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Public Notice: Dole Food Company Inc.: Proposed Settlement of Safe Drinking Water Act Administrative Penalty and Opportunity to Comment

How to Comment

Comments accepted through: 04/19/2018

How to Comment

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-09-2018-0002), 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 below), 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).

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

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

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 Proposed Consent Agreement and Final Order or participate in any hearing that may be held, may contact the Regional Hearing Clerk identified above. 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: 03/20/2018

Summary

In accordance with Section 1423(c)(3)(B) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (“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 Dole Food Company Inc. (“Respondent”) to resolve the following civil administrative proceeding under Section 1423(c)(3)(B) of the Act.

In the Matter of Dole Food Company Inc.
Docket No. UIC-09-2018-0002

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 one hundred and forty-five thousand dollars ($145,000.00) and close (2) two Large Capacity Cesspools (“LCCs). Payment of this penalty will resolve EPA’s allegation that the Respondent violated 40 C.F.R. § 144.88 by owning and/or operating two (2) LCCs after the April 5, 2005 ban on existing LCCs. 

Complainant: Kathleen H. Johnson, Director, Enforcement Division, U.S. EPA, Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105

Respondent: Dole Food Company Inc., 1 Dole Drive, Westlake Village, California 91362

Facility: Dole Private Park (Pu’uiki Beach Park) located at 67-467 Waialua Beach Road, Waialua, HI 96791

Description of Business or Activity Conducted by the Respondent: Private park used by employees to host gatherings.

Alleged Violations:  EPA alleges that Respondent owned and/or operated two large capacity cesspools in violation of the April 5, 2005 ban on large capacity cesspools. 40 C.F.R. § 144.88.

Proposed Order and Penalty: $145,000

Date Filed with Regional Hearing Clerk: March 20, 2018

Applicant or Respondent

Dole Food Company Inc.
1 Dole Drive
Westlake Village, CA 91362