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March 11, 2009

Mr. Ken Kawahara, Deputy Director DLNR Commission on Water Resource Management 1151 Punchbowl Street, Room 227 Honolulu, HI 96813

Attention: Mr. Charley Ice

Dear Mr. Kawahara:

Subject: Final Environmental Assessment (FEA) Piwai 677' 0.5 MG Storage Tank Lawai-Omao Water System

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Transmitted herewith is the Final Environmental Assessment for the subject project for your information. The FEA was published in the March 8, 2009 Environmental Notice.

Sincerely, FUKUNAGA & ASSOCIATES, INC.

encl. cc: Keith Fujimoto, w/o enclosure

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Project Summary Piwai 677' 0.5 MGStorage Tank-Lawai-Omao Water System

Final Environmental Assessment

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I Office of Community Assistance . I County of Kauai Planning Department I Department of Hawaiian Home Lands i State Department of Agriculture I I State Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism I State Department of Land and Natural Resources ! Commission on Water Resource Management

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I Engineering Division Historic Preservation Division, Kauai Office

I Kauai District Land Office

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State Department of Health Clean Water Branch Environmental Planning Office Safe Drinking Water Branch Solid and Hazardous Waste Branch Office of Environmental Quality Control

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I KoloaNeighborhood Center I Omao Road Community i UH Manoa Environmental Center I UH Manoa Water Resource Research Center I U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation ! Service I U.S. Department of the Army, Army Corps of Engineers, Pacific I Ocean Division i U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service

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Table of Contents Piwai 677' 0.5 MGStorage Tank-Lawai-Omao Water System


I. PROJECT DESCRIPTION

A. PROJECT BACKGROUND ........ ............. ........ ..... ....... ............ ............. .......... ......... 1 B. PROJECT LOCATION............................................................................................. 1 C. PROJECT SCOPE .................. ........... ........ ............. ....... ......... ........ .......................... 1

II. DESCRIPTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT

A. LAND CLASSIFICATION AND lONING............................................................. 5 B. PHYSICAL FEATURES .......................................................................................... 5

1. Topography............ ..... ..... .... ................. ............. ........... ............. .... ............. ... ...... 5 2. Soils..................................................................................................................... 9 3. Hydrology............................................................................................................ 9 4. Climate ......... ....... ......... ......... ............................ ..... ...... ......... ..................... ......... 9 5. Flood and Tsunami ................................... ~.......................................................... 9 6. Earthquake........................................................................................................... 9

C. ARCHAEOLOGICAL, HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL CONSIDERATIONS. 12 D. FLORA AND FAUNA.............................................................................................. 16

1. Botany.................................................................................................................. 16 2. Avian and Mammalian........................................................................................ 16

III. PROBABLE IMPACTS AND MITIGATIVE MEASURES

A. SHORT TERM IMPACTS ....................................................................................... 17 1. Air Quality........................................................................................................... 17 2. Erosion................ ............. .......... ............ .......... .............. ................... ..... ..... ........ 17 3. Excess Water Discharge...................................................................................... 18 4. Traffic.................................................................................................................. 18 5. Noise.................................................................................................................... 18

B. LONG TERM IMPACTS.......................................................................................... 18 1. Land Use.............................................................................................................. 18 2. Flora and Fauna............. .................... ....................... .......................... ...... ........... 19 3. Air Quality........................................................................................................... 19 4. Visual Impacts..................................................................................................... 19 5. Public Health and Safety..................................................................................... 19 6. Archeological, Historical and Cultural Impacts ..... ...... ....... ............ ........ ....... ..... 19

IV. ALTERNATIVES TO THE PROPOSED PROJECT

A. NO ACTION ALTERNATIVE................................................................................. 20 B. ALTERNATIVE SITES............................................................................................ 20

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V. IRREVERSIBLE AND IRRETRIEVABLE COMMITMENTS OF RESOURCES....................................................................... 20

VI. HAWAII DRINKING WATER STATE REVOLVING FUND PROGRAM............................................................................ 21

VII. PERMITS AND APPROVALS REQUIRED ............................................................. 24

I VIII. AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS CONSULTED ............................................. 25

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'IX. FINDINGS AND DETERMINATION........................................................................ 26

X. REFERENCES .............................................................................................................. 29

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1. Island of Kauai ..................................................................................................................... 2 2. Project Location ... ................ ............. ............... ......... ....................... ....... ............. .......... ...... 3 3. Preliminary Site Plan ............................................................................................................ 4 4. State Land Use - Kauai ......................................................................................................... 6 5. County Zoning ...................................................................................................................... 7 6. Land Study Bureau (LSB) Detailed Land Classification ...................................................... 8 7. USDA-NRCS Soil Survey Map ........................................................................................... 10 8. Hydrology (Wetlands and Perennial Streams) ..................................................................... 11 9. Archaeological Inventory Survey Original Project Area ...................................................... 13 10. Addendum To An: Archaeological Inventory Survey Revised Project Area ....................... 14

APPENDICES

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Addendum To An: Archaeological Inventory Survey of Three Proposed Well Sites and Appurtenances in the Vicinity of the Piwai Reservoir, Koloa Ahupuaa, District of Kona, Island ofKauai CTMK 2-5-01: Por. 8), December 2004. Prepared by Cultural Surveys Hawaii, Inc.

Archaeological Inventory Survey of Three Proposed Well Sites and Appurtenances in the Vicinity of the Piwai Reservoir, Koloa Ahupuaa, District of Kona. Island ofKauai (TMK 2-5-01: Por. 8), December 2002. Prepared by Cultural Surveys Hawaii, Inc.

State Historic Preservation Division review letter December 22, 2006

Pre-Consultation Letters and Responses

Draft Environmental Assessment Comments and Responses

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I. PROJECT DESCRIPTION

A. PROJECT BACKGROUND

Piwai 677' 0.5 MG Storage Tank - Lawai-Omao Water System Final Environmental Assessment

The County of Kauai, Department of Water (DOW) proposes to construct a 0.5 million gallon (MG) water storage tank to enhance storage in the existing Lawai-Omao Water System, in accordance with the DOW comprehensive long-range plan, as put forth in the Water Plan 2020. The proposed tank will connect to the Piwai Well Complex project, constructed in conjunction with the Kukuiula development. The Kukuiula development and the Piwai Well Complex are being developed by Kukuiula Development Company (Hawaii), LLC (KDCH).

The 0.5 MG tank is proposed to be located adjacent to the KDCH Piwai 0.1 MG control tank, and would connect to the Piwai Well Complex project transmission mains. The Piwai Well Complex project is completed, and final issues are being addressed prior to dedication of the facilities to the DOW.

B. PROJECT LOCA nON

The project site is situated approximately one mile north of Omao, mauka (mountain side) of Kaumualii Highway, and 0.4 miles east of the Lihue-Koloa Forest Reserve, as shown on Figures 1 and 2. The proposed site is located within Tax Map Key (TMK) 2-5-1:002, approximately 122.5 acres of land owned by Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. and its subsidiary, McBryde Sugar Company, Limited. The area is currently undeveloped and covered with a variety of trees, shrubs and grasses.

C. PROJECT SCOPE

The proposed project includes construction of a 0.5 MG reinforced concrete tank, connecting pipelines, access road, and appurtenant facilities for the DOW supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system. The Piwai 0.1 MG control tank site will be expanded approximately 0.35 acres to accommodate the proposed tank and appurtenances. An additional 0.4 acres surrounding the site will require grading.

The proposed tank will be approximately 20 feet high and 70 feet in diameter, and will have a spillway elevation at 677.0 feet above mean sea level (msl). Chain link fence will be installed to secure the tank site in addition to intrusion alarms on the tank hatch and Piwai control tank site gate. Figure 3 shows the preliminary site plan.

Sixteen-inch pipelines will interconnect the 0.5 MG tank to the 0.1 MG Piwai control tank inflow and outflow lines. Paved access will be extended from the Piwai tank service road to serve the proposed tank.


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Radio telemetry link between the proposed 0.5 MG tank and the DOW Central Operating Facility to allow remote operations and monitoring will be via the Piwai tank SCADA system.

The tank site and related easements will be subdivided and conveyed to DOW in accordance with subdivision conditions for Alexander & Baldwin Hawaii, Inc. Construction is anticipated to be in fiscal year 2008/2009, and will be funded by the County and/or the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Program, if available.

II. DESCRIPTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT

A. LAND CLASSIFICA nON AND ZONING

The State and County laws and regulations govern land use policies. The State Land Use Commission classifies all State lands as Urban, Rural, Agricultural, or Conservation. The project site is designated "Agricultural" by the State, as shown on Figure 4. The Kauai General Plan serves as a guide for the overall development of the island. More detailed land use zoning for the County designated land classifications is regulated by the County Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance (CZO), which should conform to the General Plan. The purpose of the CZO is to provide regulations and standards for land development and construction of structures in the County. The project site is within the CZO "Agriculture District," as shown on Figure 5.

The University of Hawaii Land Study Bureau (LSB) rates all State land, except urban land, on its over-all or general quality, in terms of agricultural productivity. The LSB

. Detailed Land Classification map uses five class productivity ratings, from "A," representing the highest productivity to "E," the lowest. The project site is classified as "D" or medium low productivity rating. See Figure 6.

Based on the CZO and LSB classifications, the subject project will require a Special Permit, Use Permit and a Class IV Zoning Permit since the proposed project is not a generally permitted use within the Agricultural District of the County's CZo.

B. PHYSICAL FEATURES

1. Topography

The topography of the proposed tank site slopes at approximately 25 percent, ranging from about 660 feet to 690 feet above mean sea level. Figure 3, shown previously, depicts the existing site topography. The slope will be cut to provide a level area for the tank and the associated facilities.


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2. Soils


According to the Soil Survey published in 2005 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA-NRCS), the soil in the area of the storage tank site is characterized as Kalapa Silty Clay, 20 to 40 percent slopes (KdE). The soil type provides rapid runoff, and there is severe erosion hazard. See Figure 7. A soil investigation was conducted and grading parameters provided to ensure slope stability. To reduce the effects of weathering and erosion, the slopes will be planted as soon as practicable upon completion of grading.

3. Hydrology

Piwai Reservoir is approximately 800 feet east of the proposed tank site and intercepts a tributary ofWaikomo Stream, as shown on Figure 8. There are no wetlands or water body in close proximity to the project site.

