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• EPA orders the closure of cesspool in Kauai to protect water resources

  EPA News Release: EPA orders the closure of cesspool in Kauai to protect water resources

  • Release Date: December 16, 2020

• EPA settles with Qantas Airways for importing unregistered disinfectant products in Honolulu and Los Angeles

  EPA News Release: EPA settles with Qantas Airways for importing unregistered disinfectant products in Honolulu and Los Angeles

  • Release Date: December 15, 2020

• U.S. EPA to Support Farmworker Safety Training in the Pacific Southwest Through Funding National Farmworker Programs Association

  $2.5 million to be awarded nation-wide

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA to Support Farmworker Safety Training in the Pacific Southwest Through Funding National Farmworker Programs Association

  • Release Date: November 18, 2020

• EPA’s Pacific Southwest Region Delivers Results by Reducing Permit Backlog, Identifying Formerly Contaminated Properties for Reuse

  EPA News Release: EPA’s Pacific Southwest Region Delivers Results by Reducing Permit Backlog, Identifying Formerly Contaminated Properties for Reuse

  • Release Date: November 12, 2020

• EPA Awards $23.3 Million for Infrastructure to Protect Surface Waters and Drinking Water in Hawaii

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards $23.3 Million for Infrastructure to Protect Surface Waters and Drinking Water in Hawaii

  • Release Date: October 26, 2020

• EPA Awards $346.8 Million for Infrastructure to Protect Surface Waters and Drinking Water in the Pacific Southwest Region

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards $346.8 Million for Infrastructure to Protect Surface Waters and Drinking Water in the Pacific Southwest Region

  • Release Date: October 26, 2020

• U.S. EPA settles with Honolulu-based BEI Hawaii over a Chlorine Gas Release and Pesticides Violations

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA settles with Honolulu-based BEI Hawaii over a Chlorine Gas Release and Pesticides Violations

  • Release Date: October 15, 2020

• U.S. EPA requires Lanai Oil Company to protect Hawaiian waterways from oil spills

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA requires Lanai Oil Company to protect Hawaiian waterways from oil spills

  • Release Date: October 14, 2020

• U.S. EPA requires Hawaii’s largest refrigerated food warehouse to improve chemical safety

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA requires Hawaii’s largest refrigerated food warehouse to improve chemical safety

  • Release Date: September 28, 2020

• U.S. EPA Terminates Order with City and County of Honolulu with successful implementation of Stream Maintenance Program

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA Terminates Order with City and County of Honolulu with successful implementation of Stream Maintenance Program

  • Release Date: September 24, 2020

• U.S. EPA Awards Hawaii $222,000 in Funding to Test for Lead in School Drinking Water

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA Awards Hawaii $222,000 in Funding to Test for Lead in School Drinking Water

  • Release Date: September 16, 2020

• To protect public health during pandemic, U.S. EPA orders O‘ahu company Hawaii Unified Industries to stop selling unregistered and misbranded pesticides

  EPA News Release: To protect public health during pandemic, U.S. EPA orders O‘ahu company Hawaii Unified Industries to stop selling unregistered and misbranded pesticides

  • Release Date: September 8, 2020

• EPA and Hawaii Libraries Reach Agreement to Identify, Close Pollution-Causing Large Cesspools

  State Public Library System Will Self-Audit to Further Protect Water Resources

  EPA News Release: EPA and Hawaii Libraries Reach Agreement to Identify, Close Pollution-Causing Large Cesspools

  • Release Date: August 25, 2020

• U.S. EPA Continues to Aggressively Address PFAS in the Pacific Southwest

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA Continues to Aggressively Address PFAS in the Pacific Southwest

  • Release Date: July 29, 2020

• EPA fines Hawai‘i local and state governments, requires three cesspool closures in effort to protect groundwater

  EPA News Release: EPA fines Hawai‘i local and state governments, requires three cesspool closures in effort to protect groundwater

  • Release Date: July 22, 2020