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ATTACHMENT A-1 UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY REGION 9 75 Hawthorne Street San Francisco,California 94105 IN THE MATTER OF: ) DOCKET NO.CWA-309(a)-24-003 County of Hawaii ) ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER ON CONSENT 25 Aupuni Street ) Hilo,HI 96720 ) Respondent. ) Proceeding under Section 309(a)of the Clean Water Act,33 U.S.C.§1319(a) • 1. INTRODUCTION 1. This Administrative Order on Consent(Order)is entered into voluntarily by the United States Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)and the County of Hawaii(Respondent). II. STATUTORY AUTHORITY 2. Section 309(a)of the Clean Water Act(CWA),33 U.S.C. §1319(a), provides that, whenever the'EPA finds that any person is in violation of any condition orlimitation which implements,inter alia,Sections 301(a)and 402 of the CWA,33 U.S.C.§§1311(a)and 1342,the EPA may issue an order requiring such person to comply with such condition or limitation,and shall specify a time for compliance that the EPA determines to be reasonable. 3. The following Findings of Fact and Determinations of Law are made and this Order is • issued pursuant to the authority vested in the EPA by Section 309(a)of the CWA,33 U.S.C.§ 1319(a),as amended.This authority has been delegated to the Regional Administrator of the EPA,Region IX,and further delegated by the Regional Administrator to the Director of the Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Division of the EPA,Region IX, 4. Respondent neither admits nor denies the factual allegations and legal conclusions set forth in Section IV of this Order,except to the extent that those allegations provide the EPA with a jurisdictional basis to enforce this Order. ' III. STATUTORY AND REGULATORY FRAMEWORK 5. CWA Section 301(a),33 U.S.C.§1311(a),makes it unlawful for a person to discharge pollutants from a point source into waters of the United States,except as authorized by a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System(NPDES)permit issued pursuant to CWA Section 402,33 U.S.C.§1342. •