4. Climate

The mean annual rainfall in the vicinity of the project site, which is on the windward side ofPuu Kolo Mountain in the Lihue-Koloa Forest Reserve, is approximately 100 inches per year. The average temperatures in the area range between the mid-60s to the mid-80s (OF). The northeasterly trade winds prevail throughout the year.

5. Flood and Tsunami

The Federal Emergency Management Agency Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) panel 1500020311 E, dated September 16, 2005 designates the project site within Zone X, areas determined to be outside the 0.2% annual chance floodplain.

The project site is more than 3 miles inland and at an elevation of approximately 660 feet; therefore, no tsunami impacts are expected.

6. Earthquake

The Uniform Building Code (UBC) classifies seismic hazards into six seismic zones, which range from 0 (no chance of severe ground shaking) to 4 (10% chance of severe shaking in a 50-year interval. Kauai is within Zone 1. The proposed facility will be designed accordingly.


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KkB Kapaa Silty Clay 3-8 % Slopes

KkC Kapaa Silty Clay 8-15 % Slopes

KkD Kapaa Silty Clay 15-25 % Slopes KkE Kapaa Silty Clay 25-40 % Slopes rRR Rough Broken Land

KdE Kalapa Silty Clay 20-40 % Slopes - Major Road

KdF Kalapa Silty Clay 40-70 % Slopes

PnB Puhi Silty Clay Loam 3-8 % Slopes PnE Puhi Silty Clay Loam 25-40 % Slopes

HsD Hanamaulu Silty Clay 15-25 % Slopes

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C. ARCHAEOLOGICAL, HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL CONSIDERATIONS

Cultural Surveys Hawaii, Inc. (CSH) performed an archaeological inventory survey of three sites for Alexander and Baldwin Properties; these sites were used for the Piwai Well Complex project. The findings are documented in a report entitled, Archaeological Inventory Survey of Three Proposed Well Sites And Appurtenances in The Vicinity of The Piwai Reservoir, Koloa Ahupuaa, District of Kona, Island of Kauai (I'MK 2-5-01: Por.8f2]) (Appendix A), which was accepted by the State Department of Land and Natural Resources, Historic Preservation Division (SHPD) in January 2003. An addendum dated December 2004 was submitted and approved by SHPD on March 1, 2005 (Appendix A). The addendum covered alterations to the original proposed plan which primarily entailed a new location of Well 1 (the Piwai 0.1 MG Tank location) and modifications to the access road alignments. Figure 9 shows the original project area covered by the initial survey, and Figure 10 shows the revised project area.

The survey focused on the general background of the Koloa ahupuaa in the Kona District of the island ofKauai, and included a complete ground survey of the three sites and access roads, indicated on Figures 9 and 10. The Piwai 0.1 MG control tank is sited at the location described as "New WeIll Site" on Figure 10. The proposed 0.5 MG tank site is immediately adjacent to the Piwai 0.1 MG control tank. Therefore, the findings of CSH cover the proposed project site. The State Historic Preservation Division (SHPD) believes that no historic properties will be affected on the site by this project because intensive cultivation has altered the land, and the CSH archaeological inventory survey found no historic properties.

Koloa was once known as an important place for both culture and religion in traditional Hawaiian times. There were at least fourteen heiau in different sizes and functions documented in Koloa. Intensive sugar cane cultivation and macadamia nut farm agricultural activities had a great impact in the area. Koloa is documented as the first organized sugar plantation in Hawaii. A thousand acres of land was leased for the purpose of growing sugar cane. As the sugar cane plantation became predominant in the area, several reservoirs were developed in the early 1900's. The Piwai Reservoir was one of several small reservoirs developed in Koloa at a later time.

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Excerpts from CSH predicative model section state the following:

From previous archaeological studies and historical accounts, it appears that most habitation and intensive agriculture were widespread in central and coastal Koloa utilizing the opportunity to develop an extensive irrigated complex (the Koloa Field System) off of Wailcomo Stream. Evidence of intensive traditional Hawaiian use of lands well mauka of Koloa Town is generally lacking. As the Judd account given above asserts, it is likely environs like the present project area were usedfor less intensive cultivation of patches of sweet potato, pia, and wauke and the gathering of hala, kukui and other upland resources. Remnants of dry-land agriculture or temporary field shelters associated with upland gardening or gathering and processing of forest resources are certainly possible.

One major constraint on the traditional Hawaiian use of this area would have been the absence of a perennial water source. The vicinity of the present project area would not have lent itself to irrigation or ponded field development ...

While clearly most of the infrastructure supporting historic agriculture lies well seaward of the present project area, during the later historic period the upper elevations of Koloa became important collection areas of irrigation water. It is possible that historic ditches, flumes, pipelines, and other features related to collection of irrigation water exist in the vicinity of the current project area.

Based on the pedestrian ground survey of the sites conducted by CSH, the report offers the following conclusion:

No historic or indigenous sites or artifacts were encountered during the survey and none are believed to exist in the area of likely impact. Any indigenous activity that could have been observed probably would have been destroyed during the years when much of Koloa was used for sugar cane cultivation. Interestingly, no infrastructure related to this historic agricultural period were encountered during the inventory survey other than the unimproved access roads and the Piwai Reservoir.

As stated earlier, the subject parcel is privately owned and was used for sugar cane cultivation, and is currently used for cattle grazing. Although the CSH predicative model indicates that the area may have been used for dry-land agriculture or to collect irrigation water, no evidence of historic features related to either was found on the proposed project site, as indicated on the topographical survey shown earlier on Figure 3. Access is controlled for security and public safety; therefore the area is not available for traditional practices or customary usage. Additionally, impacts to streamflow which might be used for cultural uses are not anticipated. In light of the above background, further Cultural Impact Assessment is not required for this project.

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SHPD has reviewed the subject project and stated in their letter dated December 22, 2006 (included in Appendix B) that "no historic properties will be affected" because intensive cultivation has altered the land and an accepted archaeological inventory survey found no historic properties.

D. FLORAANDFAUNA

Similar to the archaeological inventory survey, Rana Productions, Ltd. conducted a survey of avian and terrestrial mammalian species and botanical species on the three sites and access road developed for the Piwai Well Complex project. The Piwai 0.1 MG control tank is sited at the location described as "Well Site #1." As stated earlier, the proposed 0.5 MG tank site is immediately adjacent to the Piwai 0.1 MG control tank, and is in the vicinity of "Well Site # 1" location. Therefore, the findings of Rana Productions, Ltd. also cover the proposed project site. Fieldwork was performed, and a report was prepared entitled, A Survey of Avian and Terrestrial Mammalian Species Conducted on Three Proposed Well Sites, at Piwai, Koloa District, Island of Kauai (for KDCH, dated March 2005). The primary purpose of the survey was to determine if there were any avian or mammalian species, which are currently listed or proposed to be listed under Federal or State of Hawaii endangered species statutes, within the immediate vicinity of the project site. A reconnaissance level survey of botanical resources present within the project site was also conducted.

1. Botany

The botany within the area is typical oflands previously disturbed from intensive sugar cane cultivation, and currently overgrown and used as cattle pasture. The vicinity of the project site "is made of former agricultural lands separated by ironwood (Casuarina equisetifolia) wind-rows and dominated by a mix of Guinea grass (Panicum maximum), and Moluccan albizia (Paraserianthesfalcataria) with an understory of numerous weedy herbaceous species including, red pualele (Emilia fosbergii), creeping indigo (Indigofera hendecaphylla), Spanish needle (Bidens pilosa), and garden spurge (Chamaesyce hirta)."

2. Avian and Mammalian

The report stated that scat (animal droppings) and signs of dog, horse, cow, pig, and rat were observed in the study area. The endangered Hawaiian hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus semotus) was not detected during the survey; however, "it is likely that this endangered species forages for insects over the project area," because they are regularly seen in and around Koloa and the Omao area.

The following three avian species were commonly observed within the project site: Japanese White-eye (Zosterops japonicus), Japanese Bush-warbler (Cettia diphone), and Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis). Other avian species detected include the following:

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Common Name Red Junglefowl Ring-necked Pheasant Cattle Egret Black-crowned Night-Heron Spotted Dove Zebra Dove Rose-ringed Parakeet White-rumped Shama Hwamei Northern Mockingbird Red-crested Cardinal Northern Cardinal House Finch

Scientific Name Gallus gallus Phasianus colchicus Bubulcus ibis Nycticorax nyticorax hoactli Streptopelia chinensis Geopelia striata Psittacula krameri Copsychus malabaricus indicus Garrulax canorus Mimus polyglottos Paroaria coronata Carinalis cardinalis Carpodacus mexican us fontalis

All of the avian species detected are alien species except the Black-crowned NightHeron, which is an indigenous resident breeding species. No avian species currently protected were detected during this survey.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the KDCH report indicate that the endangered Hawaiian Petrel (Pterodroma sandwichensis) and the threatened Newell's Shearwater (Puffinus auricularis newelli) likely fly over the project area towards the ocean in the fall season. These birds use the moonlight to navigate and can become disoriented by lights.

PROBABLE IMPACTS AND MITIGATIVE MEASURES

As discussed below, the proposed project is anticipated to have no significant impact on the environment. .

A. SHORT-TERM IMPACTS

1. Air Quality

There will be an increase in dust and vehicular exhaust emissions in the vicinity of the project area during construction. Dust control measures, such as periodic sprinkling with water, will be used to reduce dust when needed. Exhaust emission should not have any significant effect on the area because prevailing winds should disperse any exhaust gas concentrations.

2. Erosion

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Contractor will be required to implement erosion and sediment control measures during construction. Grading and soil disturbance will be minimized, and areas that are disturbed will be properly graded and re-vegetated to prevent erosion. The Contractor will be instructed to minimize the time of construction, retain ground cover until the latest practicable date to complete construction, and construct drainage control features early in the construction time schedule. Continued maintenance will be required for a period following the completion date of the planting period to ensure proper re-vegetation.

3. Excess Water Discharge

The Piwai Reservoir and tributary stream are approximately 800 feet east of the project site. Disposal of excess water generated from construction and storm water runoff will be accomplished by the Contractor in compliance with all applicable National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) requirements. An NPDES general permit will be obtained.

4. Traffic

A temporary increase of traffic on Kaumualii Highway is anticipated due to the ingress of construction workers and materials; however, the proposed project does not involve construction within any public roadway. Therefore, no significant traffic impacts are anticipated on Kaumualii Highway or any local public roadway.

