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The site is not adjacent to the ocean. It sits approximately 0.75 miles from the shoreline at an 830+/- elevation. As such, the proposed action should not have any adverse impacts on the area's coastal recreational and marine resources nor have any impacts on beach protection. The likelihood of this improvement having any impacts to the area's historic resources is not high. The site was previously bulldozed by the applicants and/or their predecessors for residential use, sugar cane farming and some measure of cattle grazing. In the event any archaeological features are found during any earth disturbance activity, work will stop within the affected area and appropriate clearances from the State DLNR-HPD and County Planning Department will be secured before work resumes. If needed, an archaeological monitoring program can be instituted during any land clearing activity. . The proposed action will eventually involve the construction of improvements (particularly dwelling units) in an agriculture setting. Accordingly, there is a potential visual impact to the area's scenic and open space resources. However, the project would involve the construction of, at most, a single-family dwelling on each of the proposed lots. Further, as the area of the site has a natural topography declining form mauka to makai, any structures on the site should not visually affect any scenic views of the adjacent properties or Kihalani Homestead Road. Relative to the Coastal Ecosystems, impacts should be negligible, if at all, as the site is located 0.75 miles from the ocean with a 830+/- foot elevation. Notwithstanding the distance, the nature of the project — family agricultural — and the construction of only two (2) private wastewater systems are such that any potential coastal ecosystem impacts should not be found. The proposed action will result in creating the potential for small-scale agricultural lots in this area. This should thus provide additional opportunities for small-scale farming. In so doing, the project could aid the agricultural economy and the overall economic use of this site and the area in general. Because of its distance from the shoreline, the site should not be subject to coastal hazards. Relative to the managing development objective, this function is more applicable to the "authority" or approving agencies. However, it is noted that the request would 5