Hawaii Administrative Code

Prior to making any fueling connection to the aircraft, the fueling equipment shall be bonded to the aircraft by use of a cable, thus providing a conductive path to equalize potential between the fueling equipment and aircraft. The bond shall be maintained until fueling equipment…

The following requirements shall be met during fueling operations: (1) Hose and connections. Fueling or defueling shall be conducted through the use of hoses and connections meeting approved industry and safety standards; (2) Distance. Aircraft fuel handling shall be conducted at…

Persons engaged in aircraft fuel handling shall exercise diligence and care to prevent overflow or spillage of fuel and to avoid any combustion hazard. If fuel is spilled from fuel service equipment or from aircraft during refueling, fuel servicing shall be immediately discontinu…

In the event of a fire or an aircraft crash, no fueling operations shall be conducted in the vicinity of such fire or crash. The director shall determine the distance from such fire or crash beyond which fueling operations may be conducted. Notes Haw. Code R. § 19-37-7 [Eff FEB 2…

All aircraft refueling vehicles shall adhere to the following procedures when operating on the AOA: (1) Top loading of any type of fuel from one refueling vehicle to another is not permitted; (2) Transferring fuel from one tank vehicle to another tank vehicle that is connected to…

These requirements apply to all operation, maintenance and use of aircraft refueler units: (1) Each aircraft fuel servicing tank vehicle shall have two listed extinguishers, each having a rating of at least 20B mounted one on each side of the vehicle. (2) Each aircraft servicing …

Notes Haw. Code R. §§ 19-38-1 to 19-38-13 OCT 04 1997

Unless the context indicates otherwise, as used in this chapter: "Department" means the state department of transportation. "Director" means the director of transportation or his duly authorized representative. "On-demand taxi service" means those taxi services in which a custome…

A taxi driver who is issued a taxi driver authorization to provide on demand taxi services at public airports shall: (1) Be authorized to provide taxi service only in the area designated by the director who may change any designated area when such change is deemed necessary and i…

Applicants for a taxi vehicle permit or taxi driver authorization to provide on-demand taxi services at public airports shall indemnify and hold harmless the director, department and the State from any action or claim arising out of their use of the airport and operation of a tax…

The provisions of this chapter are declared to be severable and if any portion or the application thereof is held to be invalid for any reason, the validity of the remainder of this chapter shall not be affected. Notes Haw. Code R. § 19-38.1-12 [Eff OCT 04 1997] (Auth: HRS § 261-…

This chapter may be enforced by police officers or any person deputized pursuant to section 261-17, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Notes Haw. Code R. § 19-38.1-13 [Eff OCT 04 1997] (Auth: HRS § 261-12) (Imp: HRS § 261-17)

In addition to the penalties provided in this chapter, penalties for violations of this chapter shall be as set forth in section 261-21, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Notes Haw. Code R. § 19-38.1-14 [Eff OCT 04 1997] (Auth: HRS § 261-12) (Imp: HRS § 261-21)

A taxi vehicle permit or taxi driver authorization to provide on-demand taxi service at a public airport shall be subordinate and subject to the terms and conditions of any sponsor's assurance agreement executed between the State and the United States of America, which is in forc…

Chapter 19-38 is repealed. Notes Haw. Code R. § 19-38.1-16 [EFF OCT 04 1997] (Auth: HRS § 261-12) (Imp: HRS § 261-12)

The purpose of this chapter is to regulate the open-access taxi system at public airports and to ensure safe, orderly and reliable taxi service for the travelling public. Notes Haw. Code R. § 19-38.1-2 [Eff OCT 04 1997] (Auth: HRS § 261-12) (Imp: HRS § 261-7)

This chapter applies to airports with or without taxi management concessionaires, unless indicated otherwise. Notes Haw. Code R. § 19-38.1-3 [Eff OCT 04 1997] (Auth: HRS § 261-12) (Imp: HRS § 261-7)

(a) At airports without a taxi management concessionaire, the following permit or authorization shall be obtained to provide on-demand taxi service at airports: (1) No taxi shall be used to provide taxi service from a public airport without a taxi vehicle permit. The taxi vehicle…

(a) At airports with a taxi management concessionaire, the concessionaire shall develop an appropriate permitting system to quality taxi drivers and taxis, in accordance with section 19-38.1-6. (1) No taxi shall be used to provide taxi service from a public airport without a taxi…

(a) No taxi driver shall be authorized to operate at a public airport without the necessary permits, licenses, approvals, qualifications, and certification required by this chapter or by the laws of the State or any other governmental body having the jurisdiction to regulate the …

The director may lease a concession area to a taxi management concessionaire to provide an open access taxi system at a public airport. Notes Haw. Code R. § 19-38.1-7 [Eff OCT 04 1997] (Auth: HRS § 261-12) (Imp: HRS § 261-7)

(a) As a condition for the issuance of a taxi vehicle permit, each taxi vehicle shall have liability and other insurance of the type and amount required for taxi license as required by the county in which the vehicle will be used for taxi service. (b) In addition to motor vehicle…

No taxi vehicle used as a taxi at a public airport shall display any sign that extends more than six inches above the roof. Flashing lights and audible devices, other than that required by safety ordinances and regulations, are prohibited. The external display of any rates or fee…

Mooring or anchoring of recreational vessels may be allowed in Radio Bay and Kawaihae on an interim basis and as authorized by the department in writing prior to mooring. Notes Haw. Code R. § 19-42-61.1 [Eff 2/26/96] (Auth: HRS § 266-2, 266-3) (Imp: HRS §§ 266-2, 266-3)