5. Noise

There will be an increase in noise from the construction activity. All noise generated by the construction activity shall conform to the noise regulations established by the State Department of Health, and will be limited to normal working hours. The construction site is located 0.5 miles away from the highway and residential areas. Therefore, noise is not anticipated to be significant.

B. LONG-TERM IMPACTS

Long-term impacts generally are those impacts related to the operation of the proposed project. Any potential negative long-term impacts associated with the implementation of the project will be mitigated by appropriate and low profile design, and competent, efficient, and effective operations and maintenance.

1. Land Use

The proposed project site is designated for Agriculture by the State Land Use Commission. The total land area required is approximately one acre; therefore, this project will not have significant negative impacts on agricultural lands.

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2. Flora and Fauna


The project area is highly disturbed having been previously cleared for sugarcane cultivation, and is currently used for cattle grazing. There is no indication of rare or endangered flora species in the project area.

The endangered Hawaiian hoary bat use ultrasonic echolocation and can avoid collision with obstacles. This species likely forages for insects in the project area; however only about one acre out of over 150 acres of similarly vegetated lands will be altered; therefore, this project will not have significant impact on the species.

The tank site will not be illuminated; therefore, there will be no lighting which would disorient the endangered Hawaiian Petrel (Pterodroma sandwichensis) and the threatened Newell's Shearwater (Puffinus auricularis newelli).

3. Air Quality

No long-term negative impacts on air quality resulting from the project are anticipated.

4. Visual Impacts

The visual impact of the proposed project is not expected to be significant. The proposed tank location is on private lands owned by Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. and its subsidiary, McBryde Sugar Company, Limited, and is surrounded by lands used for cattle grazing. The closest public road is Kaumualii Highway, which is 0.5 miles away. In addition, the tank will be painted an earthtoned color to match the surrounding environment as approved by Alexander & Baldwin, Inc.

5. Public Health and Safety

Public health and safety are of the utmost importance, and measures will be taken to ensure protection. The tank site facilities will be fenced and secured. The State DOH regulations will be followed; therefore, no public health or safety problems associated with the water system improvements are anticipated.

6. Archaeological, Historical and Cultural Impacts

No cultural impacts resulting from this project are anticipated. Sugarcane cultivation dominated the land use in this privately owned area throughout the twentieth century, thereby restricting the area from cultural usage. There is no indication of traditional practices or customary usage on the site. There are no known cultural, historical or archaeological remains on or in the vicinity of the project site.




No long-term negative impacts on historical and archaeological sites are anticipated. However, if unlikely historical or archaeological remains are encountered during the course of construction activities, all work in the immediate area will be stopped and the State Historic Preservation Division and the Kauai Island Burial Council will be contacted.

IV. ALTERNATIVES TO THE PROPOSED PROJECT

A. NO ACTION ALTERNATIVE

According to DOW Water Plan 2020, storage in the 677 pressure zone serving Omao and Lawai is deficient. Therefore, the No Action Alternative is unacceptable.

B. AL TERNA TIVE SITES

The proposed tank site adjacent to the Piwai control tank is the most practicable. This site allows for consolidation of site facilities making the water system operation and maintenance more efficient.

V. IRREVERSIBLE AND IRRETRIEVABLE COMMITMENTS OF RESOURCES

There are several irreversible commitments of resources including land and financial resources to construct capital improvements, and to operate and maintain the storage tank and various controls. Land commitment for the tank is minimal, and financial commitment for capital improvements, operations and maintenance are necessary.

The long-term responsibility of the Department of Water to provide adequate water supplies to the Lawai-Omao Water System justifies the implementation of the proposed project; therefore, the commitment of land, labor, materials, energy, equipment and financial resources that are practically irreversible and irretrievable are warranted.




VI. HAWAII DRINKING WATER STATE REVOLVING FUND PROGRAM

This project may be funded by Federal Funds through the State of Hawaii's Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) program, which would constitute afederal action, andwill require the project to meet all Hawaii DWSRF program requirements. The loan program requires compliance with the "Cross-Cutter" Regulations, which are the list of Federal regulations which have been determined as applying to the DWSRF loan program.

A. ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION ACT OF 1974,16 USC 469a-l.

No long-term negative impacts on historical and archaeological sites are anticipated. If construction work uncovers any archaeological or historical remains, work will stop immediately and the State Historic Preservation Division and the Kauai Island Burial Council will be contacted.

B. CLEAN AIR ACT, 42 USC 7401.

Anticipated short-term impacts are associated with construction activity. There will be an increase in dust and vehicular exhaust emissions in the vicinity of the project area during construction. Dust control measures such as periodic sprinkling with water will be used to reduce dust when needed. Exhaust emission should not have any significant effect on the area because prevailing winds should disperse any exhaust gas concentration. No long-term impacts on air quality are anticipated.

C. COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT ACT, 16 USC 1451.

The Hawaii Coastal Zone Management (CZM) Program mission statement is "to balance marine and coastal resources protection and sustainable economic development, anticipating emerging issues and facilitating their resolution by coordinating among interests, developing and articulating appropriate management policies, and involving the public in resource management efforts. "

The project site is located approximately 3 miles inland away from the coast at an approximate ground surface elevation of 660 feet. No impacts on the CZM resources and areas are anticipated; therefore, the project will be consistent with the CZM program.

D. ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT, 16 USC 1531.


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E. ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, EXECUTIVE ORDER 12898.

This project will not have disproportionately high and adverse human health or environmental effects on minority populations and low-income populations. The proposed tank project will have no significant impact on the environment, and will benefit the general public in the area by providing needed additional storage of potable water.

F. FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT, EXECUTIVE ORDER 11988 (1977), as amended by Executive Order 12148 (1979).

The Federal Emergency Management Agency Flood Insurance RateMap (FIRM) panel 1500020311 E dated September 16, 2005, designates the tank site within Zone X, areas determined to be outside the 0.2% annual chance floodplain. Therefore, flood impact on the site is not anticipated.

G. PROTECTION OF WETLANDS, EXECUTIVE ORDER 11990 (1977), as amended by Executive Order 12608 (1997).

The project site is not in or near any wetland; therefore, there will be no affect on wetlands.

H. FARMLAND PROTECTION POLICY ACT, 7 USC 4201.

Although the State and County zoning is for Agriculture, use for a public utility facility is permitted by code with a Use Permit. In addition, this project will alter approximately one acre; therefore, this project will not have a substantial effect on agricultural lands.

I. FISH AND WILDUFE COORDINATION ACT, 16 USC 661.

The proposed project will not impact fish. Significant impact to wildlife is anticipated to be minimal because the proposed project will alter only one acre of land within a parcel of over 150 acres of similar environment.




J. NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION ACT, 16 USC 470.

No long-term negative impacts on historical and archaeological sites are anticipated. If construction work uncovers any archaeological or historical remains, work will stop immediately and the State Historic Preservation Division and the Kauai Island Burial Council will be contacted.

K. SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT, 42 USC 300f .

The Department of Water is committed to providing a safe water supply to the County of Kauai and strives to meet all requirements of the Safe Drinking Water Act. This tank project will not affect the aquifer.

L. WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS ACT, 16 USC 1271.

There are no designated wild and scenic rivers in the state of Hawaii.

M. ESSENTIAL FISH HABITAT CONSULTATION PROCESS UNDER THE MAGNUSON-STEVENS FISHERY CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT ACT, 16 USC 1801.

Essential fish habitat means those waters and substrate necessary to fish for spawning, breeding, feeding, or growth to maturity. For the purpose of interpreting the definition of essential fish habitat: "waters" includes aquatic areas and their associated physical, chemical, and biological properties that are used by fish, and may include areas historically used by fish where appropriate; "substrate" includes sediment, hard bottom, structures underlying the waters, and associated biological communities; "necessary" means the habitat required to support a sustainable fishery and a healthy ecosystem; and "spawning, breeding,feeding, or growth to maturity" covers a species'fulllife cycle.

The project site is approximately 800 feet west of the Piwai Reservoir which intercepts a tributary ofWaikomo Stream and more than 3 miles inland. Therefore, the project will not affect any fish habitats.

N. NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT 1969, as amended, 42 USC 4321 et seq.




VII. PERMITS AND APPROVALS REQUIRED

A. APPROVALS

1. State Office of Environmental Quality Control Environmental Assessment for Piwai 677' 0.5 MG Storage Tank, Lawai-Omao Water System

2. County ofKauai Department of Water Environmental Assessment for Piwai 677' 0.5 MG Storage Tank, Lawai-Omao Water System

B. REVIEWS

1. State Commission on Persons with Disabilities Plans and Specifications conformance with American Disabilities Act

C. PERMITS

1. Use Permit, Special Permit and Class IV Zoning Permit, County of Kauai, Planning Department

2. National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit, State of Hawaii, Department of Health

3. Grading Permit, Building Permit, Department of Public Works, County of Kauai.

D. LEGAL REQUIREMENTS

1. The requirements of Section 8-19.6 of the Kauai County Code pertaining to public hearing notification needs to be satisfied.




VIII. AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS CONSULTED

A. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service u.S. Department of the Army, Army Corps of Engineers, Pacific Ocean Division U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service

B. STATE GOVERNMENT Department of Agriculture Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism Department of Land and Natural Resources Department of Hawaiian Home Lands Department of Health Office of Environmental Quality Control Office of Hawaiian Affairs

C. COUNTY GOVERNMENT Department of Water Department of Public Works Housing Agency Planning Department

D. COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS Ka Leo 0 Kauai Kauai Office of Community Assistance Kauai Planning and Action Alliance Koloa Neighborhood Center Omao Road Community

E. OTHER ORGANIZATIONS A&B Properties, Inc. Hawaiian Telcom Kauai Island Utility Cooperative Kukuiula Development Company (Hawaii), LLC UH Manoa Environmental Center UH Manoa Water Resource Research Center


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A. FINDINGS

Based upon the guidelines and provisions of Title 11, Chapter 200, Environmental Impact Statement Rules and Chapter 343, HRS, the findings of this environmental assessment are as follows:

1. Involves an irrevocable commitment to loss or destruction of any natural or cultural resource;

The project site is on privately owned land, and there is no indication of traditional practices or customary usage on the site; therefore no impacts on cultural resources are anticipated.

