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<br /> <br /> <br /> J <br /> <br /> <br /> the property is located within Zone X, area determined to be outside the 500-year flood <br /> <br /> plain. <br /> <br /> 18. ALISH System: Unclassified. <br /> 19. USDA Soil Survey Report: The are two types of soils on the subject property: <br /> <br /> 1) Waiaha extremely stony silt loam (WHC). This consists of shallow, well-drained <br /> silt loams that formed in volcanic ash. The surface layer is very dark brown extremely <br /> <br /> stony silt loam about 4 inches thick. The subsoil is dark brown very stony silt loams <br /> about 14 inches thick. The substratum is pahoehoe lava bedrock. Permeability is <br /> <br /> moderately rapid, runoff is slow, and the erosion hazard is slight. <br /> 2) Punaluu extremely rocky peat (rPYD): This consists of well-drained thin organic <br /> <br /> soils over pahoehoe lava bedrock. The surface layer is black peat about 4 inches thick. <br /> It is underlain by pahoehoe lava bedrock. This soil is medium acid. The peat is <br /> <br /> rapidly permeable, although water moves rapidly through the cracks. Runoff is slow, <br /> <br /> and the erosion hazard is slight. This soil is used for pasture. <br /> 20. Land Study Bureau: The Land Study Bureau's overall master productivity rating for <br /> <br /> agricultural use is Class "E" or Poor. <br /> 21. Flora Resources: The applicant's Environmental Report states in summary that the <br /> <br /> area is classified as xerophytic grassland consisting of Guinea grass with emergent <br /> stands of koa haole and an upper canopy of scattered kiawe trees. The vegetation of <br /> <br /> the project site is dominated by Guinea grass, which covers approximately 90 percent <br /> of the ground. No native plant communities exist on the property. Of the total 70 <br /> <br /> plant species inventoried during the botanical survey, only six are native, of which two <br /> are considered `possibly indigenous, and the remaining four are `indigenous'. All are <br /> <br /> common lowland species and only two are found in significant numbers within the site. <br /> The botanical survey found that native species constitute an inconsequential proportion <br /> <br /> of the total vegetation and none are considered rare, endangered or threatened. <br /> <br /> 22. Fauna Resources: The applicant's Environmental Report states in summary that there <br /> is no evidence found that any endemic or endangered species utilize the area, although <br /> <br /> it is possible that the Hawaiian Hoary Bat may occasionally forage or roost on the <br /> <br /> -4- <br />