Superfund Site
Kahoolawe Island
Lat 20 32' 30', Long 156 37' 30', Kihei, HI 96753
National Priorities List: No
Status: Active
Kahoolawe Island is a superfund site located at Lat 20 32' 30', Long 156 37' 30', Kihei, HI 96753. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) identifies sites such as Kahoolawe Island because they pose or had once posed a potential risk to human health and/or the environment due to contamination by one or more hazardous wastes. Kahoolawe Island is currently registered as an Active superfund site by the EPA. However, it is not on the NPL (National Priorities List), which means the EPA does not consider it one of the nation's most hazardous waste sites.
