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, ...
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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 ...
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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
A new Fact Sheet and Sampling Guide for Organochlorine Termiticides at Residential Sites have been posted on the HEER Office Website, Technical Guidance and Fact Sheet page. Past Use of Chlordane, Dieldrin, and other Organochlorine Pesticides for Termite Control in Hawaiʻi: Safe Management Practices around Treated Foundations or during Building Demolition A Guide to Soil ...
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Read how brownfields and contaminated sites affect development in Hawaiʻi: Toxic Waste in Hawaiʻi, Hawaiʻi Business Magazine, 6/6/2011
The HEER Office is continuing investigation of soil contamination from a former pesticide mixing and storage operation affecting two properties on Aʻalona Place in Kīlauea on the island of Kauaʻi. This summer we plan to collect more than 90 samples to further delineate the areas of contamination in preparation for a removal action. Download the ...
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The HEER Office collaborated with two other state agencies, the Hawaiʻi Department of Business Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT) and the Hawaiʻi Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (DLIR), to present the Hawaiʻi Build and Buy Green + Brownfields Redevelopment + Green Workforce Development Conference and Expo on 5/24/2011. This was the first year that ...
Read More Fifth Hawaiʻi Brownfields Forum, 5/24/2011