The West Maui Temporary Debris Storage (TDS) site environmental monitoring quarterly report for the eighth 90-day operational period is now available online at https://www.mauirecovers.org/debris-containment.

At the Lahaina Community Meeting held on Jan. 14, 2026, County of Maui Department of Environmental Management director Shayne Agawa presented the findings from the Q8 report, which showed sampling and monitoring are in compliance with county, state and federal environmental regulations.

The Q8 report covers the operational period from Oct. 15, 2025 to Jan. 13, 2026. As of Dec. 19, 2025, all hauling operations and restoration activities at the former TDS site were successfully completed. Now, the site has been restored to its original contours, with key infrastructure improvements made.

On Jan. 21, 2024, the Maui County Council approved Ordinance 5596, also known as Bill 120, which granted U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and its contractors right-of-entry (ROE) to utilize two parcels located in Olowalu as the Temporary Debris Storage site for ash and debris from the Aug. 8, 2023, wildfires in Lahaina.

Bill 120 requires that best efforts be used to protect against the runoff of debris or leachate from the TDS site to the ocean, including through run-on and run-off control, groundwater-detection monitoring, air quality monitoring, stormwater-pollution prevention, and maintenance of adequate documentation, record keeping, and transparent public reporting on these efforts.

The data from this sampling and monitoring is publicly available, consistent with Chapter 92F, Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes. Information is available at the Maui Recovers Debris Containment page at www.mauirecovers.org/debris-containment.