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Release Reporting Number (808) 586-4249 After Hours (808) 247-2191
The mission of the Office of Hazard Evaluation and Emergency Response (HEER) is to protect human health, public welfare, and the
environment and provide state leadership, support and partnership in preventing, planning for, responding to, and enforcing environmental
laws relating to releases or threats of releases of hazardous substances, pollutants or contaminants.
February 2009 - HEPCRA
Please use the updated State of Hawaii Chemical Inventory Reporting form (Tier II) and package of instructions in completing your submission for the Reporting Year 2008.
In order to facilitate filing your annual Tier II reports and filing fees, the HEER Office will be implementing an electronic online processing and payment system in the future. Please check back for updates or call Sharon or Beryl at (808) 586-4249 for more information.
August 2008 - Kea'au Arsenic Assessment
The following reports document work conducted since 2004 and include information on produce
testing (Apr and Aug 2005), additional evidence supporting the use of soil arsenic
bioavailability in the Kea‘au area (2006 and 2007), HEER Office guidance relating to use
and interpretation of soil arsenic bioaccessibility testing results (Aug 2006) and Kea‘au area arsenic urine testing results (Aug 2008).
HEALTH CONSULTATION Exposure Investigation Kea‘au 8.5 and 9.5 Mile Camps Kea‘au, Hawai‘i County, Hawai‘i (Aug 2008)
Kea‘au Arsenic Urine Testing Fact Sheet (Aug 2008)
Kea‘au Soil Arsenic Assessment Study (Dec 2007)
Homeowners Guide to Soil Testing for Arsenic (Jan 2008)
February 2008 - HEPCRA
Notice of Intent of Proposed Rulemaking
The Department of Health is preparing administrative rules to better implement and improve compliance with requirements of the Hawaii Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (HEPCRA), Chapter 128E, Hawai'i Revised Statues (HRS).
Instructions and forms for compliance with the Hawai‘i Emergency
Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (HRS 128E).
The Voluntary Response Program began in October 1997 and is designed
to encourage participants to address environmental contamination on a
voluntary basis, as well as to facilitate the productive economic use
of contaminated properties. The program allows prospective owners and
tenants to avoid environmental liabilities which they have not caused
if they voluntarily clean up contaminated properties.
In order to better assess the prevalence and impact of pesticide and
heavy metal poisoning cases in Hawai‘i, physicians and laboratory
directors must report all such cases to DOH.
HEER maintains records on the storage of hazardous substances,
releases of hazardous substances to the environment, and site cleanup
actions.
HEER reports annually to the State Legislature on its activities for
the past year.
HEER is responsible for implementing the Hawai‘i Environmental
Response Law (HRS 128D) and the State Contingency Plan (HAR 11-451), as
well as the Hawai‘i Emergency Planning and Community
Right-to-Know Act (HRS 128E).
Office of Hazard Evaluation and Emergency Response
Hawai‘i State Department of Health
919 Ala Moana Boulevard, Room 206
Honolulu, Hawai‘i 96814
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(808) 586-4249 |
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984-2400 ext 64249 |
| From Hawai‘i
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974-4000 ext 64249 |
| From Kaua‘i
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274-3141 ext 64249 |
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Lāna‘i (toll-free): |
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(800) 468-4644 ext 64249 |
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(808) 586-7537 |
| 24-hour Hotline: |
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(808) 247-2191 |
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Web page maintained by Marsha Mealey
Last updated 12 Aug 2009 |
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