HHLRA Land Settlement
Status of the Hawaiian Home Lands Recovery Act Land Settlement
Background
The 1995
(HHLRA) provides, in part, for the settlement of claims against the United States through the exchange and transfer of Federal lands for the United States' continued retention of lands initially designated as available lands under the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, as amended, and for the lost use of such lands.
On August 31, 1998, the United States, by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior, and the State of Hawai‘i, by its Governor and Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL), by the Chairman of the Hawaiian Homes Commission, executed a
(MOA) which, in part, identified the Federal lands the parties agreed to exchange and transfer towards satisfying the HHLRA settlement.
In 2000, the United States and DHHL entered into a
as provided in the MOA with respect to the Waipahū FCC Monitoring Site which was not conveyed by the August 31, 2000 deadline, thus resulting in a $16.9 million credit (in August 1998 dollars) to DHHL.
In a
, the U.S. Navy advised DHHL that despite its remediation efforts, the Hālawa Laundry site could not be made suitable for residential use and conveyance to DHHL would include restrictions on its use. In its
, DHHL proposed replacing the site with an additional credit. To date, no additional modification to the MOA has been executed.
Status
The Federal lands agreed upon and their respective conveyance status are summarized in the table below.
| Conveyance Status | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Parcel | Island | Acres | Status |
| Mar. 1999 | Mānana Housing | O‘ahu | 20 | Completed |
| Jul. 1999 | Omega Station - Ha‘ikū | O‘ahu | 167 | 147 acres conveyed; 20 acres remain |
| Apr. 2000 | ‘Upolu Point | Hawai‘i | 38 | Completed |
| Dec. 2002 | Barbers Point Raceway | O‘ahu | 16 | Completed |
| Jul. 2008 | Kalaeloa - Former BPNAS | O‘ahu | 586 | Completed |
| Oct. 2008 | Lualualei Buffer | O‘ahu | 27 | Completed |
| Jul. 2009 | ‘Ewa Drum | O‘ahu | 56 | Completed |
| N/A | Waipahū FCC Monitoring Site | O‘ahu | 47 | LOA provided $16.9 million credit in lieu of transfer. In June 2021, credit reduced to $6.9 million with transfer of the Former Pacific Tsunami Warning Center site. |
| June 2021 | Former Pacific Tsunami Warning Center Site | O‘ahu | 80 | Reduced Waipahū FCC Monitoring site credit by $10 million |
| N/A | Hālawa Laundry | O‘ahu | 3 | To be determined |
Process
The
outlines the steps involved to identify and convey Federal lands to satisfy the outstanding credit.
Documents linked above in the order of reference: