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Brownfields  2005

Grant  Fact  Sheet

  Hawaii Department

  of Land and Natural

         Resources,

        Honolulu, 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, President George
W. Bush 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. Addi-
tionally, funding support is provided to state and tribal
response programs through a separate mechanism.
Community Description
The Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Re-
sources was selected to receive a brownfields assess-
ment grant. The target Sand Island industrial area is in
the Kalihi-Palama district of Honolulu (population
890,000). Compared to the population of the entire
state, the population of the Kalihi-Palama district
(38,000) has a significantly higher unemployment rate
and lower median household income. The percentage
of district residents living in poverty is double that of
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                      $200,000 for hazardous substances
                      EPA has selected the Hawaii Department of
                      Land and Natural Resources for a brownfields
                      assessment grant. Grant funds will be used to
                      conduct a site investigation and prepare a human
                      health risk assessment for a 45-acre parcel in the
                      Sand Island industrial area. The area, in the
                      Kalihi-Palama district of Honolulu, was formerly
                      owned by the U.S. Government.
                      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/
                      index.html
                      Grant Recipient: Hawaii Department of Land and
                      Natural Resources, HI
                      808-587-0431
                      The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
                      yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
                      in this fact sheet are subject to change.
                    the state. Most of the state-owned 45-acre industrial
                    area is now vacant. It had been used as a U.S. Gov-
                    ernment immigration quarantine station, military
                    reservation, and communications support facility. Other
                    previous facilities on the site include military motor
                    pools, open dumping areas, a sewer treatment plant,
                    paint and repair shops, and laundry/dry cleaning plants.
                    The department intends to redevelop the site as an
                    industrial park, which will develop underutilized land
                    into much-needed industrial space, stimulate economic
                    activity, provide jobs, increase property tax and other
                    revenues, and eliminate illegal dumping.
                                               Solid Waste and
                                               Emergency Response
                                               (5105T)
                                           EPA560-F-05-211
                                           May 2005
                                           www.epa.gov/brownfields

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