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allow the future development of a new brackish water irrigation source and distribution system that will be developed to support the landscape irrigation needs of "Areas A and B." 25. Surrounding Zoning/Land Uses: The proposed project area is located within the Waikoloa Beach Resort complex, which encompasses approximately 1,353 acres between the Queen Ka`ahumanu Highway and the ocean and includes open spaces (two, 18-hole golf courses and natural lava fields),three(3)resort hotels and timeshare developments, resort residential multi- and single-family units,two (2) commercial shopping centers, performance amphitheater, a golf clubhouse, a beach clubhouse and related improvements. Immediately to the north is the Mauna Lani Resort and adjacent to the south are undeveloped State-owned lands. 26. Coastal Hazards and Flood Zone: The subject properties are not located within the tsunami evacuation area and the FEMA FIRM map identifies the project site to be within Flood Zone X (areas determined by FEMA to be outside the 0.25%annual chance floodplain). 27. Land Study Bureau Soil Rating: The Land Study Bureau overall Master Productivity Rating classifies the soils within the project site as Class E or"Very Poor". 28. ALISH: The Agricultural Lands of Imporatnce to the State of Hawai`i (ALISH) Map does not classify the soils within the project site. 29. Unexploded Ordinances (UXO): The Project Area, along with all of the resort, are part of some 91,000 acres of land known as the Waikoloa Maneuver Area that were used by the U. S. military for training exercises from 1943 to 1946. The resort is located within an area identified as Sector 17A. UXO reviews of Sector 17A in 2012 and 2013 found no munitions or explosives of concern and ranked it as a low hazard area. 30. Flora/Faunal Resources: The applicant submitted a Biological Survey report dated May 2021 by Geometrician Associates, LLC (see Appendix 3 of the application) that included results of field surveys conducted in May 2020 and November 2020 for the entirety of the project area and found the following: • Habitats: According to data provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), there are no designated or proposed critical habitats for endangered plant or animal species located on or near the Waikoloa Beach Resort. -11-