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Public Notice: Kamuela Management LLC; Proposed Settlement of Safe Drinking Water Act Administrative Penalty and Opportunity to Comment

How to Comment

Comments accepted through: 09/09/2019

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-09-2019-0057), 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).

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 below. 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 below) and the file will be open for public inspection during normal business hours.

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

Publish Date: 08/09/2019

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 Kamuela Management LLC to resolve the following civil administrative proceeding under Sections 1423(c)(3)(B) of the Act.

In the Matter of Kamuela Management LLC, Docket No. UIC-09-2019-0057

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 thirty thousand dollars ($30,000). Payment of this penalty will resolve EPA’s allegations that the Respondent violated 40 C.F.R. § 144.88 by owning and/or operating one (1) large-capacity cesspool (“LCC”) after the ban on existing LCCs took 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: Kamuela Management LLC

Facility: Commercial property at 79-7393 Hawaii Belt Road, Kealakekua, HI 96750

Description of Business or Activity Conducted by the Respondent: The facility hosts several commercial facilities, such as a massage studio, art retail store, and watchmaker retail store. In addition, four residents rent apartments in the building.

Alleged Violations: EPA alleges that Respondent owns and/or operates one (1) LCC in violation of the ban that took effect on April 5, 2005 40 C.F.R. § 144.88.

Proposed Order and Penalty: $30,000

Date Filed with Regional Hearing Clerk: August 9, 2019

Applicant or Respondent

Kamuela Management LLC
79-7393 Hawaii Belt Road
Kealakekua, HI 96750