HAZARD EVALUATION & EMERGENCY RESPONSE (HEER) OFFICE

We are pleased to announce our new UXO webpage, including the agenda and PowerPoint presentations from our 11/30/2016 UXO Forum. At the forum, we released our Draft UXO Advisory and Areawide Environmental Hazard Management Plan (EHMP) for public comment. Please visit the site to download the draft EHMP and instructions on providing comments. See more ...
Read More 2016 UXO Forum Presentations, and Draft Areawide EHMP: Waikoloa Maneuver Area (comments 1/1/2017 – 2/1/2017)

Links to Documents Statewide Pesticide Initiatives August 2016 Update December 2016 Update Links to related HEER Web Pages HDOH Pesticide Studies and Coordination with other Agencies 2016 Interagency Pesticide Monitoring Initiative Pesticide and Heavy Metal Poisoning Reporting

Hawaiʻi has the distinction of being home to the single largest site in the nation contaminated with military munitions and unexploded ordnance, the Waikoloa Maneuver Area located on the Big Island. While cleanup is currently underway, completing it is an enormous, expensive, and long-term job. The cost to clean up the former live-fire training area ...
Read More Upcoming Event: 1st Hawaiʻi Forum on Munitions and Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) on 11/30/2016

The HEER Office is overseeing a lead assessment and response action being conducted by the State Department of Transportation, Highways Division (DOT) at the Hakalau Stream Bridge site on Hawaiʻi Island. The soils near the base of the bridge columns were found to contain high levels of lead, presumably from lead paint used on the ...
Read More Cleanup Action: Hakalau Bridge & Beach Park Lead Contamination (10/20/2016)

In October 2014, community members from Kauaʻi requested that the US Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) perform a Public Health Assessment on the west side of Kauaʻi due to environmental health concerns associated with pesticide use by nearby agricultural operations. On August 15, 2016, ATSDR responded to the requestors, stating that: “To ...
Read More ATSDR Response to Kauaʻi Public Health Assessment Request

The HEER Office is pleased to announce that it has awarded RFP-HEER-ER2016 to PENCO (Pacific Environmental Corporation). The HEER Office would like to thank all of the firms that submitted proposals and looks forward to working with them in the future. The Notice of Award is also posted at the State Procurement Office. For further ...
Read More Contract Awarded, DOH Emergency Environmental Response Support Services

We are pleased to announce that we have awarded RFP-HEER-NES2016-1 to Tetra Tech, Inc. for all three scopes of work: HEER Office Program-Specific Knowledge and Experience Ability to Quickly Engage Technical Experts UXO Expertise We would like to thank all of the firms that submitted proposals and look forward to working with them in the ...
Read More Contract Awarded, DOH Non-Emergency Environmental Response Support Services

The Joint Fact Finding Study Group has finalized its report, Pesticide Use by Large Agribusinesses on Kauaʻi. The report is available on the JFF Study Group’s webpage and at the links below. Transmittal Letter Report Appendix 1 Appendix 2 Public Comments

The Joint Fact Finding Study Group released a draft report entitled Pesticide Use by Large Agribusinesses on Kauaʻi. Read DOH’s comments on the technical aspects of and recommendations made in the the draft report. Draft Report Draft Appendix 1 Draft Appendix 2 HDOH’s comments For further information on DOH’s regulatory and research roles on non-target ...
Read More Draft Report: “Pesticide Use by Large Agribusinesses on Kauaʻi”