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ANAHOLA SOLAR <br /> PROJECT Project Summary: <br /> Installation of a—12 MW photovoltaic facility including a <br /> Planning Solutions, Inc. dedicated substation with interconnections to island-wide <br /> electrical grid and other ancillary facilities, a service <br /> Client: Kauai Island center, and a utility baseyard. Project required roughly 60 <br /> acres of land owned by the Department of Hawaiian <br /> Utility Cooperative (KIUC) Home Lands (DHHL) and was partially funded by the <br /> U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Utilities <br /> Service (RUS). <br /> PSI Role: Prime <br /> Documents Prepared: <br /> • Draft EA (NEPA & HEPA) <br /> • Final EA (NEPA& HEPA) / ,,,,r <br /> Approvals Obtained: � 7 <br /> • NHPA Section 106 and HRS <br /> Chapter 6E determination '- <br /> • ESA Section 7 determination <br /> • DHHL acceptance l- I- <br /> • RUS FONSI <br /> Commence: 2011 <br /> Completed Anahola Solar Project. <br /> Complete: 2013 Detail: <br /> Team Members: PSI and local consultant Native Kauai LLC consulted <br /> • T.S. Dye & Colleagues, with DHHL and the Anahola Hawaiian Homes <br /> Archaeologists, Inc. Association to garner community support. <br /> (archaeology) To address specific community concerns, PSI: <br /> • AECOS, Inc. (biology) • Used a GIS-based viewshed analysis to assess <br /> • Native Kauai LLC (CIA) visual impacts with and without vegetated buffers. <br /> • Y. Ebisu&Associates (noise) • Worked with KIUC to develop a comprehensive <br /> Vegetation Management Plan (VMP) designed in <br /> Budget: $225,000 accordance with low-impact development(LID) <br /> principles to address storm water management and <br /> drainage. <br /> 711 Kapi`olani Boulevard,Suite 950 r n <br /> Honolulu, Hawaii 96813-5213 <br /> Phone:808-550-4483•www.psi-hi.com <br />