-31.5 Noise measurement; rules. (a) The department shall adopt rules in accordance with chapter 91 that shall use both the dBC and the dBA sound level measurement systems for community noise control. The department and the county liquor commissions may enforce nighttime noise levels in any urban land use district measured from over fifty to sixty decibels, measured using the dBC weighting system, in certain areas they deem appropriate and not adversely affecting public health and safety. (b) In any urban land use district, a sound level of more than sixty decibels for bass sound (using the dBC weighting system), measured at a complainant's site, shall be deemed to exceed the maximum permissible sound at nighttime; provided that, where the complainant's site is within or in close proximity to an area zoned mixed-use or residential, the maximum permissible sound at nighttime shall be fifty decibels dBC. (c) For purposes of this section: "Nighttime" means the time between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.; and "Urban land use district" means property designated as such pursuant to section 205-2. [L Sp 2009, c 25, §3]
- 342F-32 Complaints; hearings; appointment of masters.
- 342F-33 Research, educational, and training programs.
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