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Kauai County, 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
Kauai County was selected to receive a brownfields
assessment grant. The county's multi-cultural
population of approximately 58,463 is 31 percent native
Hawaiian, 19 percent Filipino, and 13 percent Japanese.
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
conservation areas, the county wants to identify and
evaluate abandoned and unused properties for future
redevelopment.
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 redevelopment
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
(http: //www. epa.gov/brownfields).
EPA Region 9 Brownfields Team
(415) 972-3091
EPA Region 9 Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/region9/brownfields)
Grant Recipient: County of Kauai,HI
(808) 241-6390
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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