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HAWAII 	ADMINISTRATIVE 	RULES
TITLE 	11
DEPARTMENT 	OF 	HEALTH
CHAPTER 	59
AMBIENT AIR 	QUALITY 	STANDARDS
Purpose
Definitions
Reference 	conditions
Ambient 	air 	quality 	standards
Prohibition
Penalties 	and 	remedies
Severability
Historical 	Note: 	Chapter 	11-59, 	Hawaii 	Administrative
Rules, 	is 	based 	substantially on 	Public 	Health
Regulations, 	Chapter 	42, 	Ambient 	Air 	Quality Standards,
Department 	of 	Health, 	State 	of 	Hawaii. 	[Eff 	9/24/71;
am 	3/21/72; 	R 11/29/82]
§11-59-1 	Purpose. 	The 	ambient 	air 	quality
standards 	of 	this 	chapter 	seek 	to 	protect 	public 	health
and 	welfare 	and 	to 	prevent 	the 	significant
deterioration 	of 	air 	quality. 	[~~f 	11/29/82; 	comp
6/29/92; 	comp 	11/26/93; 	comp 	Str' 1 5 2001 	] (Auth:
HRS 	§§342B-3, 	342B-31; 	42 	U.S.C. 	§§7410, 	7416; 	40
C.F.R. 	Part 	51) 	(Imp: 	HRS 	§342B-31; 	42 	U.S.C. 	§§7407,
7409, 	7410, 	7416; 	40 	C.F.R. 	Part 	51)
§11-59-2 	Definitions. 	As 	used 	in 	this 	chapter:
"Ambient 	air" 	means 	the 	general 	outdoor 	atmosphere
to 	which 	the 	public 	has 	access.
"Reference method" 	means 	a 	method 	of 	sampling 	and
analyzing 	the 	ambient 	air 	which 	the 	U.S. 	Environmental
Protection Agency 	(EPA) 	specifies 	as 	a 	reference 	or 	an
equivalent 	method, 	or 	absent 	EPA 	specifications, 	a
method 	of 	sampling 	and 	analysis 	that 	the 	state 	director
of 	health 	specifies 	as 	a 	referenceSE,.lEff 	11/29/82;
comp 	6/29/92; 	comp 	11/26/93; 	comp 	r' 	I 5 2001 	]
(Auth: 	HRS 	§§342B-3, 	342B-31; 	42 	U.S.C. 	§§7410, 	7416;
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40 	C.F.R. 	Part 	51) 	(Imp: 	HRS 	§342B-31; 	42 	U.S.C.
§§7407, 	7409, 	7410, 	7416; 	40 	C.F.R. 	Part 	51)
§11-59-3 	Reference 	conditions. 	All 	measurement
analyses 	shall 	correct 	results 	to 	a 	reference
temperature 	of 	twenty-five 	degrees 	centigrade 	and a
reference 	pressure 	of 	seven hundred 	sixty millimeters
of 	mercury. 	[E.;f.+:,.,.:p,29/82; 	am 	and 	comp 	6/29/92; 	comp
11/26/93; 	comp ~t.f-' 	5 2no1 	] (Auth: 	HRS 	§§342B-3,
342B-31; 	42 	U.S.C. 	§§741~, 	7416; 	40 	C.F.R. 	Part 	51)
(Imp: 	HRS 	§342B-31; 	42 	U.S.C. 	§§7407, 	7409, 	7410,
7416; 	40 	C.F.R. 	Part 	51)
§11-59-4 	Ambient 	air 	quality 	standards. 	(a)
The 	numerical 	ambient 	air 	quality 	standards 	below 	limit
the 	time-averaged 	concentration 	of 	specified pollutants
dispersed 	or 	suspended 	in 	the 	ambient 	air 	of 	the 	State,
but 	these 	standards 	do 	not 	in 	any manner 	authorize 	the
significant 	deterioration 	of 	existing 	air 	quality 	in
any portion 	of 	the 	State.
(b) 	Limiting 	concentrations 	specified 	for 	a
calendar year 	or 	a 	calendar 	quarter 	shall 	not 	be
exceeded. 	Limiting 	concentrations 	specified 	for
one-hour, 	three-hour, 	eight-hour, 	and 	twenty-four-hour
periods 	shall 	not 	be 	exceeded more 	than 	once 	in 	a
calendar year.
(c) 	In 	the 	ambient 	air 	the 	concentration of
carbon monoxide 	measured by 	a 	reference 	method 	shall
not 	exceed:
(1) 	An 	average 	value 	of 	ten milligrams 	per 	cubic
meter 	of 	air 	during 	any 	one-hour 	period; 	and
(2) 	An 	average 	value 	of 	five 	milligrams 	per 	cubic
meter 	of 	air 	during 	any 	eight-hour 	period.
(d) 	In 	the 	ambient 	air 	the 	average 	concentration
of 	nitrogen 	dioxide 	measured by 	a 	reference 	method
during 	a 	calendar 	year 	shall 	not 	exceed 	seventy
micrograms 	per 	cubic 	meter 	of 	air.
