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• Koloa Zipline and Kauai ATV to Pay $45k to Resolve Safe Drinking Water Act Violation Claim

  EPA News Release: Koloa Zipline and Kauai ATV to Pay $45k to Resolve Safe Drinking Water Act Violation Claim

  • Release Date: December 22, 2022

• EPA proposes consent order on safe closure of Navy’s Red Hill Fuel Facility

  EPA News Release: EPA proposes consent order on safe closure of Navy’s Red Hill Fuel Facility

  • Release Date: December 21, 2022

• EPA takes action to address pollution violations at Kailua Wastewater Treatment Plant

  EPA News Release: EPA takes action to address pollution violations at Kailua Wastewater Treatment Plant

  • Release Date: December 15, 2022

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Close to $95 Million from EPA’s Clean School Bus Program for School Districts in American Samoa, Arizona, California, Hawaii, and Nevada

  Historic investment from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law headed to all 50 states in effort to transform America’s school bus fleet

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Close to $95 Million from EPA’s Clean School Bus Program for School Districts in American Samoa, Arizona, California, Hawaii, and Nevada

  • Release Date: October 26, 2022

• EPA protects Big Island water resources by ordering closure of three illegal cesspools

  SKS Management and Wailuku Plaza will close cesspools and pay a combined $71,780 penalty

  EPA News Release: EPA protects Big Island water resources by ordering closure of three illegal cesspools

  • Release Date: October 20, 2022

• EPA Awards Over $14 Million to Improve and Protect Water Quality in Arizona, California, Nevada & Hawaii

  Grant funding will support state projects and leverage local partnerships

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards Over $14 Million to Improve and Protect Water Quality in Arizona, California, Nevada & Hawaii

  • Release Date: October 19, 2022

• EPA Announces Historic Award of Over $31 Million in Clean Water Funding to Hawaii

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Historic Award of Over $31 Million in Clean Water Funding to Hawaii

  • Release Date: September 16, 2022

• Under EPA agreement, Marine Corps Base Hawaii to make improvements after stormwater violations

  EPA News Release: Under EPA agreement, Marine Corps Base Hawaii to make improvements after stormwater violations

  • Release Date: August 11, 2022

• EPA fine leads to Hawaii DLNR acting on illegal cesspools

  Largest land manager in Hawaii will evaluate its 1.3 million acres of property

  EPA News Release: EPA fine leads to Hawaii DLNR acting on illegal cesspools

  • Release Date: August 8, 2022

• 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