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Home My WebLink About2024-04-15 SHPD Response to HIDOT Requesting Continued Consult JOSH GREEN,M.D. DAWN N.S.CHANG GOVERNOR KE KIAAINA CHAIRPERSON BOARD OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES SYLVIA LUKE 0 F ff COMMISSION ON WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR KA HOPE HIAAINA ' 3:01:W 11�,�� RYAN K.P.KANAKA`OLE ,y�/ ■ /r FIRST DEPUTY { DEAN D.UYENO ACTING DEPUTY DIRECTOR-WATER 14, i1� !_ • } " AQUATIC RESOURCES Yt 1 T,�FA BOATING AND OCEAN RECREATION ES BUREAU ONWATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Y� COMMISSION V WATERRESOURCEM • 1i CONSERVATION AND COASTAL LANDS SS CONSERVATION AND RESOURCES ENFORCEMENT "moi 4g"--se " . . ENGINEERING I, FORESTRY AND WILDLIFE i‘ � •x HISTORIC PRESERVATION KAHOOLAWE ISLAND RESERVE COMMISSION LAND STATE OF HAWAII I KA MOKU`AINA'0 HAWAII STATE PARKS te040 DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES KA`OIHANA KUMUWAIWAI`AINA STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION DIVISION KAKUHIHEWA BUILDING 601 KAMOKILA BLVD,STE 555 April 15,2024 KAPOLEI,HAWAII 96707 IN REPLY REFER TO: Henry Kennedy Project No.: 2023PR01507 Engineering Program Manager Doc No.: 2404SH05 Design Branch,Highways Division Archaeology State of Hawai`i Department of Transportation Architecture 601 Kamokila Boulevard Kapolei,Hawaii 96707 Email: Henry.Kennedy@hawaii.gov Electronic Transmittal Only,No Hard Copy to Follow Dear Henry Kennedy: SUBJECT: National Historic Preservation Act(NHPA)Section 106 Review— Continued Consultation-Request for Concurrence with the Revised Area of Potential Effects Hawaii Belt Road,Nanue Stream Bridge Rehabilitation HDOT Ref.Nos.HWY-DD 2.25444 and HWY-DD 2.25446 Federal Aid Project No. BR-019-2(077) Honohina and Nanue Ahupua`a,Hilo District,Island of Hawaii TMK: (3)3-2-001:008 and(3)3-2-001:999 The State Historic Preservation Division (SHPD) received a letter dated March 8, 2024 from the State of Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT), on behalf of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to continue the NHPA Section 106 consultation process and to request the State Historic Preservation Officer's (SHPO's) concurrence with the revised Area of Potential Effects (APE) for the Hawaii Belt Road, Nanue Stream Bridge Rehabilitation project on the island of Hawaii. The SHPD received this submittal on March 11, 2024 (HICRIS Submission No. 2023PR01507.002). On March 14, 2024, the SHPD received a letter dated March 13, 2024 continuing the Section 106 historic preservation review process for the subject project and requesting information from consulting parties(HICRIS Submission No. 2023PR01507.003). The proposed project is a federal undertaking as defined in 36 CFR 800.16(y); the FHWA determined the proposed project is subject to compliance with Section 106 of the NHPA. The project is also subject to historic preservation review under Hawai`i Revised Statutes(FIRS)§6E-8. The proposed project is in Honohina Ahupua`a, approximately 16 miles north of Hilo at Milepost 18.5 of the Hawaii Belt Road (Route 19). The APE originally totaled 5.5 acres and included the bridge footprint, construction and staging areas, and the highway right of way. At this time the HDOT is expanding the APE to include 6 acres owned by Azhar Mustafa located on the makai side of Hawaii Belt Road at TMK: (3) 3-2-001:008. This land was previously graded and will be used specifically for staging and stockpiling purposes. The APE is now defined as approximately 100 feet wide (previously 110 feet)by 1,200 feet(previously 2,050 feet) along Hawaii Belt Road in the State of Hawaii Right of Way and 300 feet by 1,000 feet makai of the highway on private property. The total acreage is 10.7 acres.At this time,the SHPD has no objections to the revised APE. 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)