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• EPA Awards over $260,000 to Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources for Wetlands Restoration

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards over $260,000 to Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources for Wetlands Restoration

  • Release Date: June 16, 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 Announces over $1.7 million to Pacific Islands, Hawaii and California to Support Water Quality Monitoring for Safe Beach Recreation

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces over $1.7 million to Pacific Islands, Hawaii and California to Support Water Quality Monitoring for Safe Beach Recreation

  • Release Date: May 26, 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

• EPA Awards $200,000 for Cleaner School Buses in Hawaii

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards $200,000 for Cleaner School Buses in Hawaii

  • Release Date: March 15, 2022

• EPA Publishes Resiliency and Natural Disaster Debris Report

  Report highlights actions needed to protect vulnerable communities and reduce disaster debris disposal, including along Hawaii’s Coasts

  EPA News Release: EPA Publishes Resiliency and Natural Disaster Debris Report

  • Release Date: March 10, 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

• EPA Awards National Grant to Hawaii for Diesel Emissions Reduction Projects

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards National Grant to Hawaii for Diesel Emissions Reduction Projects

  • Release Date: December 27, 2021

• 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

• EPA Awards $750,000 to UC San Diego to Help Safely Develop Biotechnology Used Against Mosquito-Borne Disease

  Research will Look at Health, Environmental Impacts in Hawaii, Pacific Islands

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards $750,000 to UC San Diego to Help Safely Develop Biotechnology Used Against Mosquito-Borne Disease

  • Release Date: July 26, 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