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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Honolulu District, is holding a virtual Restoration Advisory Board (RAB) meeting for the former Waikoloa Maneuver Area, South Kohala, Island of Hawaiʻi, Dec. 9 from 5 to 6:30 p.m. The RAB meeting is being held virtually via the internet to minimize the public’s exposure to the COVID-19 virus ...
Read More Waikoloa Maneuver Area Restoration Advisory Board (RAB) meeting, 12/9/2020
The HEER Office has prepared an updated (Feb 2020) fact sheet entitled Explosives Safety Guidance to Help Protect You from Munitions in the Waikoloa Maneuver Area on the Island of Hawaiʻi. The Areawide Environmental Hazard Management Plan for the Waikoloa Maneuver Area is also available. This document provides guidance to address unexploded ordnance (UXO) hazards and ...
Read More Updated Fact Sheet on the Areawide Environmental Hazard Management Plan for the Waikoloa Maneuver Area
The HAWAIʻI STATE EMERGENCY RESPONSE COMMISSION will be holding Meeting #119 on Friday, September 25, 2020 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. via Zoom. Please see the agenda below for registration information. HSERC Meeting #119 Agenda
To assist with the development of appropriate Construction EHMPs (C-EHMPs), HEER has released a C-EHMP Template and a C-EHMP Fact Sheet. HEER recommends that project-specific C-EHMPs be developed using the C-EHMP Template tool in order to expedite review and approval; however, it should be noted that this is not a guidance document and the template ...
Read More Construction EHMP Update
The HEER Office has prepared a Fact Sheet providing common workflow steps to follow when contamination is discovered at a site. This Fact Sheet may be especially useful for developers, contractors, landowners, engineers, and others who are not well-versed in the process to address contaminated media.
The HEER Office collaborated with the US EPA and the Center for Creative Land Recycling to present the Hawaiʻi Brownfields Virtual Forum on 7/28–29/2020. The forum had initially been planned as an in-person event, but due to the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic was converted to an all-virtual format. Topics included land reuse to affordable housing and ...
Read More Hawaiʻi Brownfields Virtual Forum, 7/28–29/2020
An annual four-day exercise and training for oil spill response is scheduled on Wednesday, July 1, 2020 at Kalaeloa Barbers Point. A major part of the activities will include the use of a green-fluorescent tracer dye in the water to simulate an offshore oil release and the spraying of water to mimic a dispersant agent. ...
Read More Oil spill dispersant exercise to strengthen preparedness and response, 7/1/2020
The HAWAIʻI STATE EMERGENCY RESPONSE COMMISSION will be holding Meeting #118 on Friday, June 26, 2020 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. via Zoom. Please see the agenda below for registration information. HSERC Agenda Meeting #118
The HEER Office is overseeing a lead in soil assessment and response action at Kolekole Gulch Park on Hawaiʻi Island by the Hawaiʻi State Department of Transportation, Highways Division (DOT). The soils under the grass below the Kolekole Stream Bridge and within Kolekole Gulch Park have been impacted by lead. The Hawaiʻi County Department of ...
Read More Cleanup Action: Kolekole Beach Park Lead-impacted Soil
Please view our new fact sheet: How to Choose a Consultant – April 2020
Effective March 20, 2020 – In accordance with the State’s efforts and the Governor’s plan to slow the spread of COVID-19, please be advised that: The majority of the Hazard Evaluation and Emergency Response Office (HEER) staff are currently teleworking. The HEER Office will continue its operations with a reduced number of staff physically located ...
Read More HEER Office suspends in-person meetings and walk-in service due to COVID-19
To assist with the development of appropriate Construction EHMPs (C-EHMPs), HEER has released a C-EHMP Template and a C-EHMP Fact Sheet. HEER recommends that project-specific C-EHMPs be developed using the C-EHMP Template tool in order to expedite review and approval; however, it should be noted that this is not a guidance document and the template ...
Read More Revised: Construction EHMP Template & Fact Sheet