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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 $500,000 EPA Brownfields Grant to Train Hawaii Environmental Workers, Revitalize Communities

  EPA selects Kaunalewa to receive grant funded by Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, boosting workforce training in overburdened communities

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $500,000 EPA Brownfields Grant to Train Hawaii Environmental Workers, Revitalize Communities

  • Release Date: December 14, 2022

• Legally Binding Agreement Requires Owners of Refinery on St. Croix to Remove Dangerous Chemicals

  EPA will Oversee Work Onsite and Approve All Workplans to Ensure That Chemicals Are Handled Correctly

  EPA News Release: Legally Binding Agreement Requires Owners of Refinery on St. Croix to Remove Dangerous Chemicals

  • Release Date: December 5, 2022

• EPA Announces Requirement of New Clean Air Permit for Oil Refinery on St. Croix Before Operation, Ensuring Public Health Protections

  Requirement of new Prevention of Significant Deterioration Permit advances EPA commitment to ensuring equal protection under the law for all communities

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Requirement of New Clean Air Permit for Oil Refinery on St. Croix Before Operation, Ensuring Public Health Protections

  • Release Date: November 17, 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

• EPA Awards $350,000 to Advance Environmental Justice in Hawai‘i

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards $350,000 to Advance Environmental Justice in Hawai‘i

  • Release Date: August 17, 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 Recognizes Punahou School Student Team with President’s Environmental Youth Award

  EPA News Release: EPA Recognizes Punahou School Student Team with President’s Environmental Youth Award

  • Release Date: August 4, 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