2024-04-15 SHPD Response to HIDOT Requesting Continued Consult

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Henry Kennedy April 15,2024 Page 2 According to the letter received, HDOT proposes to rehabilitate the Nanue Stream Bridge to address the deterioration in the superstructure by repairing steel truss members, bearings, gusset plates, rivets, etc. that have corrosion and section loss,to address spalls delamination in the concrete deck,bridge railings,column pedestals and foundations, to clean and paint the steel members following the repairs, and to address scour deficiencies for the bridge foundations. In response to HDOT's request for any known historic properties in the APE, the only historic property identified was Nanue Stream Bridge. The HDOT's 2013 State Historic Bridge Inventory and Evaluation lists two bridges named Nanue Stream Bridge. The subject bridge appears to be Bridge No. 001000190308146, assigned State Inventory of Historic Places No. 50-10-16-09090,and is a contributing feature to the historic district of Steel Trestle Bridges on the Hamakua Coast as well as the Hawaii Belt Road historic district. The Nanue Stream Bridge is the tallest bridge on the island. It is unclear based on the SHPD's modest research of the TMK's associated with this project whether any archaeological identification efforts have taken place in or around the APE. The SHPD recommends the HDOT and FHWA research the SHPD library to determine whether any archaeological identification efforts have taken place in or around the APE. Please provide a detailed written description of the proposed ground disturbance associated with the project with future correspondence. In response to HDOT's request for a contact list of potential consulting parties,the SHPD recommends HDOT refer to the Native Hawaiian Organization Notification List provided by the U.S. Department of the Interior and maintained by the Office of Native Hawaiian Relations. This can be referenced online at: https://www.doi.gov/hawaiian/NHOL. Additionally, we recommend expanding consultation to interested parties such as civic clubs and historic preservation interest groups such as Historic Hawaii Foundation and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Please submit all forthcoming information and correspondence related to the subject project to SHPD via HICRIS to Project No. 2023PR01507 using the Project Supplement option. The HDOT and the FHWA are the offices of record for this undertaking. Please maintain a copy of this letter with your environmental review record for this undertaking. Please contact Stephanie Hacker, Historic Preservation Archaeologist IV, at Stephanie.Hacker@hawaii.gov or at (808)692-8046 for matters regarding archaeological resources or this letter. Aloha, ,4Gan Downei- Alan S.Downer,PhD Administrator,State Historic Preservation Division Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer cc: Amy Sunahara,HDOT(Amy.MY.Sunahara@hawaii.gov) Hansen Ho,HDOT(Hansen.Ho@hawaii.gov) Meesa Otani,FHWA(Meesa.Otani@dot.gov) Trisha K.Watson,Honua Consulting(watson@honuaconsulting.com)