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BROWNFIELDS AND LAND REVITALIZATION
EPA PACIFIC SOUTHWEST | REGION 9

Hawai'i: Transforming Idle Properties "nto Community Assets

EPA's Brownfields & Land Revitalization Program provides grants and technical assistance to safely clean up

and sustainably reuse contaminated properties.These properties, known as "brownfields," often

lie within historically underserved communities confronting long-term disinvestment,To address brownfields, EPA's

seed funding and early engagement supports community involvement, environmental assessments, redevelopment planning,

property cleanup and job training.We partner with local entities to generate momentum for lasting improvements in public health

and the environment and to support new economic opportunities for disadvantaged communities.



BUILDING COMMUNITY, EQUITY
ANDTHE FUTURE

EPA has partnered with communities in Hawai'i since 2003, providing
over $22.7 million to support cleanup and reuse of underutilized
properties—leading to new investments in transportation, affordable
housing and public facilities. EPA's early brownfields investments
have leveraged over $122 million in public and private redevelopment
financing in Hawai'i.

EPA Brownfields Funding in Hawai'i Since 2003

Direct to State

$16,456,224

Assessment

$3,100,000

Cleanup

$2,996,334

Job Training

$196,877

EPA partners with local governments, nonprofits, tribes and states to catalyze community reinvestment.

HONOLULU RAIL TRANSIT PROJECT

EPA funding supports rail and
nearby redevelopment

HONOLULU COUNTY, O'AHU—The Honolulu Authority
for Rapid Transportation (HART) is developing a 20-mile light rail
line in O'ahu. Grant funding from EPA helped identify and clean up
contaminated properties to support rail and station development.

The City and County of Honolulu is also using EPA funding to prepare
properties near transit stops for more housing and commercial
development. Combined, these projects will increase access to
affordable housing, diversify employment opportunities, reduce auto
pollution and significantly improve public transportation.

Related project benefits include:

•	Reducing greenhouse gas emissions through increased transit use
and future electric vehicle charging at rail stations.

•	Increasing market-rate and affordable housing near rail stations.

•	Promoting economic development around transit stops.

"The EPA's brownfields assessment funding
has helped catalyze equitable transit-oriented
development in the City and County of Honolulu."

—Harrison Rue, Community Building & TOD
Administrator, City & County of Honolulu

'Receiving grants from the EPA helps reduce our
overall budget while remediating these areas."

—Lori Kahikina,

HART Executive Director and CEO

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AFFORDABLE HOUSING

Environmental assessment aids
new construction

KAKA'AKO, O'AHU—EAH Housing, co-developer Bronx
Pro Group and the Hawai'i Community Development Authority
collaborated to redevelop an urban brownfield into a 16-story,
affordable housing project known as Nohona Hale. EPA funded
environmental assessments and provided the technical assistance
needed to ensure safe redevelopment of the property. Project
features include:

•	Ground floor commercial, transit-oriented location and
storage areas for bicycles, mopeds and surfboards.

•	Community gardens, an indoor/outdoor lounge area and
a fitness room.

•	LEED Gold certification.

"Nohona Hale illustrates how the EPA Brownfields Program is helping Hawai'i solve its severe housing crisis.
In a rapidly gentrifying neighborhood, the program helped transform a tiny, underused parking lot into
one hundred and eleven beautiful apartment homes for low-income people."

—Marian Gushiken, Director of Real Estate Development at EAH Housing

RE-ENVISIONING PUBLIC
PROPERTIES

Cleanup Plans advance
contemporary reuse

KAPA'A, KAUA'I—The 70-year-old, Samuel Mahelona
Memorial Hospital in Kapa'a is a priority brownfield
redevelopment site in Kaua'i County. The conceptual master
plan envisions a transit-oriented village integrating health care,
housing, office and retail space and other community-serving
facilities. EPA provided the necessary environmental assessments
and cleanup plan to support the project's next steps. These steps
include updating the conceptual master plan and environmental
impact documents, enabling phased redevelopment of the
property over the next 20 years. Additional conceptual
features include:

•	Hospital rehabilitation and expansion.

•	A senior center, senior daycare and an assisted living facility.

•	A public library and pathways linking to the

surrounding community.

"EPA's assistance to the Samuel Mahelona Memorial
Hospital Master Plan project is an example of the strategic

public and private partnerships that will transform the
hospital campus to what is envisioned to become a multi-
use center—a vibrant center that will enhance hospital and
community based services to support the needs of the local
community as well as future generations of Kaua'i residents."

—Lance Segawa, Regional CEO,

Hawai'i Health Systems Corporation

For more information on EPA's Brownfield program, visit:

EPA Brownfields | EPA Brownfields and Land Revitalization in the Pacific Southwest

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Region 9 Case Study | Hawai'i | January 2022

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