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[3 Dec 2009 | View Comments | ]

Over the last three years the county has be in & out of trouble with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Health (DOH).
The alleged incidents involve the Central Maui Landfill failing to install a federally mandated gas control system to collect emissions, and the country allowing polluted storm water to run off the Molokai & Lanai dumps.  Allegations also pointed to an incidents at the Hana landfill which saw the dump mishandling auto waste.  The March 2007 DOH Press release stated:

DOH has cited the County for the failure …