There is an irrevocable commitment of approximately one acre of land for the project; however, the long-term responsibility of the Department of Water to provide adequate water supplies to the Lawai-Omao Water System justifies the implementation of the proposed project.

2. Curtails the range of beneficial uses of the environment;

The proposed project will alter approximately one acre of privately owned land, which is currently overgrown and used for cattle grazing. The parcel encompasses over 150 acres of similarly vegetated lands for grazing. Therefore, this project will not curtail the range of beneficial uses of the environment.

3. Conflicts with the state's long-term environmental policies or goals and guidelines as expressed in chapter 344, HRS, and any revisions thereof and amendments thereto, court decisions, or executive orders;

The proposed project does not conflict with the state's long-term environmental policies and guidelines as expressed in chapter 344, HRS. As assessed earlier in detail, this project is not anticipated to have significant impact on the environment, and will be implemented so as to conserve the natural resources and enhance quality of life.

4. Substantially affects the economic welfare, social welfare, and cultural practices of the community or State;

The proposed project will not have substantial negative effects on economic welfare, social welfare and cultural practices. The proposed water storage tank is necessary to address the storage deficiency of the Lawai-Omao Water System, thereby enhancing economic and social welfare of the community. In addition, there are no




known cultural practices that will be affected by the project and alteration of the one acre of land.

5. Substantially affects public health;

The proposed project will not affect public health in a negative way.

6. Involves a substantial secondary impact, such as population changes or effects on public facilities;

The DOW Water Plan 2020 used population projections developed and adopted in the Kauai General Plan (2000) to plan for facility needs. In accordance with Water Plan 2020, additional storage is necessary to address existing and anticipated future storage deficiency in the water system. Additionally, 1he proposed project will connect to the existing water distribution system; therefore, public facility improvements will be limited to the site.

7. Involves a substantial degradation of environmental quality;

The proposed project will not involve any substantial degradation of environmental quality. As described in this assessment, the impacts on the environment are minimal.

8. Is individually limited but cumulatively has considerable effect upon the environment or involves a commitment for larger actions;

As described in this assessment, the proposed project does not have any significant impacts or effects upon the environment or involve any commitment for larger actions.

9. Substantially affects a rare, threatened, or endangered species, or its habitat;







10. Detrimentally affect air or water quality or ambient noise levels;

The proposed project will store and provide potable groundwater for human use and consumption. The project will not detrimentally affect air or water quality, or ambient noise levels.

11. Affects or is likely to suffer damage by being located in an environmentally sensitive area, such as a flood plain, tsunami zone, beach, erosion-prone area, geologically hazardous land, estuary, freshwater, or coastal waters;

As discussed in detail in this assessment, the proposed project does not detrimentally affect any environmentally sensitive areas, nor is it likely to suffer damage.

12. Substantially affects scenic vistas and view planes identified in county or state plans or studies;

The proposed project does not affect any scenic vistas or view planes identified in county or state plans or studies.

13. Requires substantial energy consumption;

The proposed project will not require substantial energy consumption for operation. The storage tank will be equipped with level monitors and SCADA equipment, which require little energy.

B. DETERMINATION

Based upon the data and analyses, the proposed project is not anticipated to have significant adverse impacts on the coastal waters, local ecology, hydrology, and atmosphere. Mitigative measures will be implemented as deemed necessary and as required by the governmental agencies. A Finding of No Significant Impact determination (Environmental Impact Statement document is not required) is issued.



X. REFERENCES


Alexander and Baldwin Properties, Archaeological Inventory Survey of Three Proposed Well Sites and Appurtenances in the Vicinity of the Piwai Reservoir, Koloa Ahupuaa, District of Kona, Island of Kauai (TMK 2-5-01: Por.8), December 2002. Prepared by Cultural Surveys Hawaii, Inc.

Department of Water, County of Kauai, Water Plan 2020, March 2001. Prepared by RW Beck and CH2MHill in association with Kodani and Associates, Plan Pacific, and MacDougal and Associates.

Kukuiula Development Company (Hawaii), LLC, Addendum to An: Archaeological Inventory Survey of Three Proposed Well Sites and Appurtenances in the Vicinity of the Piwai Reservoir, Koloa Ahupuaa, District of Kona, Island of Kauai (TMK 2-5-01: Por.8), December 2004. Prepared by Cultural Surveys Hawaii, Inc.

Kukuiula Development Company (Hawaii), LLC, Engineering Report Piwai Well Nos. 2 and 3 New Potable Water Sources for the Department of Water County of Kauai Poipu-Koloa Water System Koloa, Kauai, Hawaii, August 2005. Prepared by Tom Nance Water Resource Engineering.

Kukuiula Development Company (Hawaii), LLC, Potable Water System Master Plan ReportKukuiul~ May 2004. Prepared by Austin Tsutsumi & Associates, Inc. and R.M. Towill Corporation.

Kukuiula Development Company (Hawaii), LLC, A Survey of Avian and Terrestrial Mammalian Species Conducted on Three Proposed Well Sites, at Piwai, Koloa District, Island of Kauai, March 2005. Prepared by Rana Productions, Ltd.

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Hawaii State Office, "Soil Survey, Kauai, Koloa Quadrangle," January 10,2006. <http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/soilsurvey/5is/kauaimaps/koloa/index.html>.

University of Hawaii, Department of Geography, Atlas of Hawaii. Third Edition, University of Hawaii Press, 1998.



APPENDIX A ADDENDUM TO AN: ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVENTORY SURVEY OF THREE PROPOSED WELL SITES AND APPURTENANCES IN THE VICINITY OF THE

PIWAI RESERVOIR, KOLOA AHUPUAA, DISTRICT OF KONA, ISLAND OF KAUAI (TMK 2-5-01: PORe 8), DECEMBER 2004

ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVENTORY SURVEY OF THREE PROPOSED WELL SITES AND APPURTENANCES IN THE VICINITY OF THE PIWAI

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Kaua'i (TMK 2 ... 5 .. 01: Poru 8).

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LINDA LINGLE OOVENIOII OF HAW.II

STATE OF HAWAII

PETER T. YOUNG CIIAa1l'fRSON '

BOARD OF INiD AND Nl\1lJIIA~ I'IESOUIICeS .' , r.n ..... SIOII ONW"rER REIOJIII:F.IilANAIlF.t.e4r,

DANDAIIIDSON DePUTY DIRECTOR· WID

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DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES

March 1, 2005

Hal Hammatt,' Ph.D. Cultural Surveys Hawaii P.O. Box 1114 Kailua, HI 96734

Dear Dr. Hammatt:

HISTORIC PRESERVATION DIV1SION KAKUHIHEWA BUILDING, ROOM 566

601 KAMOKlLA BOUI.EVARD KAPOLEI, HAWAII 98707

LOG NO: 2005.0370 DOC NO: 0501NM12

SUBJECT: Historic Preservation Review - Addendum to an Archaeological Inventory Survey Of Three Proposed Well Sites and Appurtenances tn the Vicinlty of the Piwai Reservoir, Koloa Ahupua'a, Kona District, Island of Kaual (Yorck, Shideler and Hammatt, CSH, 2004) TMK: 2-5-01: pro 8 PoIpu, Koloa. Kauai

Thank you for submitting the above monitoring report. We received the report on January 13, 2005. No historic properties were found in the new alterations to the original plan. No further archaeological work is recommended. We concur with your recommendation. The report is acceptable.

If you have any questions. please call Nancy McMahon 742-7033.

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Addendum To An: Archaeological Inventory Survey

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Kailua, Hawai'i

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In November 2002, Cultuml Surveys awai'i. Inc. conducted an archaeological invcn.tory !\uJ'vey for t1U'(~e proposed wells dlor reservoir areas, proposed access roads, and a proposed pipeline/water course Piwai Reservoir all located in thc upland" of Koloa, Kaill~'i (TMK. 2-5-01: por. 8) on Alexander and Baldwin (A & B Properties) .lantis, Figure 1 shows the location of the project area. The inventory survey report (Yorek ~~. at. 2002) wa~ accepted by the SHPDIDLNR in January 2003 (Log No. 31315; Doc. No. 0212NMIO). Since that time, the proposed plans for the project area have heen altered. The purpose of this addendum documcnti!\ to discuss these alteratiol1S in terms of their potential impact on cultural resources.

No archaeological sites were identified in the project area during thc 2002 inventory survey. and Yorek el ai. (2002) note that any observable indigenous activity in the area probably would have been destroyed dul'ing the years when much of Koloa was used for sugar cane cultivation. No further work was recommended for the project area, as intensive agriculture associated with both sugar cane cultivation and the establishment of a macadamia nut farm has greatly impacted the area. Thus, due to lack of archaeological silcs and the very low potential for encountering archaeological material in this area, we feel that an addendum to the original inventory survey report is appropriate to address any historic preservation concerns for the alterations to the original proposed project.

Alterations to the original proposed plan include (Figure 2):

1. The proposed location of Well 1 has been moved northwest ofit~ original location. Two pipelines (influent aJld cftluent) will be added running east from the well to the dirt access road.

2. The access alignment to Well 2 has been curved to the north.

3. A portion of the access road (ea~t of Well 1) has been curved to the east.

4. A portion of the lower access road and 16" transmission line has been re-routed to curve to lhe south.

A field survey of the revised project area was accomplished by Cultural SUTveyf.l Hawai'i archaeologist Gerald Ida on December 16, 2004. This survey was conducted to ensure that there are no archaeological sites in the area. Fieldwork consisted of a pedestrian ground survey, and photogmphy of proposed construction sites in the project area (Figures 3-5). The project area contains fonner sugar cane fields, former macadamia nut orchards and pastureland. Dominant vegetation includes an over story of A/bizia lebbeck with a variety of grasses, some hala (Pandanus tectorius), kukui (Aleurites moluccanu). monkeypod (Albizia saman), several windbreak plantings of ironwood (Casuarina equisetifo!ia), some Norfolk pine (Arucaria heterophyllu), uluhe staghorn fern, lantana (Lantana camara), and guava (Psidium guajava). No historic or indigellous sites or artifacts were encountered during the survey and none are believed to exist in the area oflikely impact.

