.PD BACKGROUND REPORT (PL-SMA-2023-000043)

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Nanaina Malie Farms. Other uses in the surrounding area include Haina Camp,the Hamakua Power Plant, the State of Hawaii Creative Energy Lab, and the County's Honoka`a Wastewater Treatment Plant. Properties immediately surrounding the site are zoned A-40a by the County and consist of open space, agricultural and very low-density, agriculturally based residential use. 15. Flood Zone/Drainage: The Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA's) Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) indicates the project site and proposed development within Flood Zone "X"meaning the property and surrounding area is outside of the 0.2% annual chance floodplain. 16. Archaeological Resources:An Archeological Inventory Survey(AIS)was conducted on the entire project area to satisfy the current historic preservation regulatory review for the State Historic Preservation Division(SHPD). The AIS identified four(4)sites with a total of eight (8)features. The sites consist of an historic road(Site 50-10-08-31348), a complex of five terraces interpreted as historic agricultural features (Site 50-10-08-31349), a terrace interpreted as an historic/modern temporary encampment (Site 50-1008-31350), and a livestock control wall(Site 50-10-08-31351).The sites possess integrity of location,design, setting,materials, workmanship, feeling, and association. They are assessed as significant under Criterion "d" and have yielded information important for understanding historic habitation,transportation,agriculture,and ranching activity in the area.According to the AIS "No traditional Hawaiian sites were identified in the project area. This is not unexpected because of the extensive mechanized cultivation of sugar cane that would have destroyed most evidence of the traditional use of the area." The documentation of Site 31348, 31349, 31350, and 31351 adequately documents them and no further work or preservation is recommended. Ina letter dated October 23,2023, SHPD stated that they have reviewed the AIS and concur with the findings of the AIS (no further work or preservation is required). 17. Cultural Resources: The AIS also documented evidence of the modern cultural use of the project area("Modern 1", "Modern 2", and"Modern 3"). This consists of three clusters of modern features located in the seaward portion of the parcel, consisting of mounds and terraces potentially used as sitting areas,fire pits,fishing pole holders and a concentration of mortared bricks, likely created and used by local fisherman. -4-