HRS §266-31
When the state can block a ship from using ports
The state transportation department can delay or deny a ship's entry to or departure from a port if a federal or other agency tells them the ship or its crew broke certain laws, like environmental or trafficking rules. The department can still allow the ship to use a commercial harbor if it works with that agency.
The statute, as written — Restriction of use of facilities
The department of transportation may delay or deny approval for port entry or departure for any vessel for which the department has received notice from a federal agency or other agency that the vessel or its crew has engaged in activity that has violated any federal, state, or county law or rule pertaining to environmental protection, maritime transportation, trafficking of illegal contraband, or the collection or extraction of undersea minerals unlicensed or unpermitted by the State; provided that the department may grant approvals for use of any commercial harbor facility by that vessel in coordination with the federal agency or other agency.
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