Supporting the Fleet, Fighter, and Family in Hawaii 1

Executive Issues

Recommendation

Background• Dust from the bare dirt shoulders of the Navy owned Lualualei

(LLL) Access Road is causing community health concerns

• To implement dust control measures, the State Department of Health (DoH) and a non-profit community based organization (Nani O Waianae (Nani)) will start a pilot planting project on March 17, 2013

• Nani will plant 15 indigenous plants on the shoulder of LLL Access Road near the entrance of PVT Landfill

• Based on the success of the pilot project, Nani proposes to plant up to 600 indigenous plants on April 7, 2013 (pending approval of JBPHH)

• Approve Nani to proceed with the pilot planting project

• Approval of follow-on project to be requested and approved separately

Nanakuli/LLL Dust Mitigation Project

• Health issues involving dust in Nanakuli has been an ongoing community concern for many years

• State Department of Health (DoH) is looking at ways to better mitigate the dust issues on and near the LLL Access Road in Nanakuli

• A State DoH completed a study on Nov 28, 2011 that determined the sources of the dust and provided recommendations to mitigate the dust.

• A recommendation of the study is to plant ground cover along the bare dirt shoulders of LLL Access Road in the worst areas creating dust

Supporting the Fleet, Fighter, and Family in Hawaii 2

Executive Issues

Recommendation

Background• On June 9, 2013, the State Department of Health (DoH) and Nani

O Waianae (Nani) will plant 600 indigenous plants on the shoulder of LLL Access Road near the entrance of PVT Landfill

• Cleaned/crushed concrete (CCC) will also be used as a sustainable erosion/dust control ground cover between the plants/vegatation and the road

• The project site will involve a 24,000 sq ft road shoulder area from the PVT entrance 600 feet towards the first group of homes Waianae side of road

• Nani O Waianae Nanakuli/LLL Dust Mitigation Project shall follow all stipulations that this project is sustainable and Nani O Waianae accept all responsibility for the planting, watering and maintenance of the ground cover (plants and crushed concrete) and there will be no cost to the Region/Installation (Navy) and holds the Navy harmless from any injury or damages by Nani staff, volunteers and agents while working on this community based project on Navy property

• NAVFAC to do periodic site inspections to ensure progress and compliance

Nanakuli/LLL Dust Mitigation Project

• Health issues involving dust in Nanakuli has been an ongoing community concern for many years

• State Department of Health (DoH) is looking at ways to better mitigate the dust issues on and near the LLL Access Road in Nanakuli

• A State DoH funded study was completed in Nov 28, 2011to determine the sources of the dust and made recommendations to better mitigate the dust

• Study recommendations to plant ground cover along the shoulders of LLL Access Road in the areas where the dust is the worst