Haw. Rev. Stat. § 48E-4: Conditions precedent.

The county shall not undertake any pollution control project or enter into any project agreement with respect thereto unless the governing body shall first find and determine either:

(1) That the proposed project party is a responsible party, whether by reason of economic assets, experience in the type of enterprise to be undertaken through the pollution control project, or otherwise, or

(2) That the obligations of the project party under the project agreement will be unconditionally guaranteed or insured by, or that the performance thereof is assigned to, or guaranteed or insured by, a person who is a responsible party, whether by reason of economic assets, experience in the type of enterprise to be undertaken through the pollution control project, or otherwise.