In sum, alteratiuns to the proposed construction pJans in this area are expected to have "no effect" on cultural or historical properties. As always, if in the unlikely event that any human remains or other significant subsurface deposits are encountered during the course

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References Cited

Yorck, Jesse, David W. Shideler, and Hallet H. Hammatt 2002 Archaeological Inventory Survey of Three Proposed Well Sites and

Appurtenances in the Vicinity of the Pfwai Resevoir, KOloa Ahupua 'a, lJisl1'ict Qf Kona, Island Qf Kaua'i (I'MK 2-5-01: Por. R). Cultural Surveys IIawai'i Inc. Kailua, Hawai'i

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IN THE VICINITY OF THE pIWAI RESERVOIR, KOLOA AHUPUA 'A, DISTRICT OF KONA, ISLAND OF KAUA'1 (TMK 2-5-01: POl'. 8).

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Jesse YOl'ck, B.A. David V\7. Shidelel'. M.A.

and Hallett H. Hammatt, Ph. D.

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Alexannel' and Baldwin Properties

Cultural Surveys Hawai'i, Inc.

December 2002


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Dr. David Shideler Cultural Surveys Hawaii 733 North Kalaheo Avenue Kailua, Hawaii 96734

Dear Dr. Shideler:

HISTORIC PRESERVATION DIVISION KAKUHIHEWA BUILDING. ROOM 855

801 KAMOKIlA BOULEVARD KAPOLEI, HAWA" .707

AQUATIC R£8OUItCES BOATING AND OCEAN RECREATION COMMI88ION ON WATER RESOURCE

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SUBJEC'~':..~ Chapter 6E Historic Pl'eselovation Review -- Archaeological Inventol'Y Smovey for a Well Construction/Pump Installation Permit Application Piwai Well No ,5629-01 (A&B), TMK: 2-5-01: 22 Omao. Koloa. Kauai

This letter reviews this repOlt which was submitted on December 7,2002 (Yorck, Shideler and Hainmatt, 2002. Archaeological JnllentDlY SU111ey of n11'ee Proposed Well Sites ,md Appurtenances in the Vicinity of the Pill/ai Reservoir, Koloa Ahupua 'a, District of Kalla 'i, Cultural Survey Hawaii, ms.) The background and archaeologic~l summary information of this report was very good and complete. The sUlvey of the project area seems to have been acceptable. No historic sites were found in the area. We find the report to be acceptable. No historic properties wj)J be impacted by the proposed well construction. Tllis concludes the historic preselvation review process for this project.

If you have any questions, please call Nancy McMahon 742-7033.

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Jesse YOl'ck, B.A. David Vol. Shideler, M.A.

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Alexanrlel' and Baldwin Properties

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

LIST OF FIGURES ...................................................... " 11

1. IN'fH,ODUCTION ......................................................... 1 A. Project Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 B. Project Area Description ............................................. 1 C. Scope of v,r ark , ... I ••••• I I ••• I , I I ••• I • I ... I •• f ..... , •••••••••••••• , •• 4 D. lVlethods .......................................................... 5

II. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND ............................................. 6 A. HistOl'ical Setting: Pre-Contact I{oloa .................................. 6 B. Mythological and Traditional Accounts ................................. 7 C. Early Historic Period ................................................ 8 D. Mid·1800's (Land Commission Awards) ................................ 10 E. Late 1800's to Present .............................................. 11 F. Summary of Historical Background ................................... 12

III. PREVIOUS ARCHAEOLOGY ............................................ 19 A. Introduction ...................................................... 19 B. Overview of Archaeological Studies at Koloa ............................ 21 C. Previous Archaeology Summary ...................................... 27 D. Predicative Model ................................................. 28

IV. SURVEY RESULTS .................................................... 29

V. STGNTFICANCE AND R.l!:COMM.l!:NDATIONS ............................... 30 1\. Significance .......................... ............................ 30 B. ReCOll1mendatiollS ................................................. 30

VI. REFERENCES ........................................................ 31

VII. PHOTO APPJi~NDIX .................................................... 37

LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1 Portion of USGS Koloa Quadrangle, Showing Location of Project Al'ea. . ... 2

Figure 2 Portion of TMK 2·5·01 Showing Project Area ........................ 3

Figure 3 Portion of M.D. Monsarrat (1891) Map (R.lVL1694) Showing Project Area (Approximate boundaries of the project area are indicated) .. 13

Figure 4 Portion of 1910 USGS Lihue Quad Map Showing Project Area .......... 14

Figure 5 Portion of 1912 USGS Topographic Map of the Island of Kaua'i Showing Project l\rea .. ,............................................... 15

Figure 6 Portion of' 1963 USGS Koloa Quad Map Showing Location of Project Area 16

Figure 7 Portion of 1983 USGS Koloa Quad Map Showing Location of Project Area 17

Figure 8 Map Showing AI'eas of Previous Archaeological Research in the Vicinity of the Current Pl'Oject Al'ea ............................... 22

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1. INTRODUCTION

A. Project Background

Cultural Surveys Hawai'i, Inc. conducted this archaeological inventory survey fOl' three proposed wells andlor reservoir areas, proposed access roads, and a proposed pipeline/watel' COUl'se down to Kaunluali'i Highway (Fig\u'es 1 & 2) all located in the uplands of Koloa. Kaua'i (TMK 2·6·01: POl', 8) on Alexandel' and Baldwin (A & B Properties) lands. The proposed project includes some grading of a pad and a possible watel' diversion C\lt at well location 2. grading of an access road up from an existing dirt road and possible improvements to the dirt access road to facilitate access for a drill rig and construction equipment. Water fl'om well location 2 will be pumped up and then flow through a pipeline to the highway. Well locations 1 and 3 may be developed at a later time. It is understood that development of these areas and any appurtenances such as access roads and pipelines will follow the existing dirt roads which were included in this survey.

B. Project Area Description

The study area is located on the mau.ka 01' northwest side of Kaumuali'i Highway. north oCOma '0 't6\Vn in the inllnediate vicinity of the PTwai Reservoir. The general area is bounded on the southeast by Kaulllllali'i Highway. on the west and north by the Lihu 'e· Koloa Forest Reserve, and on the east by former sugar cane fields of McBryde Sugar Company.

The project area is located in the a.hu.pul1'a. ofT{oloa, in t.he KonA District ofthe island of Kaua'i. Koloa is a fau'ly large ahupua'a (9,500 ac.), bounded on the cast by Weliweli Ahltpu.o'a'J and on the west by Lawa'i Ahupu.a'o. The perennial Waikomo Stream traverses most ofT<oloa A hu.plI.o 'a. The project area lies east of' an eastern unnamed tributary ofPc)'clc'clc Stream and west of the upper reaches of'Oma'o Strcam.

The elevation within the project area ranges from appl'oxilllately 500-750 ft. The soils in the project area are mostly silty clays of the Kapa 'a (KkB & KkC), Kalapa (KdE & KdF) and Hanamaulu (HsD) series with some silty clay loam of the Puhi (PnB) soil series (l"oote et at. 1972; I{aua'i Island, Sheet 23). Rock outcrops (laloge bouldel'S) accounted fOl'

less than 1% of the project area. These are generally well· drained soils with moderately l'apid permeability but they vary considerably in run-off (slow to very rapid) and erosion hazard (slight to very severe). The project al'ea receives approximately 2,500 nun (100 inches) of rainfall (Giambelluca et a1. 1986:86).

The project area contains former sugar cane fields. former macadamia nut orchards and pasture land. Dominant vegetation includes a dominant over story of Albizia lebbeck with a variety of grasses. some halo (Pandanu.s tcctorill,s). llll.imi (A1c/"ritcs m.olll-ccana), monkeypod (Albizia saman).several windbreak plantings of ironwood (CaSu.al'inCl

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equ.isetifolia.), some Norfolk pine (Antcal'ia heterophylla), Itlu.he staghorn fern, lantana (Lantana camara), and guava (Psidiwn guajava). The envil'onment is generally park-like with the shade of the Albizia limiting the growth of the under story. Remnants of sugar cane and macadamia nut plantings were observed.

C. Scope of Work

The following archaeological inventory sUi'vey scope of work was utilized:

1. A complete ground survey of the all three potential well locations and any proposed access roads andlor pipeline alignments for the purpose of site inventory. All sites will be located, described, and mapped with evaluation of function, interrelationships, and significance. Documentation will include photographs and scale drawings of selected sites and complexes. All sites will be assigned State site numbers.

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Limited subsurfacc testing by hand if appropriate, to determine if subsurface deposits are located in the project area, and, if so, evaluate their significance.

Research on historic and archaeological background, including search of historic maps, writtenl'ecol'ds, and Land Commission Award documents. This reseArch will focus on the specific Area with genel'R) background on the ahUplta 'a and district and will cmphasizc scttlemcnt patterns.

Preparation of a survey report which will include the following:

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A topographic map. if available, of the survey al'ea showing all archaeological sites and sit.e areas;

Descl'iption of all archaeological sites with selected photographs, scale drawings, and discUl3sions of function;

Historical and archaeological background sectioilS summal'izing prehistoric and historic land use as they relate to the archaeological features;

A summary of site categories and their significance in an archaeological and historic context;

Hecommendations based on all information generated which will specify what steps should be taken to mitigate impact of development on al'chaeologicalresoul'ces . such as data recovery (excavation) and pl'esel'vation of specific areas. These recommendations will be developed in consultation with the client and the State agencies.

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This scope of work also includes full coordination with the State Historic Preservation Division, and County relating to archaeological matters.

D. Methods

Background research included a review of previous archaeological studies on file at the State Historic Presel'vation Division of the Department of Land and Natural Resources, a review of geology and cultul'al histol'Y documents at Hamilton Libl'B1'Y at the University of J:lawBi'i, the Hawai'i State Archives, the Mission House Museum Librn1'Y, the Hnwai'i Public Library, and the Archives of the Bishop Museum. Further research included a study of histOl'ic photographs at the Hawai'i State Al'chives and the Archives of the Bishop Museum, a study ofhistotic maps at the Hawai'i State Archives and the Archives of the Bishop Museum, and a study of histol'iC maps at the Survey Office of the Department of Accounting and General Services.

Information on Land Commission Awards was accessed thl'OUgh Waihona Mna Corporation's Mihele Data Base (Waihona 'Aina Corporation <www.waihona.com».

