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William P.KenoiJatY os p; : •; +.. • Duane Kanuha Mayor :h� Director Bobby Command ?:>e;, ,+ *.� Deputy Director • 4os.......- West Hawai`i Office East Hawaii Office 74-5044 Me Keohokalole Hwy101 Pauahi Street,Suite 3 Kailua-Kona,Hawai`i 96740 County of Hawai`i Hilo,Hawaii 96720 Phone(808)323-4770 Phone(808)961-8288 Fax(808)327-3563 PLANNING DEPARTMENT Fax(808)961-8742 • April 13,2015 Ms.Nicole Okino Bureau Veritas North America,Inc. 841 Bishop Street, Suite 1100 Honolulu,HI 96813 Dear Ms. Okino: SUBJECT: Request for Comments Pursuant to Section 106,National Historic Preservation Act Project: VZW HI3 Paniolo Communications Facility Landowner: Waikoloa Baptist Church Location: (3)6-8-002:031,Waikoloa,South Kohala,Hawaii We are in receipt of your letter,dated.March 24,2015,requesting information regarding any potential impacts to Native Hawaiian cultural sites,religious sites,burial sites,historic places, artifacts, and/or other related concerns at the project site. Proposed is the lease of a 750 square-foot portion of the subject 12.381 acre parcel for the installation of a 65-foot monopalm mounted with 12 panel antennas and associated equipment cabinets and generator. Our records indicate that an archaeological reconnaissance survey was conducted in 1988 over an approximately 279 acre area, which included the lands of the subject parcel, as part of an Environmental Impact Statement for the Waikoloa Affordable Housing Master Plan. While the archaeological reconnaissance survey failed to identify anything of`prehistoric or historic significance"at that time,we note,that historic sites have been identified on several properties within the same ahupua`a. We have no record that the State Historic Preservation Division(SHPD)has concurred that the existing survey is adequate or that they have made a determination that"no historic properties affected"by the proposed project. If SHPD did not accept the archaeological reconnaissance survey as sufficient,the Hawai`,i County Cultural Resources Commission would recommend an archaeological inventory survey,meeting the requirements set forth by Hawaii Administrative Rules, Chapter 13-276, or any other level of archaeological recordation as deemed appropriate by the SHPD,be conducted in consultation with and accepted by SHPD on any as-yet undisturbed,lands on the subject property prior to commencement of any ground alteration or construction. Impact of the proposed action on Native Hawaii cultural sites,religious sites,burial sites, historic places, artifacts and other similar concerns can only be evaluated once standardized efforts have been made to identify if these sites exist on the property. Should an archaeological survey identify any significant site(s),the Hawaii County APR 1 4 2015 www,coitplanningdeptcom Hawai'1 County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer ptanaiingnco.hayvaii.hi.us