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Brownfields 2004
Grant Fact Sheet
Kauai County, HI
EPA Brownfields Program
EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, commu-
nities, and other stakeholders in economic development
to work together to prevent, assess, safely clean up,
and sustainably reuse brownfields. Abrownfield site is
real property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse
of which may be complicated by the presence or
potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant,
or contaminant. On January 11, 2002, the President
signed into law the Small Business Liability Relief and
Brownfields Revitalization Act. Under the Brownfields
Law, EPA provides financial assistance to eligible
applicants through four competitive grant programs:
assessment grants, revolving loan fund grants, cleanup
grants, and job training grants. Additionally, funding
support is provided to state and tribal response pro-
grams through a separate mechanism.
Community Description
Kauai County was selected to receive a brownfields
assessment grant. The county's multi-cultural popula-
tion of approximately 58,463 is 31 percent native
Hawaiian, 19 percent Filipino, and 13 percent Japa-
nese. Land on the 647-square-mile island is zoned into
three major uses—56 percent conservation, 39 percent
agriculture, and less than 5 percent urban. In recent
years, the economy has been changing from being based
on agriculture to being based on tourism and technology.
This change is causing some dislocations in the local
labor force. To preserve working farms and conserva-
tion areas, the county wants to identify and evaluate
abandoned and unused properties for future redevelop-
ment.
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Assessment Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected Kauai County for a brownfields
assessment grant. Grant funds will be used to
inventory potential brownfields sites, prioritize the
sites according to redevelopment potential,
conduct Phase I and II site assessments on the
most promising properties, and produce redevel-
opment and cleanup plans. Funds will also be used
for community involvement activities.
Contacts
For further information, including specific grant
contacts, additional grant information, brownfields
news and events, and publications and links, visit
the EPA Brownfields web site at: www.epa.gov/
brownfields.
EPA Region 9 Brownfields Team
415-972-3188
http://www.epa.gov/region09/waste/brown/
Grant Recipient: Kauai County, HI
808-241-6390
The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
in this fact sheet are subject to change.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA 560-F-04-068
June 2004
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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