2015 Administrative Order on Consent

• Overview
• Documents

Overview

In response to the January 2014 fuel release from the facility, EPA and Hawai'i Department of Health (DOH) negotiated an enforceable agreement, also known as the 2015 Administrative Order on Consent (AOC), with the U.S. Navy and the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA). The Order requires the Navy and DLA to take actions, subject to DOH and EPA approval, to address fuel releases and implement infrastructure improvements to protect human health and the environment.

The Red Hill AOC includes a Statement of Work (SOW) that lays out the specific tasks the Navy and DLA must implement to address the January 2014 fuel release and improve the facility’s infrastructure to prevent future fuel releases.

The SOW contains eight sections that address overall project management, environmental investigation and remediation and tank infrastructure improvements.

As part of the SOW, it is the intent of the Parties to seek the technical advice of subject matter experts such as the Honolulu Board of Water Supply and the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources, as needed for scoping and review of key deliverables. EPA and DOH have convened the Red Hill Remediation Roundtable to facilitate sharing of information with subject matter experts.

Documents

• EPA and Hawai'i DOH Letter: Comments on Monitoring Well Installation Work Plan (pdf) (262.64 KB, June 10, 2024)
  EPA and Hawai'i DOH letter to Commander, Navy Region Hawai'i re: Response to Navy’s Monitoring Well Installation Work Plan for Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility.
• EPA and Hawai'i DOH Letter: Review of Draft Deep Soil Vapor Extraction Pilot Study Work Plan (pdf) (329.19 KB, May 15, 2024)
  EPA and Hawai'i Department of Health letter to Commander, Navy Region Hawai'i, concerning review of the Draft Deep Soil Vapor Extraction Pilot Study Work Plan for the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility dated February 2023.
• EPA and Hawai'i DOH Letter to Commander, Navy Region Hawai'i: Response to Investigation and Remediation of Releases Report (pdf) (287.22 KB, May 8, 2024)
  EPA and Hawai'i Department of Health letter to Commander, Navy Region Hawai'i, concerning disapproval of the Investigation and Remediation of Releases Report, Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility for the Red Hill Administrative Order on Consent (“AOC”) - Attachment A Statement of Work.
• EPA and Hawai'i DOH Letter: Response to Navy’s April 3, 2024 Letter RE: Draft Natural Source-Zone Depletion Work Plan (pdf) (220.54 KB, April 15, 2024)
  EPA and Hawai'i Department of Health (DOH) letter to Commander, U.S. Navy Region Hawaii, responding to Navy’s April 3, 2024 Letter re: Draft Natural Source-Zone Depletion Work Plan.
• EPA and Hawai'i DOH Letter: Response to Navy’s Comments on Draft Shallow Soil Vapor Extraction and Air Sparging Work Plan (pdf) (266.28 KB, February 26, 2024)
  EPA and Hawai'i DOH Letter to Commander, Navy Region Hawai'i re: Response to Navy’s Response to Comments on Draft Shallow Soil Vapor Extraction and Air Sparging Work Plan, Dated February 8, 2024.
• EPA and Hawai'i DOH Letter: Request for Additional PFAS Sampling (pdf) (333.79 KB, March 1, 2024)
  Letter from EPA and DOH requesting to continue routine monitoring for PFAS in groundwater while the Navy develops the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility PFAS Remedial Investigation (RI).
• Department of Navy Letter: Clarification of Scope Required by 2015 Red Hill Administrative Order on Consent and Schedule for Consolidated Environmental Scope of Work for RHBFSF (pdf) (228.61 KB, October 13, 2023)
  This letter, dated October 13, 2023, from the Navy to EPA and the Hawaii Department of Health, includes discussion from the Navy on updating the 2015 Red Hill AOC scope of work.
• Department of Navy Letter: Clarification of Scope Required by 2015 Red Hill Administrative Order on Consent and Schedule for Consolidated Environmental Scope of Work for RHBFSF (pdf) (255.89 KB, May 15, 2023)
  Letter from Commander, Navy Region Hawaii, Dated May 15, 2023, concerning clarification of scope required by 2015 Red Hill Administrative Order on Consent and Schedule for Consolidated Environmental Scope of Work for Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility.
• EPA and Hawai'i DOH Letter re: Clarification of Scope Required by the 2015 Red Hill AOC and Schedule for Consolidated Environmental Scope of Work (pdf) (542.9 KB, February 17, 2023)
  EPA and DOH issue clarification to the US Navy regarding the statement of work required under the 2015 Administrative Order on Consent. The letter clarifies that the 2015 AOC includes work required to address the Red Hill releases of jet fuel in May and November 2021 and Aqueous Film Forming Foam concentrate in November 2022. The letter clarifies the sections of the 2015 AOC statement of work that are no longer required following the Navy’s decision to permanently shut down the Red Hill facility. The letter includes a requirement for submittal of a schedule for all environmental work underway or planned over the upcoming 18 months. The letter requires posting on a publicly accessible website redacted versions of all submittals and deliverables as well as environmental data in a format approved by regulatory agencies.
• Red Hill 2015 AOC and Statement of Work (SOW) (pdf) (1.86 MB, September 28, 2015)
  In response to the January 2014 fuel release from the facility, EPA and Hawai'i Department of Health (DOH) negotiated an enforceable agreement, also known as an Administrative Order on Consent (AOC), with the U.S. Navy and the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA). The Order requires the Navy and DLA to take actions, subject to DOH and EPA approval, to address fuel releases and implement infrastructure improvements to protect human health and the environment. EPA DKT NO. RCRA 7003-R9-2015-01/Hawai'i DOH DKT NO. 15-UST-EA-01.