Before being allowed entry into a state commercial harbor an owner of an idle vessel, not actively engaged in commerce, shall post a performance bond issued by a firm doing business in Hawaii guaranteeing the vessel's removal from the harbor by a specified date. This bond shall b…

This subchapter shall not be construed to limit the power and authority of any other state or federal agency. If any of these provisions are in conflict with any rule adopted by any state or any federal agency the rule more severe in discipline shall prevail. Notes Haw. Code R. §…

In the event of fire occurring on board any vessel in ports under control of the department, except vessels under way such vessels shall sound five prolonged blasts of the whistle or siren as an alarm indicating fire on board or at the dock to which the vessel is moored. The sign…

No vessel containing more than five hundred pounds of Class A, one ton of Class B, [and] or ten tons of Class C explosives (net explosive content) shall enter or be loaded in any harbor in the State except on prior written permission of the harbor master of the district concerned…

All handling and loading or unloading of explosives shall be done in a safe and careful manner and shall be in accordance with the federal regulations pertinent thereto in force at the time. Explosives shall be off-loaded prior to the off-loading of any other cargo. Notes Haw. Co…

All hauling of explosives away from or to the pier shall be done in a safe and careful manner and shall be in accordance with rules of the state department of labor and industrial relations. Notes Haw. Code R. § 19-42-105 [Eff 5/20/82; comp 2/26/96] (Auth: HRS §§ 266-2, 266-3) (I…

No empty containers which have been used to hold flammable liquids shall be delivered onto any wharf or structure under control of the department unless the same are securely closed with metal screw plugs. Any such containers shall be delivered onto a wharf or structure only at s…

(a) No nitrate of soda, nitrate of ammonia, sulphur, or other similar material shall be stored or left upon any wharf for more than four hours unless packed in sound and non-leaking containers. Such material shall be under the continuous care of a competent guard satisfactory to …

Acids of a dangerous character such as sulphuric, muriatic, and nitric acids shall be removed from the wharf immediately upon discharge from any vessel and no such acid shall be put upon a wharf under control of the department for shipment until the carrier is ready to receive it…

No gasoline, distillate, kerosene, benzene, naphtha, turpentine, paints, oils, or other flammable substances in leaky containers shall be delivered onto any wharf under control of the department for shipment. All such substances unloaded from any vessel in leaky containers shall …

Any owner, master, operator, agent, charterer, partnership, trust, corporation, or individual who is duly accredited with the department and purports to act for a vessel by telephoning or otherwise communicating with the department in behalf of a vessel assumes responsibility for…

No combustible material such as pitch, tar resin, or oil shall be flame heated on board any vessel within the harbors or streams of the State without the permission of a harbor master. Notes Haw. Code R. § 19-42-110 [Eff 5/20/82; am and comp 2/26/96] (Auth: HRS §§ 266-2, 266-3) (…

No vessel shall be fumigated or smoked at any wharf under control of the department without the prior permission in writing from the director, the chief, or the harbor master. If fumigation is to be with cyanogen products or hydrocyanic acid gas in any form, however generated, th…

All fuel burning steam generating appliances when used on any wharf under control of the department or on any scow, pile driver, or other vessel working alongside or near any wharf under control of the department shall be equipped with spark arresters satisfactory to the harbor m…

No person shall make any repair or do any kind of manufacturing, construction, or maintenance work on any wharf without the permission of the harbor master. Notes Haw. Code R. § 19-42-113 [Eff 5/20/82; am and comp 2/26/96] (Auth: HRS §§ 266-2, 266-3) (Imp: HRS §§ 266-2, 266-3)…

Smoking is positively prohibited at all times within any cargo shed, or upon any wharf apron, and during the time cargo is being loaded, unloaded, or stored on any unshedded pier under control of the department, and no person shall enter into, stand in, or under, or pass through …

The use of explosives on land, on any wharf, or in a shed or other structure under control of the department, or in the water in the immediate vicinity of the same, without the written approval of the harbor master is strictly prohibited. Notes Haw. Code R. § 19-42-115 [Eff 5/20/…

Vessel owners, charterers, agents or private terminal operators utilizing wharves and sheds under the control of the department for the handling of merchandise shall keep such wharves and sheds in a clean and sanitary condition, clear of materials which create a fire hazard and s…

All vessels moored at a state-owned mooring or berthing facility shall be kept, at all times, in a condition of reasonable cleanliness and sanitation so as not to constitute a common nuisance or potential source of danger to public health. Notes Haw. Code R. § 19-42-117 [Eff 5/20…

In cases where the department takes over the cleaning of wharves the charge therefor shall be assessed against the vessel which is responsible for the necessity of cleaning. Notes Haw. Code R. § 19-42-118 [Eff 5/20/82; comp 2/26/96] (Auth: HRS §§ 266-2, 266-3) (Imp: HRS §§ 266-2,…

All mobile equipment used on any property under the control of the department in connection with the handling of cargo or shipping containers, such as fork lifts, cranes, tractors and straddle trucks, shall be clearly identified as to the owner thereof. Notes Haw. Code R. § 19-42…

The person, or persons, responsible for, and the person or persons to whom a wharf, facility, or other state property may be assigned, or by whom it is being used, and the master, owner, operator, or agent of any vessel, vehicle, or other instrumentality involved in any damage to…

(a) Loads on wharves shall not exceed the following limits unless otherwise authorized: (1) All reinforced concrete wharves: five hundred pounds per square foot over the area supported by piles, cylinders or seawall. One thousand pounds per square foot over the area supported by …