The survey of the project al'ca was accomplished by Cultural Surveys Hawai'i archaeologists David Shidelel', M.A. and Jesse YOl'ek, B.A. undel' the overall supervision of Hallett H. Hammatt, Ph. n. Field work consisted of a pedestrian ground survey, and photography of proposed well sites in the pl'Oject area. The field wOl'k fOl' this project was conducted in one working day, Novembe1' 13th

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The survey started with identifying. thc boundaries of the proposed construction. This was done by locating survey markers of the three wells which wel'e located west, northwest and n01,th of the PIwai Reservoir. In the bBckgl'Ound research, it was ascertained that much of the property had prcviously been used as sugar cane fields, and thus remnants of any archaeolOgical value were likely to have been bulldozed. Pedestrian sweeps of the proposed well sites and Rcces~ roads were completed with 10-15 foot spacing.

Areas that contained native halo. (Pan.dan.us tecloriLts), as well as the Polynesian intl'oduced species of 11lI,ku.i (Aleu,l'ites molu.ccana), were surveyed particularly intensely for the possibility of traditional Hawaiian habitation.

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II. HISTORICAL BACI{GROUND

A. Historical Setting: Pre-Contact Koloa

The project area is in the ahll.pua'o of Koloa in the Kona District on the island of Kaua'i. Few records exist that document traditional Hawaiian life in the ahupua'a. of Koloa. While settlement by westerners with l'eligious and commercial interests make the. area a focus of documentation after the first quarter of the nineteentll century. the accounts genel'ated generally focus on the lives and concerns of the westerners themselves with only anecdotal references to the Hawaiian population, Two nineteenth cent\u'Y documents (Boundary Commission Testimony of 1874 and a Lahainaluna manuscript of 1885), however, did provide two Hawaiians an opportunity to speak for themselves and thus offer a possible insight into the life of Koloa before the arrival of westernel'S,

A dispute over the northern boundary of Koloa ahu.pua.'a in 1874 led to a hearing before Duncan McBryde, the Commissioner of Boundaries for Kaua'i. One native witness, Nao (who describes himself as born in Koloa but presently living in Ha'ikii), in order to show that Hoaea (the area in dispute) was indeed at the northern boundary of Koloa, testifies: "At Hoaea tea [sic] leaves were hung up to show that there were battles going on" (BoundAry Commission, Kaua'i. vol. 1. 1874:124), That thel'e was a tl'aditional "warning system" --well-known to allnatives--suggests that Koloa. throughout its history. may well have been the scene of some serious conflicts--serious enough and often enough to wan'ant devising such a system.

Additional evidence of a rich history within KOloa is offered in a Lahainaluna document produced eleven years Jater. This document appears to be based on an m'al historical project. On September 7, 1885 a student from Lahainaluna Schools (HMS 43 #17) interviewed Makea - "a native who is well acquainted with Koloa" -- and recorded "what she said about the well-known places in the olden times." 1\/lore than sixty-foUl' years after the abolition of the kapu system and almost as many years of contnct with westerners. Makea was able to describe in detail fourteen heiou. within the Koloa area; for example:

IVlaulili was the first heiau. of south Koloa. Kapulauki was the fil'st chief of Koloa, Kiha came next, That is the chief I know of, He was a ruling chief of' Kaua'i in the olden days. when the heiau was standing there, It had ah'eady been built and men had been sacrificed on its altars. This Kiha was called Kiha-of'-the-Iuxuriant-hah'. Anothel' name 1'01' him was Kakae and another was Ka-pueo-maka-walu (Right-eyed·owl).

Tlus heiolt was also famous for this renson -- it was the first heiau. to wluch Kawelo was carried after he had swooned in Wahiawa, in the battle where stones were used as missiles.

1'he location of this heiau. was not known, but a deaf mute knew and it was he who pointed it out to the chiefs, and that is how it was rediscovered in the olden days,

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Kiha lived on the eastern side of the heiau and Aikanaka lived on the northeastern side. This chief, Aikanaka, was the one witIl whom Kawelo fought and he was the ownel' of this heiau at that time.

B. Mythological and Traditional Accounts

Clearly Koloa was a particularly important ah,'tplI,a.'a in traditional Hawaiian tilnes. That at least fourteen heia,u-of 'Y'arying sizes and functions-have been documented in the KOloa al'ea (Thrum 1907, Bennett 19S1) and the association oflegendal"y-historic figures such as Kawe)o and Aikanaka with the h.eiau., suggests a heightened cultural richness of the ahupua 'a ..

Further confirmation of a rich traditional life within Koloa is furnished by the presence of a holua slide on the slopes of Pu 'u 0 Hewa in the ma.lIRa reaches of the ahu.pu.a.'a. and by the myriad legends attached to Maulili Pool, a sacl'ed place once located in the present Koloa 'l'own. J. K Fat'ley (1907) describes the pool and its legendary associations:

The pool of Maulili, on "Vaikoll10 stl'eam .. .is a few hundred feet south ofthe Maulili road bridge. The gods Kane, and his brothel', Kana loa, are said to ha'Y'e once slept above it, on its eastern bank and left the illlpl'ess of their forms as can be seen in the o:popa ... 1'he apapa in this vicinity is called an 'Unu..' and a 'Heiau,' but was never walled in, it is said. [This heiau. may be the Maulili Heiau. described by Makea above.] On the nights of Kane the drums !:Ire heard Lo beat there, also at the sacred rocks, 01' 1/.1/.1J. 's, of OpuokR haku and Kanemilohae, neal' the beach of Po'ipii ...

In the Maulili pool lived a large i\1o'o, named 'Kihawahine' .. .'1'he eastern wall of the pool, just below the resting places of Kane and Kanaloa, for a short distance, only, is called the 'Pali of Koloa. I The District of KOloa is named for this Pali, we are told by old Hawaiians. '1'0 the south of the Pali 0

Koloa, in t.he wall is a rock named 'Waihanau' ... as one of their meles has it:

"Aloha. wale 1m Puli 0 KOloa, Ke Ala. J/.U.li i Waihano.,,, e, !tanal/.."

To the south of vVaihan8u is a projecting rock named '/{e elelo 0 IlO Hawai'i' • - the tongue of Hawai'i, sajd to have been wrested and brought from Hawai'i by the Kaua'i warrior Kawclo, ofWailua.

At the southern end ot'the Maulili pool started two large 'a.u.wa.i's, that watered the land east and west of Koloa (Farlcy 1907:98).

Thus, this sacred leg-end-imbued 10C\IS was the source that gave life to the lowland taro patches of Koloa. These special associations would not have been lost on the Hawaiians dependent upon those waters. While tal'O would have been essential to the life of the a.hu.pltu'u., other resources were available. Bernice Judd, writing in 1935, summarizes

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most of what was known .. into the first decades of'this century _. of the traditional Hawaiian life of KOloa:

In the old days two large 'auwai 01' ditches left the southem end of the Maulili pool to supply the taro patches to the east and west. On the kuounas or embankments the natives grew ban~nas and sugar cane for convenience in u'l'igating. Along the coast they had. fish ponds and salt pans, ruins of which al'e still to be seen. 'I'heil' dry land fanning was done on the kula .• where they raised sweet potatoes, of \~hich both the tubers and the leaves were good to eat. The Hawaiians plalited pia (arrowroot) as well as wanke (mulberry) in patches ill the hills whet'evel' they would grow naturally with but little cultivation. III the uplands they also gathered the leaves of the ha.la. for mats and the nuts of the Itttk~i for light (Judd 1935:53).

It appears that the relatively good situation for the development of irrigated agriculture (the Koloa Field System) focused agriculture and habitation at elevations well below the present project area. As the Judd account given above asserts, it is likely environs like the present project area were used for less intensive cultivation cof patches of sweet potato, pia, and wall./le and the gathering of hala, ku./mi and other upla,nd resources.

C. Early Historic Period

Accounts by visitors and settlers at Koloa Ahupua.'a focus on these westerners' own concerns··religious and commcl'cial--as these concerns appropriate the histol'i<ealrecol'd of Koloa in the 1800's. However, scattered throughout the accounts are occasionalrefel'ences to the Hawaiians of the ahu.pu.a'a which may give Rome insights into their lives.

The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) missionary Samuel Whitney described, in an article in the Missionary Herald (June 1827.:12), a visit to I{oloa with Ka~io 'ewa, the governor of Kaua'i, in 1826:

The people of' this place were collected in front of the house where the !Old chief lodged in ordel' to heal' his instructions. After a ceremony of shaking hands with men, women, and children they retired ...

Our company consisted of more than a hundred persons of all ranks. The wife of the chief, with her train of female attendants, went before. The govemol', seated on a lal'ge white mule with a Spaniard to lead him, and myself by his side, followed next. A large company of aipll.plI" ('.f' jjm 'ttpU '1£) cooks, attendants came on in the real' (p. 284).

W'hitney's account suggests something of the deference paid to the ali'i by the local populations and the scale at which the ali'i carried out their functions. An even grander view of that deference is provided in an account of a later visit by an ali'i to Koloa. John Townsend, a naturalist staying in Koloa in 1834, described a visit by I{ameh31mcha III (In Palama and Stauder 1973: 18):

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In the afternoon, the natives ii'om all parts of the island began to flock to the king's temporary residence. The petty chiefs, and head men of the villages, were mounted upon allsol'ts of h01'ses fl'om the high-headed and highmettled Califoruia steed, to the shaggy and diminutive poney [sic] raised on their natives hills; men, women, and children W01'O running on foot. laden with pigs, calabashes of Poe [sic], and evel.'Y pi'oduotion of the soil; and though last certainly not least, in the evening thel'e came the troops of the island, with fife and drum, and 'tinkling cymbal' tq form a body guard fOl' his majesty, the king. Little houses were put up allal'ound the vicinity, and thatched in an incredibly ShOl't space of time, and when lvh .. Nuttall, and myself visited the royal mansion, after nightfall, we found the whole neighborhood metamorphosed; a beautiful little village had sprung up as by magic, and the retired studio of the naturalists had been transformed into a royal banquet hall ... (In PaIama and Stauder 1973:18)

On December 31, 1834, Peter Gulick and his family arrived in Koloa. Apparently the first fOl'eignel's to settle in the almpu.a'a, they initiated the process of rapid change that would re-shape the life of Koloa in the nineteenth century. In 1835, a 30 by 60 ft. grass house was erected as a meeting house and school (probably located at Koloa Town). Mr. Gulick initiated sugar cane cultivation and collected 8 cattle herd for the Protestant Mission. In 1837 a 46 by 90 ft. adobe church was built (probably at the same ABCFl\'1 site) and the first mission doctor, Thomas Lafon. arrived to assist Mr. Gulick (Damon 1931:179, 187), The Koloa mission station apparentJy flourished immediately; Charles Wilkes, a member of the U.S. Exploring Expedition visiting Koloa in 1840, recorded:

The population in 1840, was one thousand thl'ee hundred and forty-eight. There is a church with one hundred and twenty-shc members, but no schools. The teachers set apart for this service were employed by the chiefs. who frequently make use of them to keep their accounts, gather in their taxes &c. The population is here again increasing partly by immigration, whence it was difficult to ascertain its ratio (Wilkes 1845:64).

