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Property Details for Pago Pago Utulei Rainmaker Hotel


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Government
237284
Rte 1, Utulei, Pago Pago PAGO PAGO, AS 96799
4.31
-14.2819813 / -170.681866
1
Kline, Marilyn
Kline.Marilyn@epa.gov
415-972-3646


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Property Progress


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CAs Associated with this Property

CA NameCA #StateTypeAnnouncement Year
R9 TBA - American Samoa (STAG Funded)n/aASTBA2004


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Assessment Activities at this Property

ActivityEPA FundingStart DateCompletion DateCAAccomplishment Counted?Counted When?
Phase I Environmental Assessment$10,000.0012/04/201603/18/2019R9 TBA - American Samoa (STAG Funded)YFY18
Phase II Environmental Assessment$112,653.0012/04/201603/18/2019R9 TBA - American Samoa (STAG Funded)N


Is Cleanup Necessary? Yes
EPA Assessment Funding: $122,653.00
Leveraged Funding:
Total Funding: $122,653.00


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Contaminants and Media


Lead
NOT Cleaned up
Soil
NOT Cleaned up


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Cleanup Activities

There are no current cleanup activities.


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Total ACRES Cleaned Up: 4.31
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Institutional and Engineering Controls

No
No
No
No


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Redevelopment and Other Leveraged Accomplishments

There are no current redevelopment activities.


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Additional Property Attributes

The Site is located along Route 1 in the village of Utulei on the southwest shore of Pago Pago Harbor on Tutuila Island, American Samoa. The approximate geographic coordinates for the Site are 14� 16' 36� south latitude and 170� 40' 52� west longitude. The Site is currently a vacant lot located on relatively flat land at an elevation of approximately 8 feet above mean sea level in a mixed use area. The Site is located on a small peninsula that extends into Pago Pago Bay and is approximately 4.31 acres in size from the ocean to about 200 meters inland. The Site is bordered to the north by Clipper Oil Fuel Pier, the Convention Center, and Pago Pago Harbor, to the west by Route 1 and Sadie�s by the Sea Hotel, and to the south and east by Pago Pago Harbor. Part of the Site is a volcanic rock point about 20 feet above sea level in the middle of the Site, formerly known as Goat Island, and the remainder is manmade land of coral fill over a reef, with slopes ranging from 0 to 8 percent (%) (ASG Development Planning Office, 1981). The Site layout is shown on Figure 2. The southern part of the property is currently used as a canoe storage area; the remainder of the property is unused land. The site is owned by the ASG and managed by the American Samoa Development Corporation (ASDC).

Former Use: The Site was acquired by the U.S. Navy from a council of Samoan Chiefs in 1900. Part of the Site was formerly known as Goat Island. A causeway leading to Goat Island and a clubhouse, which was located on Goat Island and used as an American military officers� recreational area, were constructed in the 1920s. The existing fuel dock (now known as Clipper Fuel Pier) was constructed in 1941. In 1951, the U.S. Navy transferred their American Samoa holdings to the Department of Interior, but continued to use the fuel dock and one pipeline for fuel oil. In 1955, all of the U.S. holdings in American Samoa, including the fuel dock area, were turned over to the newly formed American Samoa Government (ASG). ASG then leased the fuel dock and connected tank farm to the Chevron Corporation. Prior to development of the Rainmaker Hotel, approximately 4.5 acres of new land was created over a reef using coral fill and 500 feet of sea wall was built as preliminary Site work before construction of the hotel buildings could begin. Built in 1963 on government land in the village of Utulei, the Rainmaker Hotel was a successful hotel until the late 1990s. The hotel was built in four separate wings of two stories each and comprised a total of 225 rooms and five bungalows on the beach. In 1980, the U.S. Navy conducted an air show, during which one of the aerobatic aircraft, a P-3 Orion four-engine turboprop aircraft, hit the tramway wire crossing Pago Pago Bay and crashed near the automotive entry to the Rainmaker Hotel. Aviation fuel spilled onto the two-story, 76-room block of the hotel. The fire associated with the crash spread to the two-story 76-room block of the hotel, compromising its structural integrity. The building was later repaired. Demolition operations at the Site began in 2014. As of 2017, all buildings have been demolished and the Site is vacant.
Commercial (4.31)


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