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DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY AND StiRROUNDING AR_FAC <br /> 11. Subject Property: The subject property is a rectangular shaped lot. <br /> 12. Soil Conservation Service Soil Survey Report: The Soil Survey Report classifies <br /> soils within the project site as Kiloa Extremely Stony Muck (rKXD), 6 to 20 percent <br /> slopes. This soil consists of well-drained, thin, extremely stony organic soils over <br /> fragmental A'a lava. The surface layer is very dark brown, extremely stony muck <br /> about 10 inches thick. Permeability is rapid, runoff is very slow and the erosion <br /> hazard is slight. This soil is used for woodland and pasture. <br /> 13. Land Study Bureau's Detailed Land Classification System: Soils within the subject <br /> property are classified as "E" (Very Poor) for agricultural productivity by the Land <br /> Study Bureau. This soil is unsuited for machine tilling. <br /> 14. Agricultural Lands of Importance to the State of Hawaii (ALISH) System: Soils <br /> within the subject property are classified as "Unique Agricultural Land" by the ALISH <br /> System. "Unique Agricultural Land" are lands that have the special combination of <br /> soil quality, location, growing season and moisture supply and which is used to <br /> produce sustained high quality and/or high yields of a specific crop when treated and <br /> tnanaged according to modem farming methods. <br /> <br /> 15. FIRM: The subject property is located outside the 500-year flood plain (Zone X). <br /> <br /> 16. Alala Recovery Plan: This plan dated October 28, 1982, prepazed and approved by <br /> the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in cooperation with the Alala Recovery Team, <br /> recommends that certain selected essential habitats be preserved and properly managed <br /> to provide for the continued existence and growth of the population of the Alala, an <br /> endangered bird whose population has reached an extremely critical state. The Central <br /> Kona area along the north and west slopes of Hualalai is considered to be the center of <br /> concentration for breeding Alala. The Plan recommends that portion of the lands of <br /> Kaloko above approximately 3,200 feet to 3,400 feet elevation, including all pazcels in <br /> Blocks 8 thru 13 of Kaloko Mauka Subdivision, be designated as essential habitat for <br /> the Alala. Once such a habitat is "secured", a specific management plan for each <br /> -2- <br /> <br />