2025-05-27 HRS 6E-8 Determination

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DAWN N. S. CHANG, CHAIRPERSON AND STATE HISTORIC HWY-DS 2.20575 PRESERVATION OFFICER May 27, 2025 Page 3 No. 1108MA05. It was also assessed to be significant under Criterion d for the information it yielded relative to historic land use. A third site, SIHP Site 50-10-06-22632 is a pre-contact to early historic period agricultural complex that was documented adjacent to the current project area. That site was previously assessed as significant under Criteria a, c, and d. In August of 2020, ASM Affiliates conducted an archaeological survey of historic properties and prepared the Historic Properties Assessment in Support of NHPA Section 106 and HRS Chapter 6E-8 Review of the Waiaka Bridge Replacement and Roadway Realignment Project, Barna 2022, in compliance with HAR § 13-276 and Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act(enclosed). During the 2020 fieldwork, the three previously documented historic properties discussed above were identified, and it was determined that the former location of the 1865 Waiaka Catholic Church could also be within the Project Area. Site 50-10-06-23313, which Haun et al., 2002, had identified as a concrete foundation, was identified within the Project Area. Based on additional research, the site was interpreted as the Keanuiomano Stream Gage (United States Geological Survey [USGS] 16756500), which was constructed in 1955 and remains in use. Site 50-10-06-29221, the Waiaka Bridge, was identified within the Project Area. Site 50-10-06-22632, a pre-contact to early historic period agricultural complex, was identified adjacent to the Project Area in an area where no development activities associated with the proposed project will occur. The former location of the 1865 Waiaka Catholic Church, which burned down in 1900 and was rebuilt in 1916 before being moved to a new site near the intersection of Kawaihae Road and Lindsey Road, could not be positively identified as a result of the Barna 2023 study and has not been assigned an SIHP designation. As a result of the Barna 2023 identification effort, the two historic properties identified within the Project Area were assessed for significance. Under HRS Chapter 6E, for a resource to be considered significant it must possess integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association and meet one or more of the criteria listed in HAR § 13-275. Both identified historic properties retained sufficient integrity of all categories to be evaluated. Site 50-10-06-23313, the United States Geological Survey Keanuiomano Stream gaging station, was assessed to be not significant. Site 50-10-06-29221, the Waiaka Bridge, was assessed to be significant under Criterion c and d. See Table 1 Historic Property Identified During the Current Study.