EPA and the Hawaii Dept. of Health conducted an on-site audit of the Hawaii Dept. of Transportation, Harbors Division's municipal storm water program regarding it harbor facilities on Oahu (Honolulu and Kalaeloa Barbers Point Harbors and Kewalo Basin) and conducted 35 individual storm water inspections of port tenants in December 2008.
The audit noted several violations by HDOT Harbors Div. of its Small MS4 NPDES permit, EPA Region 9 issued Findings of Violation and an Order for Compliance pursuant to CWA Section 309(a) on June 18, 2009.
The order requires the HDOT (Harbors Division) to revise its stormwater management plans for both harbors by December 2009 and submit the revised plans by the end of January 2010.
The order also requires HDOT (Harbors Division) to:
· develop and implement a tenant inspection and enforcement program, and conduct inspections annually at all commercial/industrial tenant facilities beginning January 2010;
· use the tenant inspection and enforcement program to detect and eliminate illicit discharges into the harbor stormwater systems;
· develop and implement a program to control construction site runoff, including inspections of third-party constructions projects at the harbors;
· develop and implement a Post-Construction Storm Water Management Program for areas of new development and significant redevelopment;
· revise the pollution prevention/good housekeeping program to include a program of scheduled inspections and p