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From: Nicole Soliz <br /> To: W PCtesti mons <br /> Subject: Punalu"u 5 <br /> Date: Tuesday, March 19,2024 8:24:01 PM <br /> Attachments: icon.ono <br /> Aloha, <br /> Do not approve the SMA permit to allow these new developers to use and <br /> desecrate the wahi kapu of Punalu`u.We Demand an Environmental Impact <br /> Statement and new Shoreline Survey Certification. <br /> Punalu`u means diving springs.Wai ola,water is life.Wai from the mauka <br /> aquifers feeds the ponds at Punalu`u.The fish are plentiful in the brackish <br /> water of Punalu`u bay.Home to the threatened Honu,Green Sea Turtle who <br /> loves to bask on the warm sand. <br /> A pristine and wahi kapu,sacred place, Kamehameha Paiea trained here as a <br /> teenager with his cousin Keouakuahuula and other ali`i.Kuleana Lands.Four <br /> heiau,one dedicated to Kanaloa,one to Lono,one to Kane and one to Ku, <br /> numerous historic and archaeological sites,caves and ali`i burials are <br /> extremely sacred and need to be protected. <br /> The daily impact to the environment of hundreds of people traversing on the <br /> tiny beach,taking sand and iliili pebbles is inevitable,if this development is <br /> approved. <br /> A corporation will be encroaching upon the fragile and pristine ecosystem of <br /> Punalu`u Bay and Black Sand beach and Ninole Cove. <br /> This would be very detrimental to the indigenous and endemic animal habitats <br /> native flora and fauna and the freshwater springs that is the life for us all.The <br /> native Loulu Palm tree,native hawaiian poppy,Pua Kala and the Native cotton <br /> plant Ma`o important to the fauna ecosystem there. <br /> Endangered species live here including the`Ope`apea the native Hawaiian <br /> Hoary bat,the Honu`ea Hawksbill Turtle who lay their eggs and build nests on <br /> the sand,the`ilioholoikauaua monk seal,the native damselfly,the Koloa <br /> duck,Nene the Hawaiian goose,`auku`u,the Pueo native Hawaiian Owl,the <br /> Io native hawaiian hawk and many rare varieties of limu,ko`ele,opihi. The <br /> Nai`a spinner dolphin,porpoise,Kohola Humpback whale,Sperm whale, <br /> various species of Mano shark and pilot whales are a few of the sea creatures <br /> that inhabit the waters in and around Punalu`u and Ninole bays. <br /> Do not approve the SMA permit to allow these new developers to use and <br /> desecrate the wahi kapu of Punalu`u.We Demand an Environmental Impact <br /> Statement and new Shoreline Survey Certification. <br /> Mahalo, <br /> Nicole Kanani <br />