Hawaii Revised Statutes
174C. State Water Code
174C-42 Notice; public hearing required.

§174C-42 Notice; public hearing required. When a recommendation for designation of a water management area has been accepted, the commission shall hold a public hearing at a location in the vicinity of the area proposed for designation and give public notice of the hearing setting forth:
(1) A description of the land area proposed to be designated in terms of appropriate legal subdivisions and tax map keys;
(2) The purpose of the public hearing; and
(3) The time, date, and place of the public hearing where written or oral testimony may be submitted and heard.
The notice shall be given once each week for three successive weeks in the appropriate county and the last notice shall be not less than ten days nor more than thirty days before the date set for the hearing. The notice of public hearing shall be considered as sufficient notice to all landowners and water users who might be affected by the proposed designation. [L 1987, c 45, pt of §2; am L 1998, c 2, §43]

Structure Hawaii Revised Statutes

Hawaii Revised Statutes

Title 12. Conservation and Resources

174C. State Water Code

174C-1 Short title.

174C-2 Declaration of policy.

174C-3 Definitions.

174C-4 Scope.

174C-5 General powers and duties.

174C-5.5 Water resource management fund.

174C-6 Deputy to the chairperson of the commission on water resource management.

174C-7 Commission on water resource management.

174C-8 Adoption of rules concerning water resources by the commission.

174C-9 Proceedings before the commission concerning water resources.

174C-10 Dispute resolution.

174C-11 Hearings officers.

174C-12 Judicial review of rules and orders of the commission concerning the water code.

174C-12.5 Contested cases; appeals.

174C-13 Citizen complaints.

174C-14 Acquisition of real property.

174C-15 Penalties and common law remedies.

174C-15.5 Administrative violation system.

174C-16 Severability.

174C-26 Filing of declaration.

174C-27 Issuance of certificate.

174C-31 Hawaii water plan.

174C-32 Coordination.

174C-41 Designation of water management area.

174C-42 Notice; public hearing required.

174C-43 Investigations required.

174C-44 Ground water criteria for designation.

174C-45 Surface water criteria for designation.

174C-46 Findings of fact; decision of commission.

174C-47 Modifying and rescinding designated areas.

174C-48 Permits required.

174C-49 Conditions for a permit.

174C-50 Existing uses.

174C-51 Application for a permit.

174C-51.5 Dual line water supply systems; installation in new industrial and commercial developments located in designated water management areas.

174C-52 Notice.

174C-53 Permit issuance.

174C-54 Competing applications.

174C-55 Duration of permits.

174C-56 Review of permits.

174C-57 Modification of permit terms.

174C-58 Revocation of permits.

174C-59 Transfer of permit.

174C-60 Contested cases.

174C-61 Fees.

174C-62 Declaration of water shortage.

174C-63 Appurtenant rights.

174C-66 Jurisdiction over water quality.

174C-67 Exchange of information.

174C-68 Water quality plan.

174C-71 Protection of instream uses.

174C-81 Definitions.

174C-82 Powers and duties of the commission.

174C-83 Registration of all existing wells.

174C-84 Permits for well construction and pump installation.

174C-85 Well completion report.

174C-86 Well construction and pump installation standards.

174C-87 Abandonment of wells.

174C-91 Definition.

174C-92 Registration of existing stream diversion works.

174C-93 Permits for construction or alteration.

174C-94 Completion report.

174C-95 Abandonment.

174C-101 Native Hawaiian water rights.