{ "culture": "en-US", "name": "", "guid": "", "catalogPath": "", "snippet": "Hawaii Brightfields Initiative Data as of September, 2019. HSEO has made it a priority to support informed renewable energy production in Hawaii. The Hawaii Brightfields Initiative database is intended to inform preliminary site due diligence and reduce soft costs associated with renewable energy development decisions. HSEO offers this resource to facilitate the reuse of previously developed or disturbed lands for renewable energy development in support of achieving its mandate of 100% renewable energy generation by 2045. \n\nFor more information, please refer to metadata at https://files.hawaii.gov/dbedt/op/gis/data/hi_brightfields_initiative_data.pdf or contact Hawaii Statewide GIS Program, Office of Planning and Sustainable Development, State of Hawaii; PO Box 2359, Honolulu, Hi. 96804; (808) 587-2846; email: gis@hawaii.gov; Website: https://planning.hawaii.gov/gis.", "description": "

Hawaii Brightfields Initiative Data as of September, 2019.<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P>

In 2018, the Hawaii State Energy Office (HSEO) partnered with the Hawaii Department of Health\u2019s Hazard Evaluation and Emergency Response Office (HEER), the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to create and publish a searchable database of previously developed or disturbed sites in Hawaii with information relevant to renewable energy development to provide landowners, potential project developers, and others with a convenient compilation of data to inform site use decisions. A \u201cbrightfield\u201d can be described as a \u201cbrownfield\u201d (<\/SPAN><\/SPAN>a previously developed or disturbed site \u201cwhich may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/A>\u201d) that has been redeveloped for clean and climate-friendly energy technologies. <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P>

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For the purposes of the Hawaii Brightfields Initiative database, current site status regarding use, remediation, or actual or potential contamination has not been verified. Sites in this database may or may not have been assessed or remediated. Users should seek additional information and confirm actual site status and risks with the proper state and federal regulatory authorities, including HEER and/or the Hawaii Department of Health Solid and Hazardous Waste Branch. Information on specific individual sites may be found in <\/SPAN><\/SPAN>HEER\u2019s iHEER System<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/A>(search by Tax Map Key number) and/or <\/SPAN><\/SPAN>EPA\u2019s RE-PoweringMapper<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/A>(search by site key word, location, or name using the \"Find\" feature [Ctrl-F]). <\/SPAN><\/P>

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Please review the Important Caveats and Data Limitations and Disclaimer below before accessing the Hawaii Brightfields Initiative database. <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P>

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In February 2018, HSEO partnered with the EPA and HEER to receive cost-free technical assistance from the NREL Solar Technical Assistance Team Program to support renewable energy development on previously developed or disturbed lands. NREL and HSEO combined the following five public databases to create a consolidated master database of sites in Hawaii with relevant PV project siting information. <\/SPAN><\/SPAN>This map is the culmination of 10,525 records from the following public databases:<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P>