PD RECOMMENDATION REPORT (PL-SPP-2022-000012)

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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: 1) An archaeological inventory survey (AIS) of the permit area was conducted by ASM affiliates and detailed in a report dated September 2019; 2) a cultural impact assessment(CIA) of the permit area was conducted by ASM affiliates and detailed in a report dated September 2019; 3) as part of the EA process, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the Keaukaha-Pana`ewa Farmers Association, and the Sierra Club were also consulted by mail to determine whether they had any information on natural or cultural resources that might be present or affected; and 4) as part of the EA process, a walk-through biological survey of the entire permit area was performed over the course of five days in April and July 2019. The valuable cultural, historical, and natural resources found in the permit area: The AIS concluded that, the Yamada & Sons, Inc. quarry and stockpiling project will not impact any know historic properties"and that "no further work needs to be conducted within the[project site]... " The draft AIS was submitted to SHPD as part of the EA process in 2019, however, they did not provide any concurrence to the "no impact" determination contained therein. The draft AIS was submitted to SHPD as part of this Special Permit review, however at the date of this writing, we have not received any comments. The CIA concluded that there are no known customary or Native Hawaiian cultural rights exercised within the permit area. According to the EA, there are no caves, springs, pu`u, native forest groves or other natural features. Combined with the highly disturbed vegetation that is dominated by invasive, weedy species and secondary growth in most areas, the permit area does not contain the quality of resources that would be important for native gathering. The EA concludes that, "While the gathering of natural resources from the Pana`ewa forest remains an important part of the cultural practices of this community, no explicit reference was made to such practices occurring in the actual area proposed for the quarry license, which has experienced extreme disturbance, is dominated by invasive trees, and other than isolated `ohi a and hala trees does not contain other native trees or -9-