Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 32, Number 8, 1 August 2015 — HOʻOLAHA LEHULEHU PUBLIC NOTICE [ARTICLE]

HOʻOLAHA LEHULEHU PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE OF CONSULTATION SECTION 106 OF THE NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION ACT OF 1966 AS AMENDED (2006) KAMEHAMEHA HIGHWAY, SOUTH KAHANA STREAM BRIDGE REPLACEMENT, DISTRICT OF KO'OLAULOA, ISLAND OF O'AHU, AHUPUA'A OF KAHANA FEDERAL-AID PROJECT NUMBER: BR-083-l(55) TAX MAP KEY PARCELS: [l]5-2-002:001, 5-2-005:001 & 5-2-002:021 Notice is hereby given that the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and State of Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) propose to replace the South Kahana Stream Bridge and realign both approaches to the bridge. This proposed project is a federally funded HDOT project. It will be considered a federal action and undertaking, as defined by Section 106 of the Nahonal Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) of 1966, as amended (2006). The project site is on Kamehameha Highway at the southeast corner of Kahana Bay. The project would result in taking a small portion of Ahupua'a O Kahana State Park for realignment of the roadway approaches to the replacement bridge. A temporary bypass bridge will be installed downstream or makai of the existing bridge for the duration of constmction. In addition, a temporary access driveway will be provided to the two residential parcels affected by the temporary bypass. The revised placement of the temporary bridge on the downstream side requires reinitiating Section 106 consultation. The Area of Potential Effect

(APE) for this project occupies about 3.6 acres or 156,000 square feet. It extends along and on both sides of the Highway and is approximately 1,100 feet long by 200 feet wide, at its widest point. The landside area of the APE on both sides of the stream consists of mostly fill material whieh was placed during construction of the existing bridge. Two house lots on the makai side may be affected by the project, including relocated utility lines, a relocated driveway, and a temporary house construction. Pursuant to Section 106 of the NHPA, Native Hawaiian organizations and Native Hawaiian descendants with ancestral, lineal or cultural ties to, cultural knowledge or concerns for, and cultural or religious attachment to the proposed project area are requested to contact Ms. Christine Yamasaki via email at christine.yamasaki@hawaii.gov, or by U.S. Postal Service to Hawaii Department of Transportation, 601 Kamokila Blvd., Room 609, Kapolei, Hawaii 96707. KAHALU'U AHUPUA'A, HAWAI'I ISLAND NOTICE TO INTERESTED PARTIES IS HEREBY GIVEN that two historic properties (SIHP #s 50-10-37-12915 and 50-10-37-30254) containing burials were documented by Cultural Surveys Hawai'i, Ine. in the course of an archaeological inventory survey for the Kahaluu Ma Kai Project. The burial sites are located in the ahupua'a of Kahalu'u, North Kona District, Hawai'i Island, TMK [3] 7-8-013:002. The project proponent is Kamehameha Schools (KS) [contact: Mr. Jason Jeremiah, (808) 541-5376 / jajeremi@ksbe.edu]. SIHP -12915 is a coastal sand

dune at whieh human burials have been discovered previously after several occasions of high surf. Past inadvertent discoveries at this site were handled by the State Historic Preservation Division (SHPD). No burials were found at this historic property during the current archaeological survey. SIHP -30254 is a set of highly fragmented human bone fragments found in a secondary context scattered throughout a layer of fill sediments. These fragments were discovered within an exploratory test excavation in an asphalted parking area and are not associated with any surface feature or subsurface cultural layer. Both of these burial sites are assessed as over 50 years old. Background research indicates that in the Māhele Kahalu'u was awarded to the ali'i Victoria Kamāmalu. Fifty-nine kuleana or commoner claims were awarded within Kahalu'u, including seven within the archaeological survey project area: LCA 5632 to Keikihookama; LCA 5693 to Koolau; LCA 5649 to Kawakoekoe; LCA 5915 to Pawai; LCA 5966 to Maheu; LCA 6026 to Lanai/Ikaaka; and LCA 6027 to Kapiimi. The decision to preserve in plaee or relocate these previously identified burials shall be made by the Hawai'i Island Burial Council and the SHPD in consultation with any recognized lineal and/or cultural descendants, per the requirements of HAR Chapter 13-300-33. Proper treatment of the burials shall occur in accordance with HAR Chapter 13-300-38 or 13-300-39. It is hereby requested that persons having any knowledge of the identity or history of these burials immediately contact Mr. Herbert Poepoe, Hawai'i Island

Burial Sites Specialist, located at 40 Po'okela Street, Hilo, Hawai'i, 96720 [(808) 933-7650 / Herbert. Poepoe@hawaii.gov], to provide information regarding appropriate treatment of these burials. All interested parties should respond to this notice by filing descendancy elaim forms with the SHPD and/or by providing information to SHPD adequately demonstrating lineal descent from this specific burial or cultural descent from ancestors buried in the vicinity of the survey area. BURIAL NOTICE - WAI'ANAE NOTICE TO INTERESTED PARTIES IS HEREBY GIVEN that one unmarked burial site eontaining iwi kūpuna (human skeletal remains), was re-identified by Cultural Surveys Hawai'i, Ine. during the course of an archaeological inventory survey related to the proposed closure of selected Kamaile Plantation wells and production well sites within TMK: [1] 8-5-002:016, Wai'anae Ahupua'a, Wai'anae District, O'ahu. A State Inventory of Historic Places site number of SIHP 50-80-07-5949 previously (2001) has been assigned to identify a habitation area comprised of a buried basalt platform or pavement (Feature 1) and the buried remains of one individual (Feature 2). Following the procedures of Hawai'i Revised Statutes (HRS) Chapter 6E-43, and Hawai'i Administrative Rules (HAR) Chapter 13-300, the burial is believed to be over 50 years old. An evaluation of ethnicity has been made by the State Historic Preservation Division (SHPD) and the burial is believed to be Native Hawaiian.

Kuleana (maka'āinana Land Commission Awards) in the immediate vicinity include LCA 5408-C to Holokaa (or Holokau no Haupu), LCA 5409 to Makea, LCA 8189 to Hopuhopuaukele, LCA 8189-B to Manu, LCA 8307 to Kukanono, LCA 9487 to Kauo, LCA 9492 to Paaluhi, and LCA 9865 to Kaili. The applicant for this project is the Honolulu Board of Water Supply, and the contact person is: Nancy Matsumoto, 630 South Beretania Street, Honolulu, HI 96843 [TEL (808) 748-5938. EMAIL nmatsumoto@hbws.org]. Proposed treatment is preservation in plaee. The O'ahu Island Burial Council (OIBC) has jurisdiction in this matter and the proper disposition of this burial will be determined by the OIBC, in eonsultation with any recognized lineal and/or cultural descendants, per the requirements of HAR Chapter 13-300-33. Appropriate treatment of the burial site shall occur in accordance with HAR Chapter 13-300-38. All persons having any knowledge of the identity or history of this burial are requested to immediately contact Ms. Regina Hilo at the SHPD, located at Room 555, Kākuhihewa Building, 601 Kamōkila Blvd, Kapolei, HI 96706 [TEL (808) 692-8015. FAX (808) 692-8020. EMAIL regina.hilo@ hawaii.gov]. All interested parties shall respond within thirty (30) days of this notice and file descendancy elaim forms and/or provide information to the SHPD adequately demonstrating lineal descent from these specific burials or cultural descent from ancestors buried in the same ahupua'a or district. ■