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• EPA Completes Removal of Hazardous Materials Following Wildfires on Maui

  EPA’s Phase 1 completion is a major step towards debris removal and the rebuilding of Lāhainā and upcountry communities

  EPA News Release: EPA Completes Removal of Hazardous Materials Following Wildfires on Maui

  • Release Date: November 30, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Over $1.5 Million for Hawaii Recycling Education and Outreach

  On America Recycles Day and Anniversary of President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, EPA announces grants funded in part by the largest recycling investment in 30 years

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Over $1.5 Million for Hawaii Recycling Education and Outreach

  • Release Date: November 15, 2023

• EPA Reaches Settlement with the Kukuiolono Park Trust Estate to Protect Water Resources from Cesspools

  EPA News Release: EPA Reaches Settlement with the Kukuiolono Park Trust Estate to Protect Water Resources from Cesspools

  • Release Date: November 9, 2023

• EPA Begins Hazardous Materials Removal on Commercial Properties in Lāhainā, Maui

  EPA News Release: EPA Begins Hazardous Materials Removal on Commercial Properties in Lāhainā, Maui

  • Release Date: November 3, 2023

• 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

• 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