2022-07-07 Windward Exh E (Item 4 Yamada & Sons PL-SPP-2022-000012)

Home

red and indicated as project site. It's approximately 37.882 acres of a larger 2,407-acre state- owned property situated within the South Hilo district of Hawaii island. More specifically adjacent to the south of the old Hilo Sanitary Landfill and also adjacent to existing and old quarry operations. The applicant's is requesting a Special Permit to establish a new quarry site on approximately 37.882 acres of land on a portion of a larger 2,407-acre State-owned property situated within the State Land Agricultural District. The applicant proposes to extract approximately 25,000 tons of raw rock material per month, and with the excavation reaching a proposed depth of eighty (80) feet from existing grade. The quarry is expected to have an active lifetime of roughly thirty (30) years. Excavation of rock will be accomplished through the use of heavy equipment when possible. If impenetrable rock is encountered during excavation activities, drilling and blasting will be performed. As rock material is excavated the perimeter of the permit area will have engineered fill with a 3 to 1 slope to avoid a sheer drop and facilitate future use should a suitable use be contemplated. A vegetative buffer will also be provided around the perimeter of the permit area. No crushing, finish processing, or sales activities will occur within the permit area. Excavated rock will be either stockpiled on site or removed and trucked off-site via Ho`olaulima Road and to the applicants quarry base yard located off of Railroad Avenue for crushing and processing and sale. The applicant anticipates abouts four (4)to five (5)rock hauling trucks or eight(8)to ten (10)tractor trailers will be making about three (3) trips per hour between the proposed quarry and applicant's base yard and processing facilities. All activities will conform to the State Department of Health regulations. Hours of operation are proposed to be limited between 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. daily as specified by the State license. During peak operation there will be a maximum of ten (10) employees within the permit area at any given time. The applicant reason for the request is that they have effectively exhausted their supply of quality rock material from its existing and adjacent 14.99-acre quarry that began operation in November 2010 under Special Permit No. 10-110. This new quarry operation would allow the applicant to continue harvesting essential rock resources for the manufacture of base course, and components of hot mix asphalt and concrete needed for the construction of many public and private projects. So, this is the County's zoning map. The subject property, the permit area again is outlined here in red. The permit area as much of the surrounding area is zoned Agricultural-20 acres as indicated in dark green. There's some Agricultural 5-acres here to the east and then some General Industrial one (I)-acre zoning here indicated in gray and Agricultural-10 acres and this is the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands Pana`ewa Homesteads area as indicated in the darker navy blue. The State Land Use designation for the subject permit area and much of the surrounding area is an Agricultural as indicated by green. There's some State Land Use Urban here to the north as indicated in the red color. The General Plan Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide (LUPAG) map designates the majority of the permit area as Important Agricultural Lands with some Extensive 2 EXHIBIT E