Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES HIF010840

MAKANI ENERGY KITE PILOT PROJECT, Waimea, HI: NPDES HIF010840 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
0Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

MAKANI ENERGY KITE PILOT PROJECT, held by Google Inc, holds NPDES permit HIF010840, which discharges to Kamakoa Gulch. EPA’s file records it issued June 9, 2015 and expiring December 5, 2018.

MAKANI ENERGY KITE PILOT PROJECT, Waimea, Hawaii: Coverage under a general permit HIF010840, held by Google Inc; Construction stormwater; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued June 9, 2015, term to December 5, 2018, by Hawaii Dept of Health, Clean Water Branch; discharges to KAMAKOA GULCH.

Hawaii holds 850 Construction stormwater coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 466 were issued before HIF010840.

Coverages issued nearest HIF010840

March 25, 2015: ASB CAMPUS, Honolulu, HIF010768, held by American Savings Bank F.S.B
April 7, 2015: KAPOLEI BUSINESS PARK PHASE 2 SUBDIVISION (PHASE 1 & PHASE 2), Kapolei, HIF010780, held by KBP Holdings VII, LLC
April 23, 2015: KAMEHAMEHA HIGHWAY: 16-INCH WATER MAIN, PART I, Honolulu, HIF010801, held by City and County of Honolulu
May 6, 2015: TAM YAU ESTATES, Makawao, HIF010800, held by TY Property Development, LLC
May 7, 2015: KEAAU MIDDLE SCHOOL BUILDINGS B, D, E, & G DEMOLITION, Keaau, HIF010762, held by State of Hawaii
July 1, 2015: REHABILITATION OF LOCALIZED STREETS, PHASE 13E, Kaneohe, HIF010865, held by City and County of Honolulu
July 1, 2015: WAIPIO SOLAR PROJECT, Waipio, HIF010870, held by Waipio PV, LLC
July 24, 2015: KAPA'A LIGHT INDUSTRIAL PARK - DEVELOPMENT IN TMK 4-2-15:006, Kailua, HIF010884, held by Kapa'a 1, LLC
July 24, 2015: LUANA ESTATE, Kaneohe, HIF010888, held by Wayne Y. & Irene M.M. Sadoyama
August 7, 2015: KAPOLEI WEST MASS GRADING (PHASE 2 AND 3), Kapolei, HIF010891, held by Aina Nui Corporation

MAKANI ENERGY KITE PILOT PROJECT among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 2 discharge permits in the Kamakoa Gulch subwatershed (HUC 200100001404), HIF010840 among them.

Other permits in the Kamakoa Gulch subwatershed (HUC 200100001404)

WAIKOLOA AC PLANT, Unknown: HIF012104, minor permit, discharging to KAMAKOA GULCH, permit term to December 5, 2018

What the register holds for MAKANI ENERGY KITE PILOT PROJECT: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Waimea, Hawaii, its receiving water. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES HIF010840.

Identity

Facility as filed	MAKANI ENERGY KITE PILOT PROJECT
Permittee as filed	Google Inc
NPDES ID	HIF010840
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Coverage under a general permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Program	Construction stormwater
Issued	June 9, 2015
Expiration date	December 5, 2018
Issuing agency	Hawaii Dept of Health, Clean Water Branch
Address	Waimea, HI 96743
Receiving water	KAMAKOA GULCH
Subwatershed	Kamakoa Gulch (HUC 200100001404)

Effluent limits and exceedances

0Pollutants on file
0Under a numeric limit
0With a violation of any kind
0With an effluent exceedance

EPA’s limits and effluent violation files hold no pollutant row for NPDES HIF010840.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES HIF010840.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES HIF010840.

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES HIF010840.

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Nearby on the register

Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.

The Kamakoa Gulch subwatershed contains 2 NPDES permits, including MAKANI ENERGY KITE PILOT PROJECT. Waimea has 5 storm water construction permits on EPA's NPDES register, with this permit among them. Of those 5 storm water construction permits in Waimea, 0.0% have a violation on file.