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• 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

• 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 Announces 13 Communities Across Nation’s Pacific Southwest to Receive $6.85 Million in Revitalization Funding

  Brownfields assessment and cleanup grants help underserved communities Build Back Better and address Environmental Justice concerns

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces 13 Communities Across Nation’s Pacific Southwest to Receive $6.85 Million in Revitalization Funding

  • Release Date: May 11, 2021

• U.S. EPA Honors 2021 ENERGY STAR® Partners of the Year Award Winners in Arizona, California, Hawaii, and Nevada

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA Honors 2021 ENERGY STAR® Partners of the Year Award Winners in Arizona, California, Hawaii, and Nevada

  • Release Date: April 13, 2021

• EPA Announces $100,000 in Funding to Kailua Small Business to Develop Low-Greenhouse Gas Fuel

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $100,000 in Funding to Kailua Small Business to Develop Low-Greenhouse Gas Fuel

  • Release Date: April 7, 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