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Register of Historic Places. It was also placed in the State Register of Historic Places; but because it was done without the concurrence of the landowner, it was removed. But itÓs still is on the National Register of Historic Places. The reason for placing it on the National Register was because of the proliferation of many heiaus at Kahaluu, especially. For purposes of the compliance of the project with HRS Chapter 343, an environmental assessment was processed and was accepted. The finding of no significant impact was issued by the Planning Department in January of this year and the FONSI was published th in the OEQC Bulletin on February 8 of 2003. The cultural sites within the property are, we just passed out an exhibit to you which is the February 13, 2003 State Historic Preservation letter to Kamehameha Investment Corporation which gives the final comments on the preservation plan and the data recovery plan. Essentially what theyÓre making findings on is that the only site to be preserved is Site No. 7828, which if you look on the, which is the habitation complex and which if you look on the project plans, you can see that thereÓs a preserved site. ItÓll be located as you go into the project site on the left-hand side, right next to the entrance way. As you probably have heard in prior presentations by KIC, they have a Keauhou Cultural Advisory Committee made up of numerous kupuna from the area. And what they do as a standard practice is to pass these development projects and their scenarios through the Cultural Advisory Committee for their review and comment. What on with the kupuna are, is a Keauhou Resort Master Trailways Plan. And what the graphic is intending to show is there are some minor footpaths that are located within the subject property that DLNR State Historic Preservation has said that we can data recover and remove. What the Cultural Advisory Committee is striving to accomplish is to create mauka-makai connectors. In this particular case, theyÓre trying to keep intact the functional use of the Makolea Trail, which is located where you can see the dotted lines there. ItÓs off the subject property where the actual alignment of Makolea Trial is. But what they intend to do is to bring it from the Ali`i Drive in the mauka direction, take it in the southerly direction till they reach near this subject property. And because of the Parkway project, thereÓs going to be a culvert that goes under the highway. The Cultural Advisory Committee has recommended that we take the Makolea Trail under the highway, and then above the alignment, then back in the northerly direction, then following it back up through the original alignment of the Makolea Trail. So theyÓve tried to keep intact the, at least the functional use of these trails. This particular Makolea Trail will go further mauka until it hits the old railroad right-of-way, which is intended to also be a public access that will go laterally across the mountain. So we would respectfully request that the Planning Commission favorably, grant a favorable recommendation and an approval on this Special Managem Permit; and we are open for any questions. SPRINGER:Commissioners, any questions of Mr. Lim or Mr. Rocha? I have a comment, if I may, on page 28 of the SMA permit application, Section 9 on the flora. This synopsis indicates a relatively sparse vegetation and doesnÓt bring to our attention 6