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<br /> L <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> elevations areas, slopes become significantly steeper, reaching gradients of 15 percent <br /> or more. Between the development site and the Hawaii Belt Road, slope gradients area <br /> <br /> as much as 20 percent. <br /> 18. Soils: Soils within the project site consists of the Honaunau (HND), Kealakekua <br /> <br /> (KRD), (KSD), (KRD), Kekake (rKHD), Kiloa (rKXD), Manahaa (MND), Mawae <br /> (rMWD), Hanipoe (HFD), Honuaulu (HVD), Keei (rKDG), Kona (rKVD), Lava Flows <br /> <br /> Aa (rLV), Lava Flows Pahoehoe (rLW) and Rock Land (rRO) soil series. <br /> <br /> 19. Land Study Bureau Soil Rating: "B" (Good), an approximate 90 acre portion situated <br /> at the Southwest boundary of the property, "C" (Fair), a portion of the northwest <br /> <br /> boundary of the property, and the remainder in the "D" (Poor) and "E" (Very Poor). <br /> 20. ALISH MAP: Portions of the property to the northwest area designated Other <br /> <br /> Important Agricultural Lands and the remaining is designated Unclassified. <br /> 21. Flora and Fauna: No currently listed or proposed candidate endangered or threatened <br /> <br /> plant species were found within the study area (Botanical Assessment survey by Winona <br /> P. Char, Char & Associates) and No habitat for any endangered species of animals <br /> <br /> were found on the subject properties. (Survey of the Avifauna and Feral Mammals by <br /> Phillip L. Bruner). However, specific recommendations relative to this issue have been <br /> <br /> included in their reports in Appendix F and G. <br /> <br /> 22. Archaeological: A reconnaissance and assessment was conducted by Cultural Surveys <br /> Hawaii of the entire property has indicated some potential for historic elements. A <br /> <br /> detailed archaeological inventory has been prepared for the lower portion of the <br /> property, below 3,100 feet elevation. The Cultural Surveys Hawaii summary stated <br /> <br /> that "Archaeology should be little impediment to the development of the project area. <br /> While widely dispersed archaeological site of various types - including prehistoric and <br /> <br /> historic Hawaiian sites, Portuguese immigrant dairy sites, Japanese immigrant <br /> homesteads and work areas (coffee fields, charcoal kilns, Koa Mill) and old ranch <br /> <br /> features - were observed, they are few in number considering the acreage of the <br /> project. Most of the sites believed to exist within the project area would probably be <br /> <br /> evaluated as no longer significant following an archeological inventory survey and <br /> <br /> -6- <br />