| March 22, 2006 |
DOH/EPA to launch new Hawaii Brownfields Forum |
HEER / Leaking Underground Storage Tank section |
| March 9, 2006 |
Beverage Container Recycling rates
continue to climb, 1 billion containers sold and 616 million returned |
Office of Solid Waste Management |
| March 1, 2006 |
Tesoro fined $24,750 for
failure to report gasoline release at Kailua Tesoro and failure to expedite clean-up |
Underground Storage Tank section |
| February 7, 2006 |
Beverage Container Recycling
Rate now 70% at first year anniversary of program |
Office of Solid Waste Management |
| November 4, 2005 |
Waste Management of Hawaii, Inc.
and City & County of Honolulu fined $2.7 million for violations at Waimanalo Gulch landfill |
Office of Solid Waste Management |
| September 23, 2005 |
Nexus Hazwaste Services, Inc.
fined $12,000 for failure to comply with DOH requests for information |
Hazardous Waste section |
| September 23, 2005 |
Abe’s Auto Recyclers, Inc.
fined $137,000 for improper storage of hazardous waste and other violations |
Hazardous Waste section |
| July 7, 2005 |
Beverage Container Recycling Rate doubles,
Redemption Centers now accept flattened containers |
Hazardous Waste section |
| June 3, 2005 |
Beverage Container
Recycling Rate breaks 50% mark for first time |
Office of Solid Waste Management |
| May 19, 2005 |
Chevron Refinery fined
$107,000 for failure to identify hazardous waste and storage of hazardous waste without a permit |
Hazardous Waste section |
| May 6, 2005 |
Leeward Auto Wreckers, Inc.
fined $205,000 for operating an illegal dump |
Office of Solid Waste Management |
| May 6, 2005 |
Hawaiian Steam, Inc. fined $396,000 by
DOH for illegal dumping violations at Wayne’s Dairy in Waianae and Onipaa Ranch in Pearl City |
Office of Solid Waste Management |
| June 21, 2004 |
State Completes Removal of
Huge Illegal Tire Dump in Waianae |
Office of Solid Waste Management |
| January 18, 2005 |
Unprecedented
692,000 beverage containers collected in 2004 School Recycling Challenge |
Office of Solid Waste Management |
| January 11, 2005 |
Settlement Agreement of $540,000
reached with City and County of Honolulu for violations at Waipahu Incinerator site |
Hazardous Waste section |
| June 21, 2004 |
State completes removal and clean up
of massive illegal tire dumping site at Lualualei Homestead Road in Waianae at a cost of $1.2 million |
Office of Solid Waste Management |
| May 28, 2004 |
Recycling Challenge 2004
Results of the 20th Annual Aluminum School Recycling Challenge
|
Office of Solid Waste Management |
| May 28, 2004 |
Hawaii Medical Vitrification
(HMV) Subject to Enforcement Action |
Office of Solid Waste Management |
| May 20, 2004 |
Maui's Largest Scrap Metal
Recycler Subject to Enforcement |
Office of Solid Waste Management |
| May 20, 2004 |
Enforcement Leads to Clean-up of
Waianae Eyesore |
Office of Solid Waste Management |
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