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• 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

• 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 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

• U.S. EPA penalizes Hawaii fuel storage facility for violating oil spill prevention requirements

  Under settlement, owner and operator will pay a fine, make improvements at facility

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA penalizes Hawaii fuel storage facility for violating oil spill prevention requirements

  • Release Date: June 8, 2021

• EPA requires seven Kauai cesspools to be closed to protect groundwater, fines Hawai‘i DLNR again

  Four prior EPA enforcement actions against Hawai‘i DLNR have closed 74 cesspools, collected $407,400 in fines

  EPA News Release: EPA requires seven Kauai cesspools to be closed to protect groundwater, fines Hawai‘i DLNR again

  • Release Date: March 4, 2021

• EPA fines Par Hawaii refining facilities over chemical safety, hazardous waste violations in West Oahu

  EPA News Release: EPA fines Par Hawaii refining facilities over chemical safety, hazardous waste violations in West Oahu

  • Release Date: February 11, 2021

• U.S. EPA settles with Keehi Marine Center over stormwater pollution violations

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA settles with Keehi Marine Center over stormwater pollution violations

  • Release Date: January 27, 2021