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Coastal Impact <br />The proposed SMA states that the development will not have any substantial adverse <br />environmental or ecological effect and that any effects will be minimized to the extent possible. <br />However, without an environmental impact assessment and without having in-depth knowledge <br />of this coastline, this statement cannot be true. <br /> <br />The SMA cites the shoreline setback and septic-system wastewater management as mitigations <br />for many of the perceived ecological impacts on the nearshore and coastal ecosystem. However, <br />demonstrated ridge-to-reef and immediately--coastal-development-linked impacts are <br />2 <br />well documented and backed with scie. Septic tanks <br />are increasingly being documented as failing to provide effective waste water treatement, <br />34 <br />particularly in the highly porous areas in such close proximity to the coast. <br />Potential for Increased Stormwater Runoff <br />The platformshows recurring brown water advisories for the <br /> coastline, linked to heavy rain events that result in stormwater runoff. This runoff incudes <br />potentially overflowing cesspools, sewer, manholes, pesticides, animal fecal matter, dead <br />animals, pathogens, chemicals, and associated flood debris (). These events pose <br />threats to human health and to the nearshore ecosystems of . <br />5 <br />change these high intensity rain events are expectedto increase. Increasing the number of <br />anthropogenic, low-permeable surfaces through development and increasing the amount of <br />human-generated waste alongside anticipated high-frequency and high-intensity rain events <br />poses great risk to the linked human community and nearshore environment health. <br />Incompatability with Cultural Rights & Site Disturbance <br />Historically, privatized coastal managementhas led to the forced removal and long-term <br />separation of Native peoples from their traditional gathering grounds(both here in <br />6 <br />across Indigenous worlds). This is an ongoing issue on island even with "friendly" organizations <br />which have restricted through their policies, Native Hawaiian access and use. It is insulting and <br />unacceptable to vision this level of development onNative coasts without a cultural assessment <br />and without consideration for the fishing and gathering rights of Native Hawaiian communities <br />that will be impacted by this development.The areas surrounding this property are actively used <br />by Native Hawaiian Kalapana community members for fishing ang gathering purposes. <br /> <br />2 <br />Carlson, R.R., Foo, S.A., and Asner, G.P. 2019. Land use impacts on coral health: a ridge-to-reef perspective. <br />Frontiers in Marine Science 6. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00562. <br />Foo, S.A. and Asner, G. 2020. Impacts of remotely sensed environmental drivers on coral outplant survival. <br />Restoration Ecology. DOI:10.1111/rec.13309 <br />3 <br />.L., Abaya, L.M., Panelo, J., Remple, K., and Nelson, C.E. (2021). Identifying locations <br />of sewage pollution within a Hawaiian watershed for coastal water quality management actions. Journal of <br />7 <br />4 <br /> <br />5 <br />Fandrich, K.M., Elison Timm, O., -term <br />(2026-2035) climate variability and change for the Main Hawaiian Islands. JGR Atmospheres. DOI: <br />10.1029/2021JD035684 <br />6 <br />McGuire, G. 2023. Indigenous Ecology on an iwi Coast. Dissertation. University of <br /> <br />