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appeared before the Hawai'i Island Burial Council (HIBC) to conduct consultation with respect to the five (5) burial sites located within the development area. The existing Burial Treatment Plan (BTP) for the project area, which includes a 30-foot buffer around the sites, involved ensuring that appropriate access to the burial sites would be allowed. The BTP will be updated to include new buffer areas and any additional 3 3 protection/preservation strategies that may be required for this development. As part of the effort to identify valued natural, cultural and historical resources, the physical resources of the subject property were assessed. In general, it was observed that no culturally important native vegetation, springs, trees, caves or pu'u are present on the property. Of critical importance is the value of the shoreline and its resources, and the I related use of access. Although the shoreline vegetation does not currently include the i quality and quantity of botanical resources that would be important for native gathering, the area makai of the calci loaljeep road is planned for gradual planting with native shoreline plants that could have cultural value — and could ultimately be used for native gathering practices. I i 24. Archeological Resources: An archeological inventory survey (AIS) report was prepared for the proposed development on the subject property; however, at least eight (8) archeological studies of the property have been conducted since 1985. Additional reviews include a data recovery plan, data recovery excavations, burial and site preservation plans, and other archeological studies for the subject property. Beginning in 2010, initial fieldwork Identified all of the 39 archeological sites previously recorded and refined site descriptions for five (5) of those sites. While not all the recorded sites were not i considered to be significant, they do represent parts of a relatively intact archeological landscape that documents evolving land uses froiy� the pre-contact times to the late i historic period. With the current development plan of a 6-lot subdivision with no proposed development located mcakcai of the ala loa/jeep road, recommended treatments I for sites has been further revised to require that all fixture data recovery, preservation, and i burial treatment plans need to be updated. The 2016 AIS recommended data recovery for 16 sites, plus portions of two (2) additional sites that contain preserved burial features. It is believed that these two (2) sites retain information that could be recovered and aid in i i 9 3 I 3 I I