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JN"m sr UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY <br /> C 'a REGION 9 <br /> 4zro2 75 Hawthorne Street <br /> `'`44.no`° San Francisco,CA 94105-3901 <br /> IN THE MATTER OF: ) Docket No. SDWA-UIC-AOC-2017-0002 <br /> ) <br /> County of Hawaii, ) [V$] ADMINISTRATIVE <br /> ) ORDER ON CONSENT <br /> ) <br /> Respondent. ) Proceeding under Sections 1423(c)of the <br /> ) Safe Drinking Water Act,42 U.S.C. § 300h-2(c). <br /> ) <br /> ) <br /> I. INTRODUCTION <br /> 1, The United States Environmental Protection Agency("EPA")and the County of Hawai`i <br /> ("Respondent")voluntarily enter into this Administrative Order on Consent("Consent Order"or"AOC"). <br /> Respondent owns,controls,and operates seven large capacity cesspools("LCCs")located in the Pahala <br /> and Na`alehu communities in Hawai`i. <br /> 2. EPA alleges that Respondent has violated and continues to violate requirements of the <br /> federal Safe Drinking Water Act("SDWA"),42 U.S.C.§300f et seq.,and 40 C.F.R. §§ 144.84(b)(2)and <br /> 144,88,which required owners or operators of existing large capacity cesspools("LCCs")to close them <br /> no later than April 5,2005. <br /> 3. This Consent Order directs Respondent to remedy the ongoing violations relating to the <br /> continued operation of LCCs in the Pahala and Na`alehu communities of Hawaii in accordance with the <br /> compliance schedules set forth in this Consent Order. <br /> 4. EPA and Respondent recognize that this Consent Order was negotiated in good faith and <br /> that Respondent has fully cooperated with the EPA. • <br /> 1 <br /> ATTACHMENT A-1 <br />