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Maile David, Council Chair and Members of the County Council County of Hawaii Page 5 May 17, 2022 system meeting with the requirements of the State Department of Health. The preceding will be added as a condition of approval. There are no municipal waste collection services in the County. According to the application, solid waste will be handled by commercial haulers, who will dispose of the refuse at authorized landfill sites. Electrical, telephone and internet services are available to the property. Police and fire services are available in Kea`au, and medical services are available in Kea`au and Hilo. There are no severe geological or topographical problems for the property that cannot be properly rectified, or which would render the land unusable. According to the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) prepared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Department of Public Works-Engineering Division (DPW), the property is located in Zone "X", an area outside of the 500-year flood area. There are no significant topographical constraints, and the property is not located in a flood zone. Conditions of approval will ensure that all development generated runoff will be disposed of onsite and that the applicant will comply with Chapter 10 related to Erosion and Sedimentation Control. The subject request is not contrary to Chapter 205A, Hawaii Revised Statues, relating to Coastal Zone Management. The property is not situated within the Special Management Area. It is located over three (3) miles from the nearest coastline and will not be impacted by coastal hazard and beach erosion. There are no identified recreational resources, historic resources, public access to the shoreline or mountain areas, scenic and open space preserves, coastal ecosystems, marine resources, or other natural and environmental resources in the area. Thus, the proposed request and use of the property will not adversely impact those resources. It is not anticipated that endangered or threatened candidate species of flora or fauna are located within the subject property because the property was previously bulldozed and cleared. Presently, there is no evidence of any traditional and customary Native Hawaiian rights being practiced on the site, nor existence of known valued cultural, historical, or native resources in the area. Thus, it is not anticipated that the proposed request will have any adverse impact on cultural or historical resources in the area. The request will not have a significant adverse impact to traditional and customary Hawaiian Rights. In view of the Hawaii State Supreme Court's "PASH" and "Ka Pa`akai O Ka`Aina" decisions, the issue relative to native Hawaiian gathering and fishing rights must be addressed in terms of the cultural, historical, and natural resources and the associated traditional and customary practices of the site: