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historic, and/or cultural resources, e.g., ala (trails), endagered or threatened species, iwi kupuna <br /> (Native Hawaiian ancestral remains/burials), wahi kupuna, or ko`a (fishing grounds); and <br /> traditional and customary fishing and gathering practices. The Planning Department and its <br /> Director improperly limited the scope of potential impact or effect by failing to evaluate "every <br /> phase" of the proposed Kaimu Cove project"and expected consequences, either primary or <br /> secondary, or the cumulative as well as the short or long-term effect[.]"See SMA Rules § 9-10. <br /> The Department and Director fail to appreciate "every phase," including previous actions <br /> of the Applicant and the sum of expected consequences or long-term effects of the Kaimu Cove <br /> project. The Director clearly erred in ignoring that the Applicant repeatedly conducted <br /> excavation without permits or authorization by the appropriate State and/or County agencies; <br /> destroyed a historic mauka-to-makai coastal trail; damaged at least one documented <br /> archaeological site; and removed ancestral forest resources, including milo and noni groves. <br /> Moreover, Kaimu Cove LLC's permit application, though focused on the SMA Minor Permit <br /> subject of this appeal, includes several references throughout the document to a"subdivision" or <br /> "subdivision development" on the subject property. Even if additional permits are required in the <br /> future to build additional dwellings or structures on the subject property, the development of a <br /> subdivision with multiple dwellings is a foreseeable cumulative impact or long-term effect that <br /> must be considered before any SMA permit is approved or denied. <br /> Information obtained from the Applicant during the SMA assessment process, on which <br /> the Director relied(see Condition no. 12 in Exhibit 1), did not aid in the evaluation of potential <br /> cumulative impact and short or long-term effect to important historic sites and/or cultural <br /> resources. The Applicant erroneously evaluates traditional and customary Native Hawaiian rights <br /> 17 <br />