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The request is not contrary to Chapter 205A,Hawaii Revised Statutes, <br /> relating to Coastal Zone Management Area. The property is not situated within the <br /> Special Management Area. It is located over two (2)miles from the nearest coastline and <br /> will not be impacted by coastal hazard and beach erosion. There are no identified <br /> recreational resources,historic resources, public access to the shoreline or mountain <br /> areas, scenic and open space preserves, coastal ecosystems,marine resources, or other <br /> natural and environmental resources in the area. Thus, the proposed request and use of <br /> the property will not adversely impact those resources. It is not anticipated that <br /> endangered or threatened candidate species of flora or fauna are located within the <br /> subject property because the property was previously bulldozed and cleared. Presently, <br /> there is no evidence of any traditional and customary Native Hawaiian rights being <br /> practiced on the site, nor existence of known valued cultural, historical or native <br /> resources in the area. Thus,it is not anticipated that the proposed request will have any <br /> adverse impact on cultural or historical resources in the area. <br /> The request will not have a significant adverse impact to traditional and <br /> customary Hawaiian Rights. In view of the Hawaii State Supreme Court's "PASH" <br /> and"Ka Pa'akai O Ka`Aina"decisions,the issue relative to native Hawaiian gathering <br /> and fishing rights must be addressed in terms of the cultural, historical, and natural <br /> resources and the associated traditional and customary practices of the site. <br /> Investigation of valued resources: No formal archaeological reconnaissance <br /> survey, oral history of kama`aina accounts of the area, historical survey of documentary <br /> records, or botanical study was included in the application. <br /> The valued cultural, historical, and natural resources found in the rezoning area. <br /> As the property has historically been used for intensive agricultural activities (sugar cane) <br /> and has since been developed with a dwelling and an additional farm dwelling,it is <br /> unlikely that there are any valued cultural, historical, and natural resources to be found in <br /> the rezoning area. <br /> Possible adverse effect or impairment of valued resources: There is no evidence <br /> of any possible adverse effects or impairments will occur to any valued resources. <br /> -7- <br />