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• EPA and Seven-Eleven Hawaii Agree to Close Cesspools and Audit Stores to Protect Water Resources

  EPA News Release: EPA and Seven-Eleven Hawaii Agree to Close Cesspools and Audit Stores to Protect Water Resources

  • Release Date: June 21, 2023

• EPA Settles with Three Honolulu Facilities to Prevent Oil Spills

  Hawaii Gas, Sunbelt Rentals, and Pacific Biodiesel Technologies now in compliance

  EPA News Release: EPA Settles with Three Honolulu Facilities to Prevent Oil Spills

  • Release Date: June 20, 2023

• EPA Protects Big Island Water Resources, Orders Extra Space Storage to Pay $130K Penalty

  EPA News Release: EPA Protects Big Island Water Resources, Orders Extra Space Storage to Pay $130K Penalty

  • Release Date: June 7, 2023

• EPA Finalizes Consent Order for Safe Defueling and Closure of Navy’s Red Hill Fuel Facility

  Final order addresses public concerns over defueling deadline, public participation, and other requirements

  EPA News Release: EPA Finalizes Consent Order for Safe Defueling and Closure of Navy’s Red Hill Fuel Facility

  • Release Date: June 2, 2023

• 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