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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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