Red Hill Fuel Storage Tank Project Update Meeting October 6

From the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency:


Released Jointly by: U.S. EPA, Hawaii Department of Health and U.S. Navy
For Immediate Release: September 12, 2016 
Media Contact:    Dean Higuchi, 808-541-2711, higuchi.dean@epa.gov                                                                                                    
Red Hill Fuel Storage Tank Project Update Meeting October 6

HONOLULU – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Hawaii Department of Health, the U.S. Navy, and the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) will be sponsoring a meeting on October 6 to provide an update on the progress being made to evaluate and implement upgrades to the infrastructure and operations and maintenance procedures for the Red Hill Underground Fuel Storage Facility. 

An update on the ongoing work to investigate and monitor the groundwater under and around the facility will also be presented. The meeting will be an opportunity for the public to ask questions related to the project work under the Administrative Order on Consent with the U.S. Navy and the DLA.

When: October 6, 2016, from 6:00 – 8:30 pm
Where: Moanalua Middle School, 1289 Mahiole Street, Honolulu

Information about the ongoing work at Red Hill and the AOC between the U.S. Navy and DLA with the regulatory agencies can be found at:

https://www.epa.gov/red-hill
http://health.hawaii.gov/shwb/ust-red-hill-project-main
http://www.cnic.navy.mil/redhill

If you have any questions about this meeting, please contact the regulatory agencies by sending an e-mail to redhill@epa.gov or calling Thu Perry at 808-586-4226.

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Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations Meeting Scheduled for July 2 in Lexington, Neb.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 7

901 N. Fifth St., Kansas City, KS 66101

Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Nine Tribal Nations

Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations Meeting Scheduled for July 2 in Lexington, Neb.

Contact Information: Kris Lancaster, (913) 551-7557 or lancaster.kris@epa.gov

Environmental News

NEWS MEDIA ADVISORY

(Kansas City, Kan., June 25, 2012) - EPA Region 7 representatives will host a public informational meeting for livestock producers about the Agency’s inspection program for concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) on Monday, July 2, in Lexington, Neb. EPA Region 7’s inspections are part of an increased national emphasis on ending harmful discharges of pollutants from CAFOs into rivers and streams.

“It is important for EPA Region 7 staff to be out in the countryside so we can educate communities about EPA’s job and how inspections support the Agency's duties,” EPA Regional Administrator Karl Brooks said. “That’s why outreach efforts like this one are so important in obtaining the overall goal of protecting human health and water quality.”

Topics at the meeting include selection of CAFOs for inspection, aerial overflights to assess CAFOs, winter feeding areas, manure stockpiling and nutrient management plans. There will be an opportunity for attendees to interact with EPA officials during a question-and-answer session.

WHAT: Meeting about EPA’s inspection program for CAFOs

WHEN: 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Monday, July 2, 2012

WHERE: Holiday Inn Express, 2605 Plum Creek Parkway, Lexington, Neb., 68850

WHO: EPA Region 7 representatives attending this event will include Josh Svaty, senior adviser to the regional administrator; Stephen Pollard, CAFO compliance and enforcement coordinator; and Trevor Urban, senior CAFO inspector.

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EPA Orders Louisiana Poultry Farms to Stop Discharging

News release from EPA Region 6:

EPA Orders Louisiana Poultry Farms to Stop Discharging

(DALLAS – February 10, 2012) The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued cease and desist administrative orders to two chicken broiler facilities in Lincoln Parish, Louisiana, for discharging chicken litter into a tributary of the Dugdemona River.

The Mike Reeves 1 and Beaver Creek Farm chicken broiler facilities are concentrated animal feeding operations located approximately four miles east of Arcadia on the south side of U.S. Highway 80, Lincoln Parish. The broiler facilities have been ordered to immediately stop all discharges of pollutants into waters of the United States.

“We expect poultry farms to put food on our tables, not waste into our rivers,” said EPA Regional Administrator Al Armendariz. “Owners and operators of animal feeding operations have a responsibility to comply with the law.”

On January 24 and 25, 2012, the EPA inspected the facilities and found unauthorized discharges of pollutants from chicken litter storage piles to an unnamed tributary of the Dugdemona River.

As a result of the inspection, the owners and operators of the Mike Reeves 1 and Beaver Creek Farm chicken broiler facilities have been ordered to immediately take action to stop all discharges of pollutants from their facilities’ chicken litter storage piles. Within 30 days they must submit to EPA and the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) a certified summary, including photographs, that document the unauthorized discharges have been stopped.

More about activities in EPA Region 6 is available at http://www.epa.gov/aboutepa/region6.html

EPA audio file is available at http://www.epa.gov/region6/6xa/podcast/feb2012.html

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