This webpage provides information on Environmental Health Evaluation guidance and supplemental models, periodic updates to the Environmental Action Levels and associated guidance, and additional resources for related information.
Hawaii
Hawaii Department of Health PFAS Webpage
This webpage highlights information on PFAS and exposure risks, monitoring and PFAS detected in Hawaii, as well as other actions DOH is taking and resources available.
ECOS Green Report: Status of State Environmental Agency Budgets, Fiscal Years 2020 to 2023
This Green Report analyzes and discusses state environmental agency budget funding from FY2020-FY2023.
Hawaii Seeks to Expedite State Hiring of Displaced Federal Workers & Others
Hawaii Governor Josh Green recently signed an executive order to implement Operation Hire Hawaiʻi (OH-HI), a targeted outreach initiative featuring an expedited state hiring process that fast-tracks qualified displaced federal…
Hawaii’s PFAS Environmental Hazard Evaluation and Environmental Action Levels Guidance
Provides regulatory and scientific information on the state’s PFAS hazard evaluation and environmental action levels, which are used in decision making through the hazard evluation process.
Hawaii Closely Monitoring Air Quality Amid Wildfire Recovery
As Hawaii continues the recovery process in the wake of devastating wildfires on Maui, the state Department of Health (DOH) is closely monitoring and testing air quality in surrounding communities.…
Hawaii Updates PFAS Environmental Action Levels
The Hawaii Department of Health (HDOH) in December updated its PFAS Environmental Action Levels (EALs). The updates include adding soil and groundwater action levels for 6:2 Fluorotelomer sulfonate (an action…
States Celebrate 50 Years of Clean Water Progress
State environmental agencies are bristling with excitement this week over the 50th anniversary of the landmark Clean Water Act (CWA). Read on for a sampling of activities undertaken by Governors…
ECOS State Survey on Offsite Compliance Monitoring: A Summary of Findings
This ECOS Green Report highlights the utility of off-site compliance monitoring (OfCM), including the use of virtual walkthroughs to supplement but not supplant onsite inspection activities. Based on the results…
Hawaii Adopts Legislation to Advance Clean Energy Economy and Decarbonization
Hawaii Governor David Ige recently signed a suite of bills that advance the state’s priorities to fight climate change and transition to a clean energy economy. House Bill 1800 sets…