Other sources, however, give different populntion figures for I{oloa during the first half of the nineteenth century. III 1834, according to a repOl't by missiollaries on Raua'i, the inhabitants of the ahupu.a'a numbered 2,166. An al'ticle in the Pacific Com.mercia.l Advertiser of Decemher 21, 1867 estimated that the population in 1838 was about 3,000 (though, by 1867, it had been reduced to a third ofthat number). James Jackson Jarves, who visited Koloa and Kaua'i for nine months during the e81.·ly lH4()'s, recorded:

Koloa is now a flourishing village. A number of neat cottages, prettily situated amid shrubbery have sprung up, within two years past. The population of the place, also, has been constantly increasing, by emigration from other parts of the island. It numbel's. now, about two thousand people, includillg l~lany foreigners, among \V hom 81'e stationed a missionary . pl'eaChel', and physician, with their families (Jal'ves, 1844:100).

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The arrival of "many foreigners" was the cause of, and the native emigration to Koloa was the result of, the many commercial activities that bm'geoned beginning in the 1830's, In 1835 Ladd and Company gained from the king and local chiefs the lease of about one thousand acres at Koloa for 60 years at $300 a year and "allowed the use of the waterfall and an adjoining mill site at Maulili pool, not far from the thousand aci'es, together with the right to build roads, the privilege of unrestricted buying and selling and freedom from local harbor dues" (Judd, 1935:57). Ladd and Company was not the first to mill sugar cane in the area: thel'e was a Chinese-operated granite l'oller nlill in operation at lVHihii'ulepu, Koloa, in 1830; it was, however, the first plantation-organized industry in Hawai'i (Damon, 1931:176, 108). Judd notes the following:

The company was pel'mitted to hire nativeR to work on the plantation provided they paid Kauikeaouli, the king, and Kaikio'ewa, the govel'nor of Kaua'i, a tax for each man employed and paid the men satisfactory wages. The workers were to be exempt from all taxation except the tax paid by their employel's (Op. cit.:57).

Judd further described the revohltionary implication of this arrangement:"The significance of Ladd & CO.'R lease lay in the fact that it was the first public admission by the Hawaiian chiefs that their subjects had rights of personal property backed with a guaranty of protection to thaL property" (Op cit,:58). Local chiefs, fearful of an usurpation of their power, resisted the company's first efforts to recruit workers. forcing the Iring's intervention.

Anothel'lUissional'y, Dr .• James W. Smith, who was stationed at Koloa for forty-five years, beginning in 1842, mcntioned in his journal a visit to "the school at Kukui'ula." If there was a second school in KOloa outside the population center of KOJoA Town, Kukui'ula may have warranted the placing of a ~chool there because of a sufficiently large population in the area.

A long-known history of Revere flooding in the central flood plain of Koloa provided an impetus for the native Hnwniinns to develop an irrigated field network well off that plain. In a typical Hawaiian valley such as Po'ele'ele it is difficult to get off the flood plain and in Koloa a lal'ge percentage of homes and agricultural fields arc located in the large volcanic terrace m.a/lai ofthe project area that is not susceptible to flooding. Thus the extensive lo'i network within the ma/lai portion of Koloa may have been, in PS1't, a clearly thought-out use of a fortuitous land configuration to avoid the force of occasional floods that might, elsewhere on the island, have had disastrous effects. The project area was better suited for forest cultivations and gathering of upland resources.

D, Mid-1800's (Land Commission Awards)

The j'l'f5hp.lp. records of Koloa give a picture of what had evolved by the middle of the nineteenth century when Koloa Ahupll.a'a··8,620 acres-was awarded (LCA 7714-B) to Moses KekOUiwa, the brothel' of Alexander Liholiho (Kamehameha IV), Lot Kapuaiwn (I{amehameha \I), and Victoria Kamamalu. (The awarding of the Q.hltptta 'a. to Kekuaiwa

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was an outcome of an event twenty·five yeal's in the past: the crushing,·by forces loyal to Kamehameha II·-of the 1824 revolt on Kaua'i when Kaua'i lands were divid~d up among the chiefs of the other islands.)

Eighty·eight other kli.lea1l.a awal'ds were given to individuals within Koloa Ahzip~a'a, The majority olthese Land Commission Awards (LeAs) were located in 01'

around I{oloa Town itself. This concentration of aW81'ds around the town area may reflect both the traditional land settlement pattern, a focus on the resources of Maulili Pool and Waikomo Stream (a permanent stl'eam), and alnore recent movement of the populace to the plantation and missionary centers. An 1891 map by M.D. Monsarrat shows the location of these awards .

The only LeA known to encompass the Piwai Reservoir is that which was awarded to American Board of Commissioners 001' Foreign Mieaions (ABCFlVn: this was LCA. 387, No.4, Part 2, Section 3. This portion of LCA387.is only a small shal'e of the Commission Award holdings given to ABCFM on the island of Kaua'i,

E, Late 1800's To Present

Koloa became the scene of the confrontation of the traditional social stl'ucture with commercially·impelled forces of change. The cane gl'owing activity of Ladd and Company would inevitably affect the lives of the inhabitants of the rest of the ahupua 'a. Traditional settlement patterns (e.g. permanent and temporary habitation interspel'sed throughout the irrigated. agl'icultural fields neal' the coastal zone and traditional farming along streams) would have been distol-ted by a shift to Koloa 'rown whet'e Imgal' cane milling activities were located, and a shift to cash crops othor than taro.

Although Ladd and Company would go bankrupt in 1.845, its earlier Ruccess was an impetus for other entrepreneurial attempts within Koloa. Silkwol'm fal'ming, oil extraction from ku./w,i nuts, cigar manufacturing, sago raising, and tapioca manufacturing were all attempted with varied success during the middle third of the nineteenth century.

Another major area of commercial enterprise was associated with the whaling industl'Y at Koloa Landing. Accounts of visitors suggest that the inhabitants of Koloa, took advantage of their nearness to the landing to participate in the booming trade of the port. An article in the Pacific Comm.ercial Advel'tise1' of Feb. 19, 1857 described the salient characteristics of the pOl't at mid.centul'y and mentions:

From the landing there is a good carriage road to the town, distant about two miles. Large quantities of' firewood,. bullocks and sweet potatoes are furnished to whalers in this port, and these chattels can no where be procured cheaper or bett~l'. It is estimated that 10,000 barrels of sweet potatoes are cultivated annually hel'e, which a1'e thought to be the best on the islands. Nearly all the potatoes furnished for the California market are produced here ... Sweet potatoes, sugal' and molasses constitute the chief trade of the port.

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Koloa became the official port of entry for Kaua'i in the 1850's and participated in the profitable trade with the whaling industry whose peak years ran from the 1830's to the 1860's. It seems likely the demalld for firewood, bullocks, sweet potatoes, sugar and molasses at Koloa Landing was met to at least some small degree by activities in the ma.u.ka. regions of Koloa in the vicinity of the present project area. A map of Koloa by M.D. Monsarl'at in 1891 (R.M.1694; Figure 3) shows cane cultivation in the immediate vicinity of the present project area but the extent of cane in this area is uncertain.

Koloa Plantation began a pl'ogl'am of developing water storage c. 1904. Clearly the development of the larger reservoirs such as the Waita Reservoir (also known as the Koloa Reservoir and combining the former Hauiki Reservoir and the Marsh Reservoirs) and Alexander Reservoir were not only majOl' engineering feats but wel"e matters of significant social impact involving repeated armed confrontations (Wilcox 1996:77-84), The PTwai Reservoir within the project area was one of several seemingly similar small reservoirs developed within a radius of a couple of kilometers (inchlding Aepo .. Aepoalua, Aepoakolu, Huinawai, Loko, Mauka, 'Omao, Pia Mill, Pin au, Pu'u 0 Hewa rese;l'voirs). The development of these modest reservoirs is not well documented in the readily available literature. The 1910 USGS Lihue Quad Map (Figure ,1) and the 1912 USGS Topographic Map of the Island of Kaua'i (Figm'e 5) show most of the resel'voil's ill the immediate vicinity (inclurling the H uiml\vai, Loko, Mauka, 'Omao, Pinau, and Pia lVlill, reservoirs) already developed but not the Plwai Reservoir, The Piwai Resel'\'oir must have been develuped at a later date. .

Koloa Landing was phased out around 1925 when McBryde Sugar Company and KOloa Sugar Company began using Port Allen. Soon after, McBl'YcIe ceased to use several of the K610a fields, Much of the present study area remained Undel" sugar cane cultivation until at least as late as the 19708 when these cane lands were converted into pasture.

The Piwai Reservoir is shown on the 1963 series USGS map (Figure 6) but this map docs not show the road network west and north of the Plwai Reservoil' shown on the 1983 USGS Koloa Quad map (Figure 7). Possibly this road network was developed as part of' an attempt to establish a macadamia nut tree farm within the present study area but this appears to have been effectively wiped out by hurricanes. The road network is not shown on contemporary USGS maps (Figure 1)

F. Summary of Historical Bacltground

.\lthough much of the seaward portion of Koloa is a relatively dry area with approximately 30 in. of rain pel' year, the perennially flowing streams provided a resource for the development of a rathel' expansive agricultural system. Accounts of the early history of Koloa (Farley. 1907; Jarves, 1844; Townsend, 1839; and .Judd, 1935) describe in the lands ma.u'/wof Koloa Town a seemingly continuous, well-maintained, agricultural complex of taro, yams, sweet potato, and sugar canp. that was irl'ig~ted by an extensive 'al{.wai system siphoned off of Waikomo and Po'el'ele streams. This system had a significant influence on later commercial endeavors in Koloa.

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Koloa is the site of the first organized sugal' plantation in Hawaii. Ladd and Company leased about a thousand acres for the sole purpose of growing sugar cane (Palama and Stauder 1973:18, from Judd, 1985). The cOlUmercialization of sugar cane in Koloa had widespread social effects. The traditional view of the 'jina. being a responsibility of the ali'i was being transformed. .

