Warning barrier tape placed on top of capped, contaminated soil.
Public meeting in East Kapolei.
Installation of geofabric and metallic delineation tape.
Collection of increments from soil boring.
Excavation of impacted soil.
Aerial view of former pesticide mixing area.
Subsampled soil cores.
Collection of soil increments with a sampling tube.
Removal of an underground storage tank.
Remediation of former fuel tank farm.
Push-drive rig used to collect soil cores in tight places.
Collection of soil gas samples with summa canisters and sorbent tubes.
What's New
January 2012 - HEER Office Public Record, State Response and Superfund Program Sites Activities for the
latest Federal Fiscal Year
This file contains detailed, single page summaries for approximately 450
sites under HEER jurisdiction. The pages are ordered by Island and Locality name and are easily searchable within Adobe
Acrobat. This subset of sites includes sites that have ongoing environmental concerns or have been closed after 9/30/2010.
This file does not include military sites or sites that were closed earlier. Refer to the Public Record page for information
on these and other sites under SDAR and Emergency Response jurisdiction.
December 20, 2011 to Febuary 3, 2012 at 3:00pm - Request for Proposals for the HEER Emergency Response Contract 2012
Public Notice published in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser and the State Procurement Office website on December 20, 2011.
Annotated court reporter transcript for October 19, 2011 Public Meeting conducted by the State of Hawaii, Department of Health
The purpose of the meeting was to receive comments on the proposed remedy for the ADC Emergency Diesel Generator site.
Note that the transcript is incomplete in some areas, as it includes public comments provided, but does not include the text
of the presentations made at the meeting. Also, due to noise levels and multiple parties talking, not all speakers were able
to be identified, or may have been identified incorrectly. Where such deficits were noted, the transcript has been annotated
accordingly.
October 2011 – New Fact Sheet and Sampling Guide for Termiticides
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.
June 2011 - Kilauea Pesticide Mixing Area Investigation
The HEER Office is continuing investigation of soil contamination from a former pesticide mixing and storage operation affecting two
properties on Aalona Place in Kilauea on the island of Kauai. 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 following materials to learn more:
March 2011 - New Guidance. Two new guidance documents have been posted to the HEER TGM website under the "Additional Guidance Documents" link:
Use of Decision Unit and Multi-increment Soil Sample Investigation Approaches to Characterize a Subsurface Solvent Plume. HEER Office report on investigation of TCE-contaminated subsurface soil located at a site on Hickam Air Force Base, O‘ahu using Decision Unit (DU) and Multi-increment Sampling (MIS) techniques, and
Technical Guidance Manual Notes: Decision Unit and Multi-increment Sample Investigations. A compilation of notes and recommendations for Decision Unit (DU) and Multi-increment Sampling (MIS) site investigations.
The Hazard Evaluation and Emergency Response (HEER) Office is part of the HDOH Environmental Health Administration whose mission is to protect human health and the environment. The HEER Office reports directly to the Deputy Director, Environmental Health. The HEER Office provides leadership, support, and partnership in preventing, planning for, responding to, and enforcing environmental laws relating to releases or threats of releases of hazardous substances.
