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Public Notice: Group Investments, LLC; Proposed Settlement of Safe Drinking Water Act Administrative Penalty and Opportunity to Comment

How to Comment

Comments accepted through: 01/06/2020

Please provide the following information along with your comments and submit them in accordance with Part 22: Your full name, mailing address, telephone number, email address, the Docket Number (UIC-09-2018-0005), and a concise statement of the basis for and relevant facts supporting any comment for the case to which you are commenting.

Persons wishing to comment on this case, including comments on the amount or basis of the proposed penalty, are invited to submit a statement to the EPA Regional Administrator, attention of the Regional Hearing Clerk (address at left), within 30 days of the date of this public notice.

All comments received within this 30-day period will be considered prior to the issuance of the final order. See 40 C.F.R. § 22.45(b). If the 30th day of the comment period falls on a Saturday, Sunday or federal holiday, the deadline shall be extended to the next business day. See 40 C.F.R. § 22.7(a).

For More Information

Persons wishing to receive a copy of the Consolidated Rules, review the documents filed by the parties in this proceeding, comment upon the Consent Agreement and Proposed Final Order, or participate in any hearing that may be held, may contact the Regional Hearing Clerk identified at left. Please note that the federal regulations are available online at the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) website. Unless otherwise noted, the public record for the proceeding is located at the office of the Regional Hearing Clerk (address above) and the file will be open for public inspection during normal business hours.

Publish Date: 12/05/2019

Summary

In accordance with Section 1423(c)(3)(B) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (“SWDA” or “Act”), 42 U.S.C. § 300h-2(c)(3)(B), and the “Consolidated Rules of Practice Governing the Administrative Assessment of Civil Penalties and the Revocation/Termination or Suspension of Permits” (“Consolidated Rules”) at 40 C.F.R. Part 22, notice is hereby given of a proposed settlement, recorded in a Consent Agreement and Proposed Final Order (“Proposed Consent Agreement”), between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9 (“EPA”), and Group Investments, LLC (“Respondent”), to resolve the following civil administrative proceeding under Sections 1423(c)(3)(B) of the Act.

In the Matter of: Group Investments, LLC, Docket No. UIC- 09-2020-0003

Pursuant to 40 C.F.R. § 22.13(b) and 22.18(b)(2) and (3), Complainant and Respondent entered into a Proposed Consent Agreement to simultaneously commence and conclude this SDWA civil administrative proceeding. The Proposed Consent Agreement requires Respondent to pay to the United States a penalty of fifty-six thousand one hundred fifty-one dollars ($56,151) and close one cesspool on a property owned by Respondent. Payment of this penalty will resolve EPA’s allegations that the Respondent violated 40 C.F.R. § 144.88 by owning one (1) LCC after the ban on existing LCCs that went into effect on April 5, 2005.

Complainant

Amy C. Miller, Director, Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Division, U.S. EPA, Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105

Respondent

Group Investments, LLC, 511 Mokauea Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96819-3232

Facility

73-5562 Kauhola Street, Kailua-Kona, HI 96740

Description of Business or Activity Conducted by the Respondent

Real Estate

Alleged Violations

EPA alleges that Respondent owned or operated one large capacity cesspool in violation of the large capacity cesspool ban that took effect on April 5, 2005. 40 C.F.R. § 144.88.

Proposed Order and Penalty

$56,151 penalty.

Name, Mailing Address, Telephone Number, and Email of Regional Hearing Clerk

Steven Armsey, Regional Hearing Clerk
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9
75 Hawthorne Street (ORC-1)
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 972-3919
r9hearingclerk@epa.gov

Applicant or Respondent

Group Investments, LLC
511 Mokauea Street
Honolulu, HI 96819-3232