The EPA Just Doin' Their Job...

Posted by melissakolonie at Jun 23, 2009 05:40 PM | Permalink

Filed under: 1, Clean Water Act, EPA regulation, Honolulu Harbor, Kalaeloa-Barbers Point Harbor, environmental justice, island sustainability, ocean protection

From Melissa:

The Environmental Protection Agency gets on the Department of Transportation’s Harbor division to clean up their act. It’s a start, thanks guys.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said today it recently ordered the state Department of Transportation’s Harbors Division to comply with federal Clean Water Act stormwater regulations at Honolulu and Kalaeloa-Barbers Point Harbors.

Fuel, oil and debris carried by stormwater from the Harbors Division and tenant facilities discharge directly into harbor waters and through municipal storm drains running to harbor waters.

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Filed under: 1, Clean Water Act, EPA regulation, Honolulu Harbor, Kalaeloa-Barbers Point Harbor, environmental justice, island sustainability, ocean protection

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