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above mean sea level. A strip, immediately inland is designated AE -7 or an area designated as being within the 100 year flood plain, with a base flood elevation of seven feet above mean sea level. The remaining inland two-thirds of the property is designated as being within Zone X on the FIRM, or a location that is outside of any flood prone area. 3. Elm. Vegetation throughout the project site include kiawe, coconut (Cocos nucifera), naupaka (Scaevola taccada), pandanus or hala (Pandanus tectorius), noni (Morinda citrifolia), pickleweed (Batis martima) and sedge or `ahu'awa (Mariscus javanicus) There are no known rare or endangered plant life on the project site or in the immediate vicinity of the property. 4. Fauna. A preliminary inventory of the aquatic resources of the two anchialine ponds was conducted by Richard E. Brock, Ph.D. in March, 1996. The inventory of the larger anchialine pond (site 1) revealed the dominance of the introduced tilapia (Tilapia mossambica) and presence of aholehole (Kuhlia sandvicensis), black crab (Metapograpsus messor), dragonfly nymphs (family Odonata, probably Anax spp.), and ubiquituous brackish water snail (Melania sp.). Species present in the smaller anchialine pond (site 2) included the cyano -bacterial (blue-green) mat (Schizothrix coricola), opae'ula (Halocaridinia rubra), the small reddish amphipod (unidentified Amphipoda) and alpheid shrimp (Metabetaeus lohena). The inventory revealed that no unusual anchialine species were found in either ponds and that all of species encountered are common in the West Hawaii anchialine biotope. To insure that the aquatic resources of the two anchialine ponds located on the project site are adequately protected, an anchialine pool management plan has been developed by Dr. Brock. (See Anchialine Pool Management Plan, dated May, 1995, prepared by Richard E. Brock, Ph.D., Exhibit 5.) 5. Volcanic Inundation. The project site is within Lava Hazard Flow Zone 3, on the U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey map. Zone 3 areas include the lower slopes of Mauna Loa and during the past 750 years, lava flows have covered about 15-20% of the area. 6. Historical/Archaeological Resources. An addendum archaeological inventory survey prepared by Paul H. Rosendahl, Ph.D. was conducted on the project site to provide additional information required by DLNR-State Historic Preservation Division after a re-examination of the project site in December, 1995. (See DLNR-SHPD letter dated February 2, 1996, Exhibit 6). Of the four previously unrecorded sites within the project site, two petroglyphs sites (Sites 20760 and 20763) and a small, modified anchialine pond (Site 20761) located along the northern boundary of the project site were identified as significant for their informational content and as good examples of their types and should be preserve as it. The larger, modified bi-lobed anchialine pond located adjacent to the existing recreational pavilion (Site 20762) was identified as significant for its informational content, and possibly, for its cultural content and should be preserved as it; final assessment pending further data collection. In addition, Site 14215 was judged to be no longer significant as no burials were -4-