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Kīlauea Removal Action Community Meeting Notice EPA Cleanup of Kīlauea PMA Fact Sheet July 2012 Kīlauea Kekaha Landfill Disposal Fact Sheet News Release: U.S. EPA, Hawaiʻi Department of Health clean up soil in Kīlauea neighborhood
HDOH is making available a report on the human health risks of 1,2,3-trichloropropane (TCP), a contaminant found in some sources of drinking water in Hawaiʻi. The purpose of the report is to review the available data on the potential human health effects of TCP as a drinking water contaminant and evaluate the adequacy of Hawaiʻi’s ...
Read More New Report: “Human Health Risks of 1,2,3-Trichloropropane in Tap Water”
The HEER Office is soliciting public comment on its Draft Response Action Memorandum for the Hickam Communities Remedial Action site. Soils at the site contain elevated levels of organochlorine pesticides due to past application of termiticides. The HEER Office is proposing a remedy to address this hazard that combines engineering controls (soil caps and geotextile marker layers) ...
Read More Proposed Cleanup: Hickam Communities Remedial Action
The Hawaiian Islands background metals study has been in progress for several years and incorporates soil sample data from several technical and scientific sources. This report presents an evaluation of naturally occurring background concentrations of metals and related elements in the volcanic soils of the seven main Hawaiian islands (Kauaʻi, Oʻahu, Molokaʻi, Lānaʻi, Maui, Kahoʻolawe, ...
Read More New Report: “Hawaiian Islands Soil Metal Background Evaluation”
The HEER Office is providing the following information in response to a 4/30/2012 Honolulu Star-Advertiser article (“Biologist: Hanalei river, bay should be tested”): The concentrations of arsenic, barium, chromium and lead reported by Hanalei River Heritage Foundation are within anticipated natural background levels for the volcanic soils and related sediments of the Hawaiian Islands. The ...
Read More HEER Office response to Hanalei River Heritage Foundation concerns
The HEER Office has completed extensive subsurface soil sampling of the former pesticide mixing and storage operation affecting three properties on Aʻalona Place in Kīlauea on the island of Kauaʻi. The final report is now available for public review. The report findings will be used by DOH, the U.S. EPA, and the County of Kauaʻi ...
Read More Site Investigation: Kīlauea Sugar Pesticide Mixing Area