HC&S Fined $600K For Emissions
The Hawaii Department of Health levied the penalty聽for excess emission and reporting violations from 2009 to 2014 in Puunene, Maui.
was fined $600,000 by the state for violating air quality regulations.
The state said that the聽excess emission and reporting violations occurred from 2009 to 2014 in Puunene, Maui.
More than 400 violations “including issues such as boiler operations and delayed notifications” were documented聽by the DOH.
鈥淲ith the impending end of the last sugarcane commercial operations in Hawaii, the department is working to bring closure to a number of complex and long-standing regulatory issues that have involved extended legal negotiations with HC&S,鈥 Keith Kawaoka, deputy director of Environmental Health, said in a press release Thursday.
A copy of the consent order and other related聽documents聽.
HC&S is a subsidiary of .
