Environmental Protection Agency

Tom Dunkelman, the EPA's incident commander, said they have surveyed some 300 properties so far and interestingly what has emerged as different than any previous disaster site is dealing with lithium batteries and electric charging stations.

The Environmental Protection Agency, in collaboration with the Navy and the Defense Logistics Agency, will be hosting a town hall Thursday from 5–7 p.m. at Aliamanu Elementary school.

Martha Guzman, the regional administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency, was in Honolulu last week for a news conference to announce funding for renewable energy initiatives. She also met with residents at Kunia Village whose drinking water wells tested positive for PFAS, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances that have been linked to serious health effects.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized a Red Hill work plan for defueling and will hold a webinar next week to discuss the document. EPA Region 9 Director Amy Miller spoke to The Conversation about the defueling process.

The U.S. military is proposing an October 2023 start date for a plan to drain a World War II-era fuel tank facility that poisoned 6,000 people when it leaked jet fuel into Pearl Harbor’s drinking water 18 months ago.

The EPA will discuss its ongoing consent agreement with the U.S. Navy to defuel the Bulk Fuel Storage Facility.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Navy signed a new administrative consent order on Tuesday outlining conditions for the shutdown of the Red Hill fuel storage faculty.

It’s part of a nearly $95 million EPA Clean School Bus program rebate competition from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

The state Department of Health is fining the Navy $8.7 million due to sewage discharge violations. DOH's Matt Kurano says the plant could see catastrophic issues down the road if problems are not addressed now. The Conversation's Catherine Cruz has more.

The state Department of Health is fining the U.S. Navy $8.7 million for dumping untreated, or partially treated, sewage into state waters from its treatment center near Pearl Harbor.