Haw. Code R. § 13-256-73.3 - Small full service permit restrictions

(a) Not more than seventy customers per day per permit shall be permitted for a small full service permit.

(b) The number and type of vessels and equipment which may be authorized by the department under this permit category are:

(1) One host vessel with a maximum passenger carrying capacity of seventy passengers;

(2) Three rental thrill craft and one thrill craft used for operational safety purposes;

(3) Two equipment barges, the passenger carrying capacity of each shall be six or as established by a United States Coast Guard Certificate of Inspection so long as the capacity is not greater that 20;

(4) Two small motor boats, the passenger carrying capacity of each shall be six or less, as established by a United States Coast Guard Certificate of Inspection; and

(5) Other non-motorized craft including kayaks, canoes, wind surfers, sailboards, small sailing vessels no larger than 20 feet, and individual water sports equipment as needed.

(c) The passenger carrying capacity of the host vessel and service barges having a capacity of over six passengers shall be established by a United States Coast Guard Certificate of Inspection.

(d) The host vessel shall be allowed to load passengers to the full permit capacity of seventy. Should the certified passenger capacity of the vessel be less than seventy, the vessel may conduct more than one passenger loading trip to the pier to achieve the maximum number of customers permitted per day.

(e) The two small motorboats authorized under this permit may be either operated directly by the permittee or under contract with another party. Not more than one small motorboat shall be authorized to load or unload passengers at the pier.

(f) A United States Coast Guard approved marine sanitation device or portable toilet shall be located on either the host vessels or one of the equipment barges.

(g) All thrill craft and other vessels and equipment must be registered in accordance with section 13-256-4(a), notwithstanding section 13-256-4(b), and display a current Ocean Recreation Management Area decal.

(h) Replacement or substitution of any existing vessels or equipment shall require prior written approval by the department and the department shall have the discretion to permit vessel substitution with a similar length vessel; provided that the increase shall not be greater than ten per cent of the length of the authorized vessel of record on May 22, 2000. An increase of greater than ten per cent of the length of the authorized vessel of record on May 22, 2000 is prohibited.

(i) Educational and not-for-profit tours shall not be counted against daily customer limits, but the permittee' s total number of passengers shall not exceed the maximum number of seventy customers allowed per day. Not-for-profit tours and passengers shall not be mixed with commercial customers on the vessel at the same time. Not-for-profit passengers shall not engage in thrill craft or high speed towing activities.

(j) Any transfer or combination of transfers by the owner or shareholders of record of a business entity holding a permit that results in a transfer of a majority interest or greater in the business entity shall automatically void the use of thrill craft, high speed towing/water sledding, and water skiing activities and the permit shall revert to a small sail/snorkel tour permit as found in section 13-25673.6, unless the transfer is to a family member. A transfer shall result in the assessment of a business transfer fee in accordance with section 200-37, HRS, for a transfer that includes the use of thrill craft and in accordance with section 13-256-7 for the transfer of a small sail/snorkel tour.

(k) High speed operations must take place in deep water two hundred feet or more from any reef edge, reef crest, or sand flat.

(l) The permittee shall identify and mark the boundaries of the designated thrill craft operating zone with temporary floating buoys only installed during periods of operation.

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Haw. Code R. § 13-256-73.3

[Eff 11/7/11] (Auth: HRS §§ 200-2, 200-3, 200-4, 200-22, 200-23, 200-24, 200-37, 200-39) (Imp: HRS §§ 200-2, 200-3, 200-4, 200-22, 20023, 200-24, 200-37, 200-39)