This is an Admininstrative Order on Consent pursuant to the Safe Drinking Water Act issued to the Hawaii Department of Education (DOE), Patricia Hamamoto, Superintendent. The DOE operates 320 large capacity cesspools at schools across the state that were not closed by April 5, 2005, the regulatory deadline. The violation involves the continued use of these cesspools, allowing the discharge of raw sewage directly into the ground. The Order directs requires the DOE to close all large capacity cesspools in accordance with a plan to be submitted to EPA, but no later than September 30, 2009.