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phone: (808) 969 - 7090 PO Box 396 Hilo Hawaii 96721 rterry@hawaii.rr.com
April 26, 2011
Dear Agency /Organization Official/Neighbor:
Subject: Early Consultation for Environmental Assessment for Relocation/Expansion of
West Hawaii Explorations Academy (WHEA), NELHA, TMK (3` Div.) 7 -3-
043:083 and 089 (por.), North Kona District, Island of Hawaii
My firm is preparing an Environmental Assessment (EA) for the proposed relocation of the WHEA campus and
eventual expansion from 195 to 300 students (the PROJECT) on a 5.083 -acre property in Kona (see attached
map) under the control of the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority (NELHA). As the project
involves State of Hawaii, an EA that complies with Chapter 343, Hawaii Revised Statutes is required.
This already successfully operating public charter school would relocate from a temporary shoreline site about a
mile away and build a permanent campus with the following elements (see attached Site Plan): an
administration building; a high school village and a middle school village with a total of 9 classroom buildings;
an outdoor amphitheater; a multi - purpose room; and a kitchen and servery building. There would also be a
number of labs, a STEM learning center /shop, covered outdoor spaces and other facilities for agriculture,
aquaculture, marine science student projects and court sports. Several facilities in the school are being designed
for LEED Silver Certification, and an unusual feature will be the ability to use cold deep seawater for air
conditioning, condensate irrigation and science education. The school will have solar hot water, a 10 kW
photovoltaic system, an emphasis on xerophytic vegetation, and many other environmentally advanced features
that both reduce energy use and serve for education in high technology, energy and environmental engineering,
including alternative wastewater treatment technologies.
The areas of investigation in the Environmental Assessment will include but not be limited to the following:
water quality assurance; wastewater treatment; flora, fauna, and ecosystems; traffic impacts; geology, soils, and
hazards; flooding and drainage impacts; social, cultural and community impacts; impacts to neighboring
businesses and economic impacts; cultural impacts; and historic sites.
I would appreciate your comments on any special environmental conditions or impacts related to the relocation.
Please contact me at 969 -7090 if you have any questions or require clarification. Kindly indicate whether you
wish to receive a copy of the EA or notice of the EA's availability when it is completed.
Sincerely,
P4Oh&
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