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Public Notice: Kamehameha Schools; Proposed Settlement of Safe Drinking Water Act Administrative Penalty and Opportunity to Comment

How to Comment

Comments accepted through: 09/19/2018

How to Comment

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

Instructions for Submitting Comments
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-09-2018-0008), 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 above), 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 Proposed Consent Agreement 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: 08/20/2018

Summary

In accordance with Section 1423(c)(3)(B) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (“SDWA” 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 Kamehameha Schools to resolve the following civil administrative proceeding under Sections 1423(c)(3)(B) of the Act.

In the Matter of Kamehameha Schools

Docket No. UIC-09-2018-0008

Pursuant to 40 C.F.R. §§ 22.13(b) and 22.18(b)(2) - (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 ninety-nine thousand, five hundred and thirty-one dollars ($99,531.00); and conduct a voluntary audit of all its land assets to identify large capacity cesspools (“LCCs”) and take corrective action when they are identified, in accordance with EPA’s Audit Policy, Incentives for Self-Policing: Discovery, Disclosure, Correction and Prevention of Violations, 65 Fed. Reg. 19,618 (April 11, 2000). Payment of this penalty and completion of the voluntary compliance audit will resolve EPA’s allegation that the Respondent violated 40 C.F.R. § 144.88 by owning and/or operating one (1) LCC after the ban on existing LCCs took effect on April 5, 2005.

Complainant: Kathleen H. Johnson, Director, Enforcement Division, U.S. EPA, Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105.
Respondent: Kamehameha Schools, 567 South King Street, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, 96813.
Facility: Volcano Golf and Country Club, Volcano, Hawaiʻi, 96785.
Description of Business or Activity Conducted by the Respondent: Golf Course and Pro-Shop.
Alleged Violations: EPA alleges that Respondent owned and/or operated one (1) LCC in violation of the ban that took effect on April 5, 2005. 40 C.F.R. § 144.88. The alleged LCC was closed and replaced with a septic system that was approved for use by the State of Hawaiʻi Department of Health on July 26, 2017.
Proposed Order and Penalty: $99,531

Applicant or Respondent

Kamehameha Schools
567 South King Street
Honolulu, HI 96813