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Brownfields Cleanup
Revolving Loan Fund
Pilot
State of Hawaii (Coalition with Department of
Business, Economic Development and Tourism,
City and County of Honolulu, and County of Maul)
BACKGROUND
The Hawaii Department of Business, Economic
Development and Tourism (DBEDT) is leading a coalition
that includes the City and County of Honolulu and the
County of Maui. Honolulu is located on the Island of Oahu,
which is home to 12% of state residents. The state's
economy has suffered from cutbacks in defense
expenditures, losses in tourism market shares, and the
demise of the sugar and pineapple industries. Half of the
Hawaiian Islands have been set aside for conservation
purposes and are largely unavailable for development.
Tourism, which accounts for 28% of the state's economy,
is dependent on a clean and attractive environment.
Brownfields redevelopment activities are already occurring
under the Hawaii Brownfields AssessmentPilot and in the
federal Enterprise Community on Molokai. Priority
brownfields have been identified by the Brownfields
Assessment Pilotin neighborhoods on the Islands of Oahu,
Molokai, and Kauai. These neighborhoods are among the
mostdisadvantagedinthe state and have high percentages
of native Hawaiian residents. The only Enterprise
Community in the state encompasses one of the priority
brownfields on Molokai. Honolulu has undertaken a multi-
year program to revitalize urban areas, such as
Waikiki and the city's downtown.
BCRLF OBJECTIVES
The BCRLF Pilot will enable the state to establish a much-
needed, stable funding mechanism and the working
partnerships needed to move brownfields redevelopment
projects beyond site assessment. The Pilot is one of
several tools that would signal to the private market that
state and local governments are committed to recasting
brownfields as development opportunities rather than
obstacles.
PILOT SNAPSHOT
Date of Announcement:
May 2002
Amount: $2,000,000
BCRLF Target Area:
City and County of Honolulu
and Maui County
State of Hawaii
Contacts:
Hawaii Department of
Business, Economic
Developmentand Tourism
(808)587-2832
Region 9 Brownfields
Coordinator
(415)972-3188
Visit the E PA Region 9 Brownfields web site at:
http://www.epa.gov/region09/waste/brown/index.html
Forfurther information, including specific Pilotcontacts,
additional Pilot information, brownfields news and events, and
publications and links, visit the EPA Brownfields web site at:
www.epa.gov/brownfields
B CRLF Pilot funds will be used initially at sites in the City
and County of Honolulu and County of Maui that have
been assessed through the Brownfields Assessment Pilot
and the Targeted Site Assessment Program. Priority will
be give to sites in older urban communities, rural
communities with abandoned agricultural facilities, and
underused waterfront areas.
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FUND STRUCTURE AND OPERATIONS
The Hawaii Department of Business, Economic
Development and Tourism is the cooperative agreement
recipient and will serve as the lead agency. The Hawaii
Department of Health will serve as the site manager. The
fund manager has not been determined.
LEVERAGING OTHER RESOURCES
Potential sources of leveraged state funds include the
Hawaii Capital Loan Program, Hawaii Innovation
Development Program, Community-Based Economic
Development Loan Program, and the nonprofit Hawaii
Community LoanFund. County-administered Community
Development Block Grants may also be leveraged.
Coalitionpartners will work through existing planning and
redevelopment programs to identify additional funding
sources for brownfields cleanup.
Use of BCRLF Pilot funds must be in accordance with CERCLA, and all
CERCLA restrictions on use of funding also apply to BCRL F funds.
Solid Waste EPA 500-F-02-004
and Emergency May 2002
Response (5101) www.epa.gov/brownfields/
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