Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 33, Number 6, 1 June 2016 — HOʻOLAHA LEHULEHU PUBLIC NOTICE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HOʻOLAHA LEHULEHU PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE OF CONS ULTATION SECTION 106 NAĪIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION ACT (AMENDED 2006) HANA HIGHWAY KAHAWAIOKAPIA BRIDGE REPLACEMENT PROJECT Ahupuaa of Kakio and Mokae, Hāna District, Island of Maui Near Tax Map Key: Hāna Highway right-of-way (por.), (2) 1-4-10:13 (por.), and 1-4-11:55 (por.) Federal Aid Project No. BR-3700(001) Notice is hereby given that the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and County of Maui Department of Puhlie Works (DPW) propose to replace the existing Kahawaiokapia Bridge, whieh is located near mile post 48.6 on Hāna Highway, approximately 3.5 miles south of Hāna Town on the Island of Maui, Hawai'i. The existing bridge is structurally deficient and functionally obsolete and must be replaced to provide safe vehicular travel through this area. The replacement bridge will cross Kapia Gulch at the loeation of the existing bridge within the County right-of-way. The proposed bridge will be a one-lane bridge 16 feet in width accommodating twoway traffic in consonance with the rural context of the district. Prior to demolishing the existing bridge, a temporary single lane bypass bridge is proposed to ensure continuous vehicular access throughout eonstruction. Upon completion of the replacement bridge, the temporary bridge will be removed. Pursuant to Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Amended 2006), 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 historic resources of the ahupuaa of Kakio and Mokae are requested to contact Ms. Wendy Kobashigawa, Project Engineer, County of Maui DPW, Engineering Division, 200 South High Street, HI 96793, wendy.kobashigawa@ co.maui.hi.us. Please respond by 4:30 pmon July 1, 2016.

CULTURAL STEWARDS RFQ - HĀLAWA, O'AHU The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Hālawa-Luluku Interpretive Development (HLID) Project, has selected Nā Kūpuna a me Nā Kāko'o 'o Hālawa Ine. (NKNKHI) as a steward for the Hālawa HLID project area located on State lands managed by the Hawaii Department of Transportation. Selection took plaee in a fair and objective manner as prescribed in the Request for Qualifications (RFQ) No. HLID-2015-01. All selection materials and scoring are provided on the OHA website, www.oha.org/ solicitations. Steward appointment is for no monetary compensation. If there are any objections to OHA selecting NKNKHI for stewardship of the HLID Hālawa project area, then we encourage anyone to provide a protest in writing to the HLID Project Coordinator, Lanee G.M. La Pierre at the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, 560 N. Nimitz Hwy, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96817, Attn: HLID Stewardship RFQ Protest, within ten (10) working days of this posting. Any questions are directed to mahil@oha.org or 594-1782. TCP Hawai'i, LLC, seeks your kōkua regarding information on current or previous cultural resources and/or traditional and customary practices associated with a project area (TMK [1] 1-7-029:003) consisting of the Mayor Wright Homes property (approximately 15 acres in size) in Honolulu Ahupua'a (Nu'uanu kai). The project area is bounded by N. Vineyard Blvd., N. King St., Liliha St. and Pua Lane. So that we ean incorporate your mana'o into our Cultural Impact

Assessment, please respond within 30 days to Chris Monahan at 7540304. Mahalo ! KAILUA AHUPUA'A NOTICE TO INTERESTED PARTIES IS HEREBY GIVEN that previously disturbed human bone fragments were discovered by Exploration Associates Limited. The fragments were discovered during the course of an archaeologieal inventory survey excavations for the Kihapai Plaee Apartment Project, Kailua Ahupua'a, Ko'olaupoko District, Island of O'ahu, Hawai'i TMK: (1) 4-3-058: 047, 048, and 065. Archival research determined that no kuleana Land Commission Awards were granted within the project area and that the ahupua'a was awarded to Kalama Hakaleleponi Kapakuhaili (LCA 4452). The State Historic Preservation Division (SHPD) has assigned a State Inventory of Historic Places (SIHP) number of 50-80-06-7938 to the remains. Following the procedures of the Hawai'i Revised Statues (HRS) Chapter 6E-43 and Hawai'i Administrative Rules (HAR) Chapter 13-300, these remains are believed to be more than 50 years old and presumably Native Hawaiian based on the context of the finds. Consolidation of the fragments in the original loeahon of the find and subsequent preservation is proposed and a hnal determination will be made the O'ahu Island Burial Couneil in consultation with SHPD and any identified lineal and/or cultural descendants. All interested parties are requested to contact Regina Hilo, Burial Sites Specialist, Cultural and History Branch, State Historic Preservation Division, Kakuhihewa Bldg., Room 555, 601 Kamokila Blvd Kapolei, HI 96707 at [TEL (808) 692-80 15/FAX (808) 6928020 or regina.hilo@hawaii.gov]. Interested persons shall respond within thirty days of this notice and file descendancy claims forms and/or provide information to the SHPD adequately demonstrating cultural connections to these Native Hawaiian remains, or descent from ancestors buried in the same ahupua'a or district where the Native Hawaiian skeletal remains are buried. ■