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• EPA proposes revision to 2017 County of Hawaiʻi Administrative Order on Consent for communities of Pāhala and Nāʻālehu

  EPA News Release: EPA proposes revision to 2017 County of Hawaiʻi Administrative Order on Consent for communities of Pāhala and Nāʻālehu

  • Release Date: July 19, 2022

• EPA Requires Closure of Kauai Cesspool, Protects Groundwater Resources

  Koloa Self Storage illegally operated Large Capacity Cesspool beyond the 2005 deadline

  EPA News Release: EPA Requires Closure of Kauai Cesspool, Protects Groundwater Resources

  • Release Date: June 8, 2022

• EPA Celebrates 25th Anniversary of Recycle City Educational Initiative

  Online games provide teachers and students with environmental learning resources

  EPA News Release: EPA Celebrates 25th Anniversary of Recycle City Educational Initiative

  • Release Date: April 21, 2022

• Statement from EPA Administrator Regan on the Department of Defense’s Announcement to Defuel and Close the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility

  EPA News Release: Statement from EPA Administrator Regan on the Department of Defense’s Announcement to Defuel and Close the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility

  • Release Date: March 7, 2022

• Statement by Regional Administrator Martha Guzman on the Drinking Water Emergency at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam and the Plan for EPA Inspections 

  EPA News Release: Statement by Regional Administrator Martha Guzman on the Drinking Water Emergency at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam and the Plan for EPA Inspections 

  • Release Date: February 4, 2022

• EPA fine leads to Hale Kauai and Halona Pacific cesspool closures, to protect groundwater

  EPA News Release: EPA fine leads to Hale Kauai and Halona Pacific cesspool closures, to protect groundwater

  • Release Date: January 27, 2022

• U.S. EPA fines The Gas Company over Clean Air Act violations in Kapolei

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA fines The Gas Company over Clean Air Act violations in Kapolei

  • Release Date: November 15, 2021

• County of Hawaii Fined for Violating U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Act Order

  EPA News Release: County of Hawaii Fined for Violating U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Act Order

  • Release Date: November 10, 2021

• U.S. EPA penalizes Hawaiian Ice for chemical safety violations

  2017 chemical release resulted in evacuation of nearby business community

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA penalizes Hawaiian Ice for chemical safety violations

  • Release Date: September 8, 2021

• North Dakota Pipeline Company to Pay $35 Million in Criminal Fines and Civil Penalties for Largest-Ever Inland Spill of Produced Water from Oil Drilling

  Pipeline Rupture Caused 29 Million Gallon Spill Over 143 Days Before Discovery

  EPA News Release: North Dakota Pipeline Company to Pay $35 Million in Criminal Fines and Civil Penalties for Largest-Ever Inland Spill of Produced Water from Oil Drilling

  • Release Date: August 6, 2021

• EPA files complaint against local landowner for damages to wetlands in Hauula, Hawaii

  EPA News Release: EPA files complaint against local landowner for damages to wetlands in Hauula, Hawaii

  • Release Date: July 7, 2021

• U.S. Navy enters agreement with U.S. EPA to upgrade Pearl Harbor-Hickam Wastewater Treatment Plant

  Agreement will prevent plant’s elevated toxic pollutants from entering Pearl Harbor

  EPA News Release: U.S. Navy enters agreement with U.S. EPA to upgrade Pearl Harbor-Hickam Wastewater Treatment Plant

  • Release Date: June 29, 2021

• EPA fines East Oahu Plant over Clean Air Act violations

  EPA News Release: EPA fines East Oahu Plant over Clean Air Act violations

  • Release Date: June 23, 2021

• EPA proposed settlement with Phoenix Petroleum resolves Clean Water Act violations at North Dakota oil production facilities

  Company agrees to penalty associated with an inadequate spill prevention plan and field implementation of the plan at two tank batteries

  EPA News Release: EPA proposed settlement with Phoenix Petroleum resolves Clean Water Act violations at North Dakota oil production facilities

  • Release Date: June 17, 2021

• EPA reaches settlement with HK Construction, levies penalties, for lead-based paint violations in Honolulu

  EPA News Release: EPA reaches settlement with HK Construction, levies penalties, for lead-based paint violations in Honolulu

  • Release Date: June 9, 2021