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BACKGROUND INFORMATION <br /> 6. Chapter 343, HRS: The proposed improvements are not subject to the requirements of <br /> Chapter 343, Hawaii Revised Statutes, regarding Environmental Impact Statements <br /> because the proposed project has no trigger to require an EA/EIS. <br /> STATE AND COUNTY PLANS <br /> 7. State Land Use Designation: Agricultural. <br /> 8. General Plan LUPAG MAP: Open (ope). This designation includes conservation lands, <br /> forest and water reserves, natural and scientific preserves, and potential natural hazard <br /> areas. <br /> 9. County Zoning: Agricultural-1 acre (A-la). <br /> 10. Puna Community Development Plan (PCDP): The PCDP was adopted by the Hawai`i <br /> County Council, Ordinance 08 116, on September 10, 2008. <br /> 11. Special Management Area (SMA): The entire project area is located within the Special <br /> Management Area (SMA) as well as located within the "shoreline area" as defined by <br /> section 205A-41, Hawai`i Revised Statutes (HRS). The applicant received a shoreline <br /> certification from the Department of Land and Natural Resources which delineated the <br /> shoreline as of January 6, 2022 (Planning Department Exhibit 2 — Shoreline <br /> Certification Dated January 6,2022). <br /> DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA <br /> 12. Subject Property: The subject, 21,344-square foot property is situated in the Hawaiian <br /> Paradise Park Subdivision and is rectangular in shape. The property is currently vacant of <br /> any structures or other improvements and contains overgrown vegetation. The property <br /> slopes moderately from an elevation of 22 feet above sea level to 7 feet in the western <br /> portion of the property line. <br /> 13. Surrounding Land Zoning/Uses: Surrounding properties in the area of the Hawaiian <br /> Paradise Park Subdivision are 1/z-acre in size and are zoned Agricultural (A-la). Uses in <br /> the surrounding area consist of vacant lands and scattered single-family dwellings. <br /> 14. Soil Type: `Opihikao highly decomposed plant material, 2 to 20 percent slopes (rOPE). <br /> In a representative profile the surface layer is very dark brown muck about three (3) <br /> inches thick, and underlain by pahoehoe lava bedrock. The muck is strongly acid and <br /> -2- <br />