Kuchotsa ndi kutaya uku kukuwonetsa kuyamba kwa Gawo 1 la kuyeretsa komwe kukuchitika chifukwa cha moto wolusa womwe unachitika ku Lahaina. Pakuchotsa zinyalala mu Gawo 2, gulu lankhondo la US Army Corps of Engineers litenga udindo wotsogolera.
Zinthu zoopsa zapakhomo zimaphatikizapo utoto, zotsukira, zosungunulira, mafuta, mabatire, ndi mankhwala ophera tizilombo. Mafuta ochokera kumasilinda oponderezedwa ndi akasinja adzachotsedwa, ndipo zotengera zopanda kanthu (zamafuta) zidzayikidwa chizindikiro kuti zichotsedwe pagawo lachiwiri la ntchito yochotsa zinyalala.
Ogwira ntchito adzachotsanso zinthu zomwe zimaganiziridwa kuti zili ndi asibesito ngati ndizosavuta kuzizindikira, koma katunduyo sangachotsedwe kwathunthu mpaka kuchotsedwa kwa zinyalala kuyambike. Monga gawo la ntchitoyi, EPA adzakhala ndi katswiri wamagetsi pamalopo kuti azilangiza magulu am'munda kuti achepetse mphamvu ndikuchotsa mabatire a "powerbank" kunyumba.
EPA idzasiya ntchito nthawi yomweyo ndikulumikizana ndi a Maui Police department ngati mfuti kapena zotsalira zomwe zikuganiziridwa zitapezeka.
Zinthu zowopsa zapakhomo zikachotsedwa, EPA ikhoza kusokoneza zomatira zabwino zotchedwa "Soiltac" paphulusa la pamalopo. Izi zidzateteza phulusa kuti lisatuluke panyumbayo komanso kuchepetsa kuthamanga. Zomatira, zomwe zimauma bwino, zimawazidwa pazigawo m'magulu magulu akamaliza ntchito. Ndizopanda poizoni, zimatha kuwonongeka, komanso kuvomerezedwa ndi State of Hawaiʻi ndi Maui County. EPA ikugwiritsa ntchito zomatirazi ngati gawo la zoyesayesa zingapo ndi US Coast Guard, Maui County ndi State of Hawaiʻi kuteteza phulusa kuthamangira ku chilengedwe.
Pogwira ntchito yochotsa zinthu zowopsa zapakhomo, EPA imayang'anira mpweya kuti mupeze tinthu tating'onoting'ono ta Fumbi (otchedwa "particulate matter") m'madera omwe EPA ikugwira ntchito. Oyang'anira mpweya adzalembedwa patsamba la EPA la Air Now. Ntchito ya EPA imavomerezedwa ndi Federal Emergency Management Agency-yoperekedwa ndi federal disaster declaration mission mission kuti athetse moto wolusa.
