Site Investigation: DOE Hawaiʻi Schools Building Exterior Soils
Posted on Mar 31, 2019 in All, Cleanup HighlightsIn 2016-2017, the Hawaiʻi Department of Education (DOE) conducted soil investigations at 23 schools in the Hilo-Waiākea and Kaʻū-Keaʻau-Pāhoa Complex Areas in DOE’s Hawaiʻi District. These investigations identified soils in open spaces and along building exteriors at these schools that were contaminated with arsenic, lead, and chlordane at concentrations above DOH environmental action levels (EALs).
DOE has developed and implemented environmental hazard management plans (EHMPs) to address these environmental hazards.
DOE first developed a general “framework” EHMP, to provide a general framework for managing contaminated soils at all schools statewide. As DOE conducts additional soil investigations at other schools, the framework EHMP will evolve to become more comprehensive with respect to the variation of soil contaminants and the range of soil management tools to be employed.
DOE then developed and implemented school-specific EHMPs for schools where contaminated exterior soils have been identified, based on the framework EHMP and incorporating site-specific details. For school-specific questions, please contact the appropriate DOE school administrator.
Fact sheets
- What You Need to Know About Lead, Arsenic, and Organochlorine Pesticides in Soils at Hawaiʻi Schools
- Clean Soil: A Building Block for Creating a Safe Garden at Your School
Soil Assessment Findings
Framework EHMP
School-specific EHMPs
- De Silva Elementary, Interim EHMP, Building Exterior Soils
- Haʻaheo Elementary, Interim EHMP, Building Exterior Soils
- Hilo High, Interim EHMP, Building Exterior Soils
- Hilo Intermediate, Interim EHMP, Building Exterior Soils
- Hilo Union Elementary, Interim EHMP, Building Exterior Soils
- Kalanianaʻole Elementary & Intermediate, Interim EHMP, Building Exterior Soils
- Kapiʻolani Elementary, Interim EHMP, Building Exterior Soils
- Kaʻū High & Pāhala Elementary, Interim EHMP, Building Exterior Soils
- Kaūmana Elementary, Interim EHMP, Building Exterior Soils
- Keaʻau Middle, Interim EHMP, Building Exterior Soils
- Keaukaha Elementary, Interim EHMP, Building Exterior Soils
- Laupāhoehoe High & Elementary, Interim EHMP, Building Exterior Soils
- Mountain View Elementary, Interim EHMP, Building Exterior Soils
- Nāʻālehu Elementary, Interim EHMP, Building Exterior Soils
- Pāhoa Elementary, Interim EHMP, Building Exterior Soils
- Pāhoa High & Intermediate, Interim EHMP, Building Exterior Soils
- Waiākea Intermediate, Interim EHMP, Building Exterior Soils
- Waiākeawaena Elementary, Interim EHMP, Building Exterior Soils