Interim Guidelines and Procedures for Decontamination
and Cleanup of Illegal Clandestine Laboratory
Methamphetamine Manufacturing Sites
(Interim Final - September 2006, Rule Making - December 2007 Permanent Rule - 2008)
BACKGROUND
The Hawaii Legislature members received many requests for addressing the existing properties that were contaminated by illegal methamphetamine (meth) laboratories. Property owners were experiencing rental housing with unknown levels of contamination as a result of the properties being used as clandestine meth laboratories. Hawaii, like many other states was without any guidance for cleaning up the residual contamination from these illegal laboratories.
The 2006 Legislature passed and Governor Linda Lingle signed Act 170 in response to concern over the potential health effects associated with residual methamphetamine left in the environment after the illegal activity. The Act relates to the decontamination of illegal drug manufacturing sites and requires the DOH to establish permanent rules for the clean up of these sites by the end of 2007. Act 170 directs the Department of Health, Hazard Evaluation and Emergency Response (HEER) Office to write the cleanup guidance and procedures as interim rules and use them to create permanent rules by the end of 2007.
The draft Technical Guidance provided on this site is the result of searching and evaluating other states' information and feedback from Law enforcement officers during a conference held in Honolulu and two review cycles of these documents. The HEER Office will present the "Interim" guidelines and procedures to the 2007 Legislature.
ELECTRONIC COPIES
Chapter 452 of Title 11, Hawaii Administrative Rules, entitled "Requirements for Decontamination and Cleanup of Methamphetamine Manufacturing Sites
Interim Technical Guidance Manual for Title 11, Chapter 452 Updated 10/02/07
Fact Sheet
Brochure
Hawaii Revised Statues, Act 170
HDOH Web Site
http://healthuser.hawaii.gov/health/environmental/hazard/index.html
HELPFUL Web Sites for more information:
Title11Chapter451.PDF
KCI, The Anti-Meth Site
http://www.kci.org/meth_info/links.htm
National Jewish Medical and Research Center
http://nationaljewish.org/
Keyword: methamphetamine
Washington State Department of Health
http://www.doh.wa.gov/ehp/ts/CDL/default.htm
Colorado Department of Health and Environment
http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/hm/methlab.pdf
http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/hm/methlabfactsheet.pdf
Minnesota Department of Health
http://www.health.state.mn.us
Keyword: methamphetamine
DOH Contact:
Anna Ishikawa Fernandez, Remedial Project Manager
Anna.Fernandez@doh.hawaii.gov
808-586-4249
808-586-4697 (direct)
808-586-7537 (fax)
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 |
From Moloka‘i or
Lāna‘i (toll-free): |
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(800) 468-4644 ext 64249 |
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(808) 586-7537 |
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heer@doh.hawaii.gov |
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Web page maintained by Marsha Mealey
Last updated 23 Mar 2008 |
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