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it Aaron S.Y. Chung, Council Chair and Members of the County Council Page 7 property, a condition of approval will require the applicant to develop a "Public Water System"meeting the requirements of DOH for sanitation and potable water.Additionally,the applicant will be required to comply with Fire Department requirements for fire suppression water availability. There is no County sewer in the area so the applicant will be required to install an individual wastewater system meeting with the requirements of the State Department of Health. The preceding will be added as a condition of approval. There are no municipal waste collection services in the County. According to the application, solid waste will be handled by commercial haulers who will dispose of the refuse at an approved County landfill site. Electrical,telephone and internet services are available to the property.Police services are available in Kea'au, fire services are available in Volcano and medical services are available in Hilo. The subject request is not contrary to Chapter 205A, Hawaii Revised Statues, relating to Coastal Zone Management. The property is not located in the Special Management Area. The site is located approximately twelve (12)-miles from the nearest shoreline and therefore will not be impacted by coastal hazard and beach erosion.There is no record of a designated public access that traverses the property. No valued cultural,historical or natural resources exist on the property and there is no evidence of any traditional and customary Native Hawaiian rights being practiced on the site. Thus, it is not anticipated that the proposed request will have any adverse impact on cultural or historical resources in the area. In view of the Hawaii State Supreme Court's"PASH"and"Ka Pa'akai OKa'Aina decisions,the issue relative to native Hawaiian gathering and fishing rights must be addressed in terms of the cultural, historical, and natural resources and the associated traditional and customary practices of the site: • Investigation of valued resources: No formal archaeological reconnaissance survey, oral history of kama'aina accounts of the area, historical Survey of documentary records, or botanical study was included in the application.