I 4B| Brownfields 2006 Assessment Grant Fact Sheet
C/Yy and County of Honolulu, HI
EPA Brownfields Program
EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states,
communities, and other stakeholders to work together to
prevent, assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse
brownfields. A brownfield 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. Additionally, funding support is provided
to state and tribal response programs through a separate
mechanism.
Community Description
The City and County of Honolulu was selected to receive
two brownfields assessment grants. Honolulu County
(population 876,156) is located in the Hawaiian Islands on
the island of Oahu. Oahu has numerous brownfields
because of its agricultural, industrial, and military history.
Honolulu was dominated by the agricultural industry in
the 1880s. By the early 1990s, the pineapple plantations
and sugar mills were in decline, and tourism became the
city's and county's major industry. The decline in
agriculture has left many of the smaller communities on
the island with brownfields and pockets of poverty. Some
of these communities have unemployment rates as high as
20.5 percent. There is limited land for development in the
city, and 9.5 percent of residents live below the poverty
level. Brownfields redevelopment will help attract new
jobs, provide affordable housing, provide land for
business incubators and public facilities, and create
greenspace.
Assessment Grants
$200,000 for hazardous substances
$200,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the City and County of Honolulu
for two brownfields assessment grants. Hazardous
substances and petroleum grant funds will be used
to conduct community outreach, inventory and
prioritize sites, perform two to three Phase I and
Phase II environmental site assessments, and
develop cleanup and redevelopment plans.
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
(http://www.epa.gov/brownfields).
EPA Region 9 Brownfields Team
(415) 972-3091
EPA Region 9 Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/region9/bro wnfields )
Grant Recipient: City and County of Honolulu,HI
(808) 527-5860
The information presented in this fact sheet comes
from the grant proposal; EPA cannot attest to the
accuracy of this information. The cooperative
agreement for the grant has not yet been
negotiated. Therefore, activities described in this
fact sheet are subject to change.
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