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Stacy Higa, Chairman <br />and Members of the County Council <br />Page 6 <br />the beach naupaka, used as a landscape material. The study concluded that botanical <br />resources will not be adversely impacted by the action. <br />Environmental consultant Phillip L. Bruner prepared a report titled Avifaunal and <br />Feral Mammal Field Survey of Keahole Generating Station, North Kona, Island of <br />Hawaii, dated July 31, 2003 (Appendix B). Thirteen species of introduced birds were <br />recorded on the survey, and no native birds or migratory birds were observed in the area. <br />The property does not contain any unusual or unique habitat important to native or <br />migratory birds. No threatened or endangered animal species as listed by the U.S. Fish <br />and Wildlife Service were discovered on the site. The study concluded that the proposed <br />action will not adversely impact fauna resources. <br />Reservoir Road and Pukiawe Street to Kaiminani Drive located on the north and <br />south side of the properties provide access to the Queen Kaahumanu Highway. A Traffic <br />Impact Analysis Study dated October 2004 (Appendix A) prepared by Belt Collins <br />Hawaii Ltd. indicates that these two intersections serving the properties provide an <br />adequate level of service during morning and afternoon peak hours. The traffic increase <br />from proposed improvements on the project site would be small and not contribute a <br />significant portion of the overall regional traffic increase. <br />The subject request is not contrary to Chapter 205A, Hawaii Revised Statues, <br />relating to Coastal Zone Management. The property is not located in the Special <br />Management Area. The site is located mauka of the Queen Kaahumanu Highway, is not <br />an oceanfront property, and will not be impacted by coastal hazard and beach erosion. <br />There is no record of a designated public access that traverses the property. According the <br />applicant, no valued cultural, historical or natural resources exist on the property and <br />there is no evidence of any traditional and customary Native Hawaiian rights being <br />practiced on the site. Thus, it is not anticipated that the proposed request will have any <br />adverse impact on cultural or historical resources in the area. <br />As noise may affect surrounding properties, mitigation measures such as <br />constructed barriers and landscaping are proposed to ameliorate potential adverse <br />impacts. HFP Acoustical Consultants Inc. prepared a study titled, Noise Study for DFIS <br />in October 13, 2004 (Appendix H). Noise sources in the vicinity of the Keahole <br />Generating Station include various diesel generators and combustion turbines, vehicular <br />traffic on Queen Kaahumanu Highway, and aircraft at the Kona International Airport at <br />Keahole. Noise control treatments have been implemented for the existing plant <br />equipment. Each treatment project will specify property line sound level targets for the <br />equipment. These targets will vary with a goal of meeting HELCO's overall property line <br />target of 55dBA during daytime operation and 45 dBA during nighttime operation for all <br />plant equipment. Noise sources in the vicinity of the Keahole Generating Station include <br />