United States Environ menial Protection LI M % Agency Brownfields 2017 Assessment Fact Sheet Honolulu Authority for Rapid Grant Recipient Information Publication information Name: Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation Phone: 808-768-6159 EPA Information Region: EPA Region 9 Brownfields Team Phone: 415-972-3846 Website: https://www.epa.aov/brownfields/brownfields-and land-revitalization-epa-reaion-9 Overview of the 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. In 2002, the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act was passed to help states and communities around the country cleanup and revitalize brownfields sites. Under this 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. Assessment Grants $200,000 for hazardous substances $100,000 for petroleum EPA has selected the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation for two brownfields assessment grants. Community-wide hazardous substances and petroleum grant funds will be used to update up to 99 existing Phase I environmental site assessments, conduct three Phase II environmental site assessments, and prepare up to three cleanup plans. Tasks will focus on the five-mile City Center Section of the Honolulu rail transit project corridor. Cleanup Grants $600,000 for hazardous substances EPA has selected the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation for three brownfields cleanup grants. Hazardous substances grant funds will be used to clean up Tax Map Key 1-5-007-023 Areas Office: United States Environmental Protection Agency Land and Emergency Management (5105T) Washington, D.C. 20460 Publication Number: EPA 560-F-17-064 Publication Date: May 2017 ------- A, B, and C at 533 and 537 Kaaahi Street. The three cleanup sites were historically an ancient Hawaiian fishpond and then filled with soil for railway use until the 1950s, when they were used for light industrial purposes. The sites are contaminated with arsenic and metals. 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). The information presented in this fact sheet comes from the grant application; EPA cannot attest to the accuracy of the information. The cooperative agreement is negotiated after the selection announcement. Therefore, the funding amount and activities described in this fact sheet are subject to change. ------- |