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Environmental Assistants LLC logoEnvironmental AssistantsHonolulu, Hawaii

Honolulu, Hawaii · Woman-Owned · Senior-Led

Senior-led environmental consulting for federal, Pacific, and infrastructure projects

Environmental Assistants LLC is a Hawaii-based, woman-owned environmental consulting firm with decades of Pacific and federal experience — environmental documentation and compliance, remediation, field investigations, GIS, stakeholder engagement, and project management.

40+

Years of environmental leadership

Pacific

Island & Indo-Pacific project experience

Federal

Environmental program & task-order experience

Senior-led

On every engagement

Where we work

Hawaii, the Pacific, and the Indo-Pacific

Built for the realities of island and remote-site environmental work. Explore the full interactive project map for client, service, and status detail by location.

Hawaii · Pacific · Indo-Pacific

Built for island and remote-site environmental work — from our Honolulu base across the Pacific and the broader Indo-Pacific region.

Verified project locationRegional experienceProposed / future marketTODO — confirm
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  • HawaiiCompliance
  • CNMI / SaipanRemediation
  • American SamoaRemediation
  • GuamField investigations
  • Pacific RegionEnvironmental standards
  • Indo-PacificDocumentation review
  • ThailandE&S / international development (prospective)
  • VietnamE&S / international development (prospective)

Federal & international experience

Featured project experience

Public-safe examples from the firm's Pacific and federal environmental work. Where work is sensitive or ongoing, we describe it generally.

RemediationStakeholder & Community

Tanapag Village PCB Remediation

Saipan, CNMI

Management of PCB-contaminated soil remediation at a Pacific island village, combining innovative cleanup with Indigenous and community-sensitive coordination.

Client:
DoD service component
Relevance:
Complex remediation delivered with deep community and cultural-resource sensitivity, plus clear public-health communication.
RemediationInnovation

Aua Fuel Farm Innovative Bioremediation

American Samoa

In-situ bioremediation recognized for innovative technology (U.S. EPA SITE program) with documented government cost savings.

Client:
U.S. federal — petroleum site recognized by U.S. EPA
Relevance:
Innovative, lower-cost remediation proven on a real federal site; recognized under the U.S. EPA SITE program and delivered significant government cost savings.
International / E&SCompliance & Policy

South Pacific Environmental Liaison & Standards

South Pacific region

Participation in South Pacific regional environmental coordination and standards development across Pacific partners.

Client:
Regional / inter-agency
Relevance:
Senior-level regional environmental coordination and international standards experience.

How we deliver

The environmental project lifecycle

From first assessment to regulatory close-out — a single, senior-led thread through every stage.

  1. 1

    Assessment

    Scope, screening, and environmental review of the site and requirements.

  2. 2

    Investigation

    Field sampling, site characterization, and data collection.

  3. 3

    Analysis

    Laboratory results, GIS/mapping, and technical evaluation.

  4. 4

    Remediation

    Cleanup planning and oversight, including innovative methods.

  5. 5

    Monitoring

    Ongoing measurement, reporting, and performance verification.

  6. 6

    Compliance

    Documentation, permitting, and regulatory close-out.

Why Environmental Assistants

Why agencies and partners choose us

Credible to federal evaluators

Federal environmental program experience and current Indo-Pacific environmental support experience.

Full-lifecycle capability

From documentation and compliance through remediation, GIS, stakeholder engagement, and reporting.

Community-sensitive

Respectful, effective engagement with regulators, partners, and Pacific communities.

Small-business agility

A woman-owned small business that pairs senior expertise with responsive, flexible delivery.

Team expertise

Senior, technical, and Pacific-fluent

Decades of direct environmental program, project, and field experience — plus an available network of senior subject-matter experts.

Helene Takemoto

President / Senior Environmental Program and Project Manager

40+ years experience

Environmental policy, law & permitting · EIS/EA & environmental documentation · Water/wastewater & remediation

Derek Yasaka

Senior Environmental Scientist / Remediation and Field Safety Specialist

35+ years experience

Remedial investigation & feasibility study (RI/FS) · Contamination characterization · Hazardous waste & munitions response support

Brandon Benson

Program Coordinator / Operations and Documentation Support

Program operations experience

Program coordination · Document control · EPA grant support

What sets us apart

Senior judgment on every engagement

A woman-owned small business that pairs decades of senior Pacific and federal experience with responsive, flexible delivery.

Senior-led delivery

Work is guided by professionals with decades of direct Pacific and federal environmental experience.

Pacific fluency

We understand island logistics, layered federal/state/territorial regulators, and cultural-resource sensitivities.

Documentation-first

Deliverables are built to stand up to government review, audit, and reporting.

Innovation that saves money

A track record of bringing innovative, lower-cost remediation into real programs.

Government client readiness

Set up to support federal agencies and primes

A woman-owned small business, registered and active in SAM, ready for teaming and task-order work under NAICS 541620 (Environmental Consulting) and related codes (541611, 541330, 562910).

Small business · senior-led · Pacific & federal experience. Woman-owned (confirm SAM self-certification before launch).

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UEI

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CAGE

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Primary NAICS

541620 — Environmental Consulting Services

SAM status

Active

Business size

Small business · woman-owned · senior-led

Let's talk about your environmental project

Documentation, compliance, remediation, field investigations, GIS, or stakeholder engagement — tell us what you need and we'll respond promptly.

helene@environmental-assistants.com