(e) 	In 	the 	ambient 	air 	the 	concentration of
particulate 	matter 	as 	particles 	with 	an 	aerodynamic
diameter 	less 	than 	or 	equal 	to 	a 	nominal 	ten
micrometers 	measured by 	a 	reference 	method 	shall 	not
exceed:
(1) 	An 	arithmetic 	mean 	of 	fifty 	micrograms 	per
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cubic 	meter 	of 	air 	during 	a 	calendar year;
and
(2) 	An 	average 	value 	of 	one 	hundred 	fifty
micrograms 	per 	cubic 	meter 	of 	air 	during 	any
twenty-four-hour 	period.
(f) 	In 	the 	ambient 	air 	the 	average 	concentration
of 	ozone 	measured by 	a 	reference 	method 	during 	any
eight-hour 	period 	shall 	not 	exceed 	one 	hundred 	fifty-
seven micrograms 	per 	cubic 	meter 	of 	air.
(g) 	In 	the 	ambient 	air 	the 	average 	concentration
of 	sulfur 	dioxide 	measured by 	a 	reference 	method 	shall
not 	exceed:
(1) 	An 	average 	value 	of 	eighty micrograms 	per
cubic 	meter 	of 	air 	in 	a 	calendar year;
(2) 	An 	average 	value 	of 	three 	hundred 	sixty-five
micrograms 	per 	cubic 	meter 	of 	air 	in 	any
twenty-four-hour 	period; 	and
(3) 	An 	average 	value 	of 	one 	thousand 	three
hundred micrograms 	per 	cubic 	meter 	of 	air 	in
any 	three-hour 	period.
(h) 	In 	the 	ambient 	air 	the 	average 	concentration
of 	lead measured 	as 	elemental 	lead by 	a 	reference
method 	during 	a 	calendar 	quarter 	shall 	not 	exceed 	1.5
micrograms 	per 	cubic 	meter 	of 	air.
(i) 	In 	the 	ambient 	air 	the 	average 	concentration
of 	hydrogen 	sulfide 	measured by 	a 	reference 	method
shall 	not 	exceed 	thirty-five 	micrograms 	per 	cubic 	meter
of 	air 	(twenty-five 	parts 	per 	billion) 	in 	any 	one-hour
period. 	[Eff 	11/29/82; 	am 	4/14/86; 	am 	and 	comp
6/2()fQ·2 ;l ijUU
2
and 	comp 	11/26/93; 	am 	and 	comp
,.;:)'t, 	;) 	001] (Auth: 	HRS 	§§342B-3, 	342B-31; 	42
U.S.C. 	§§7410, 	7416; 	40 	C.F.R. 	Parts 	50, 	51) 	(Imp:
HRS 	§342B-31; 	42 	U.S.C. 	§§7407, 	7409, 	7410, 	7416; 	40
C.F.R. 	Parts 	50, 	51)
§11-59-5 	Prohibition. 	No 	person, 	as 	defined 	in
section 	342B-1, 	HRS, 	shall 	cause, 	or 	allow, 	or
contribute 	to 	a 	violation 	of 	any 	ambient 	air 	quality
standard 	set 	forth 	in 	this 	chapter. 	[Eff 	11/29/82; 	am
and 	comp 	6/29/92; 	comp 	11/26/93; 	comp 	SEP 	l 5 2001 	]
(Auth: 	HRS 	§§342B-3, 	342B-31; 	42 	U.S.C. 	§§7410, 	7416;
40 	C.F.R. 	Part 	51) 	(Imp: 	HRS 	§342B-31; 	42 	U.S.C.
§§7407, 	7409, 	7410, 	7416; 	40 	C.F.R. 	Part 	51)
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§11-59-6 	Penalties 	and 	remedi~s. 	Any 	person who
violates 	section 	11-59-5 	is 	liable 	for 	penalties 	and
remedies 	as 	provided 	for 	in 	chapter 	342, 	HRS. 	[Eff
11/29/82~pam JlIWr.rYfmp 	6/29/92; 	am 	and 	comp 	11/26/93;
comp 	Sc.. 	1;) 	LUU 	] (Auth: 	HRS 	§§342B-3, 	342B-31; 	42
U.S.C. 	§§7410, 	7416; 	40 	C.F.R. 	Part 	51) 	(Imp: 	HRS
§342B-31; 	42 	U.S.C. 	§§7407, 	7409, 	7410, 	7416; 	40 	C.F.R.
Part 	51)
§11-59-7 	Severability. 	If 	any provision 	of 	this
chapter, 	or 	its 	application 	thereof 	to 	any persons 	or
circumstances, 	is 	held 	invalid, 	the 	remainder 	of 	this
chapter, 	or 	the 	application 	of 	the 	provision 	to 	other
persons 	or 	circumstances, 	shall 	not 	be 	affected
thereby. 	[Eff 	9/82; 	comp 	6/29/92; 	comp 	11/26/93;
comp 	SE.P 	] (Auth: 	HRS 	§§342B-3, 	342B-31; 	42
U.S.C. 	§§7410, 	7416; 	40 	C.F.R. 	Part 	51) 	(Imp: 	HRS
§342B-31; 	42 	U.S.C. 	§§7407, 	7409, 	7410, 	7416; 	40 	C.F.R.
Part 	51)
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