Koloa Town, and Koloa Landing, at the mouth of Waikomo Stl'eam, became prominent commercial centers during the mid to late 1800's, exporting a variety of products such as sweet potatoes, sugar and molasses. VV'halers also stopped for provisions of squash, salt, salt beef, pigs, and cattle (Palama and Stauder 1973:20). This heightened activity dramatically altered the social structure and landscape of Koloa.

Koloa soon reflected the effects of a traditional social structure in conflict with commercially-impelled forces of change. Tl'aclitional settlement patterns (e,g. permanent and temporary habitation interspersed throughout the irrigated agricultural fields near the coastal zone and along streams in the steeper valleys inland) would have been significantly changed by a flux to Koloa Town where sugar cane milling activities were located. Later land use in the study area (i.e. sugal' cane, pasture, and macadamia nut farm development) also had detrimental impacts on any surviving traditional structures.

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A. Introduction

Table 1 arrays the previous archaeology conducted in Koloa and vicinity. A brief ovel'view follows.

Table 1 Previous Archaeology of I{oloa and Vicinity. •• _._.~_. ___ ,_ • __ •• __ .> ~ • w.,_._ ........ _ .. ~ ........ _ .. h,_ •• ,

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Bennett, Wendell C. 1931 Kukui'ula Valley, Pl'incc General Survey KiihiO Park, waUs, enclosures and house sites in the cactus country

Kikuchi, William 1963 East of Kukui'ula Bay General Survey Kamaloula Heiau. Subsurface Koloa Ahupua'a Testing

Palama, Stephen & 1973 Cane Haul Road-Koloa Mill Reconnaissance Stauder, Catherine Koloa & 'vVeHweH Ahupl.lo'o Survey

Sinoto, Aki 1975 Knudsen Trust Lands Reconnaissa nce Koloa Ahupu,a 'a Survey

Bordner, Richard 1977 Kukui'ula 'Au.wai, -1934 Reconnaissance Koloa Altll.pl£a 'a Survey

Hammatt, Hallett 1978 Kiahuna Complex General Bordner, Richard Koloa Ahupu.a 'a Survey Tomonari-Tuggle, Myra

IGkuchi, William 1981 Weliweli Ahu,pu.a'a Reconnaissance Survey

Connolly III, Robert 1982 Koloa-Po'ipu Bypass Hoad, Reconnaissance Koloa- Weliweli Ahupua'a Survey

Ching, Francis 198::3 Kukui'ula-Kualu Reconnaissance KOloa Ahu.plta 'a. Survey

T landrum III, James 1984 Kuhti'ula Reconnaissance Koloa Ahl£pu.a '0· Survey

Hammatt, Hallett 1985 Koloa-Po'ipu Bypass Road Survey and Borthwick, Douglas Koloa-Weliweli Ahu.pua'a S\lbsurface Shideler, David Boundary Testing

Kikuchi, William 1988 Pa'anau Sugar Camp Reconnaissance Koloa Ahupu.a 'a. Survey

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Hammatt, Hallett 1988 Borthwick, Douglas Shideler, David Stride, Mark

Hammatt, Hallett 1990

Hammatt, Hallett 1991

Hammatt, Hallett 1991 Folk, William Stride, Mark

Hanunatt, Hallett 1992

Hammatt, Hallett H, 1992

Hammatt, Hallett 1993a Ida, Gel'ald Folk, 'William

Hammatt, Hallett 1993b Ida. Gerald Folk, William Shideler, David Colin, Brian

Creed, Victoria 1995 Ida, Gerald Hanunatt, Hallett

Bushnell. Tina & Hallett 1996 Hammatt

Hallunatt, Hallett 1996 Creed, Victoria Ida. Gerald

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Ida, Gerald 1997 Creed, Victol'ia Hammatt, Hallett

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Po'ele'ele Stream, Koloa Ah.upua'o

Po'ipu lani Koloa Ahupu.a 'a Weliweli Boundary

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Po'ipii Road and Lawa'i Road J unction, Koloa, Ahu.pua. 'a

Po'ipu Road. Koloa Ahltpu.Q '0

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'Omao Bridge in 'Omao Homestead, I{6loa Ahnpllo. 'a.

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Archaeological Reconnaissance

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Hammatt, Hallett et al. 1999 Kukui'ula Planned Data Recovery Community Phase II, Koloa Ahupll.a'a

Ida. Gerald K.. K. W. 2000 Kukui'ula Planned Data Recovery Bushnell aiul Hallett H. Community, Koloa Ahupltu'a Hammatt

Jones, Rush, Folk, 2002 260 ae. parcel ('I'MI{ 2-7-03:5) Inventory Chiogioji, Shideler, and at 'Oma '0 just seaward of Survey Hanllnatt, Kaumuali'i Highway.

B, Overview of Archaeological Studies at Koloa

The earliest systematic archaeological survey on the Island of Kaua'i was conducted by 'Wendell Bennet.t in the late 1920's. Bennet.t examined and l'ecol'cled 202 sites on the island. The following are sites recorded within Koloa Ahu.pua'a. (see Bennett 1931:116-117, 120):

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Niu KApukapu Heia.n - on the top of Niu Kapukapu Hill on the east bluff of Lawai Vallcy. Bennett describes the site:

Stone work on the hill just in-land from Site 72"

Fishing shelter on the shore neal' the mouth of Kukui' lila valley.

Kahio Park, west of Wail{Qmo Stl'eam with taro patches, a small heiau, an oven, paved house platform, fish pond, game gruund with seats and Ii fishing slwine.

Salt pans east of Waikomo Stl'eam

[Sites 77-84] Located cast of Koloa Ahllpua'a

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Site 86

Walls, enclosures and house sites in the cactus covel'ed country al'ound the Koloa resel'voir and extending tc? the sen.

House site in the Sl'es described in Site 85

All of these seven sites are well seaward of the present survey study area.

William Kikuchi (1963) conducted a general survey of the Kona District of Kaua'i including all a./wpu.a '0 from Hanapepe, eastward to Kipu Kai. Information from Thrum

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(1907), Bennett (1931), a Lahainaluna School manu8cl'ipt (1886), and other sources was instrumental in helping to locate major archaeological sites during the field survey. Kikuchi's sut'vey was selective since it was not designed to be a complete inventory, and focused on generally larger 01' more coastal sites. No sites were noted by Kikuchi in the present study area,

Palama and Stauder conducted a reconnaissance survey along the route of the then· proposed main cane haul road to the Koloa mill site. The proposed new section of road extended from Weliweli Road, southwestw8l'd aCl'OSS Po'ipu Road, connecting to an existing cane haul road, The section west ofPo'ipu Road is approximately 3,000 ft. long with 8

north/south oriented branch approximately 1,500 ft. long. A total of 18 sites were recorded along the road corl'idol'. All of these sites are south of the present study, Although the Palama and Stauder study was limited in scope to the proposed road right of way, it included a short but thorough historical summary of the place of archaeological sites within the context of'the Koloa anel Weliweli Ahu,pttu'u. An extensive 'ulJ.wai system was observed east of Po'ipu Road, The following comments on this system and the sites in genel'al are relevant to understanding the archaeological significance of the area as a whole, and the historic pl'ocesses at wOl'k:

Our reconnaissance revealed that the most significant archaeological featul'e located within the study area is the extensive 'uu.wui system, Remnants of this i1'l'igation system were observed on both sides of the Waikomo Stream. , .. [This] network of watering canals proved to be the key to the success ofthe prehistoric Hawaiian Culture in tUl'ning these m81'ginallands into flourishing wet and dry Agricultul'al fields. From information gathered fl.'om local informants and preliminary historical investigation of this area it is evident that the early commercial growers of sugar cane utilized the existing 'Gll.wai systp.l1l. Gl'adually as 1110re and more fields came \1l1der sugar cane production thesc rcplaced the wet and dry fields of an earlier day, Today the archaeological sites remaining stand as islands as these marginal cane l,ands were taken out of production and turned into paatm'e (Palama and Sta\lder 1973:4),

Bordner and Ching (1.977) conducted a one-day l'econnaissance survey of a specific 'au.wai located in Kukui'ula and corresponding to the major 'a,u,wai system assigned State Site # 50·30·10·1934, The 'Q,uWQ,i traverses Kukui'ula fl'om northeast to southwest and includes a numbel' of' associated remnant fields, A portion of this 'au.wui, the raised "aqueduct" typc scction, is slated for preservation (Bordner and Ching 1977:26).

llammatt, et al. 1978, as pal't of Archaeological Research Centel' of Hawaii (ARCH), reported on a general survey of 460 ac. for the then pl'Oposed Riahuna Golf Village (Hammatt, Bordner, and Tomonal'i-Tuggle 1978) located on the east side ofWaikolllo Stream and Po'ipu Road. The IGahuna SlU'vey recorded 583 archaeological sites including 175 stone enclosures and 108 stone house platforl1lR, some of which are clustered as family compounds. The water channels Cau.wai), ponded fields, terrace plots, and mound fields all indicate extensive wet and dry land agriculture (Hammatt, Bordner & Tomonal'i·Tuggle 1978:5), The water source for this highly integ1"ated agricultural system was WaikOlllO

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Stream which was tapped upstream. Additional sites included 10 occupation caves and a heiall ..

William. Kikuchi (1981) conducted a reconnaissance survey of Weliweli Tract (TMK 2-8-22-06) in the ahu.pu.a'a of Weliweli, abutting the a./mpua.'a. of Koloa. 'rhe survey included the railroad causeway, which "historically connected the Koloa Sugar Mill to Koloa Landing" (Kilmchi 1981:2), 'Qltwai, walls, terl'aces, alignments. and habitation sites. Kikuchi states that "the sites ... were probably an extension of the vast, pl'ebistoric habitation and agricultural siteR of the adjacent Kiahuna (see Hammatt. Bordner & Tomonari-Tuggle, 1978) property" (1981:17)

Connolly (19R2) c01~ducted a reconnaissance survey of sections (310 acres)in the ahu.pua'a of Koloa and Wcliwcli in 1982 for the Koloa-Po'ipu Bypass Road. The sites that Connolly encountered were predo11linantly wall remnants, a few rock mounds, a hole, two complexes, a railway causeway, and an enclosul'e.

Francis Ching (1983) conducted a reconnaissance survey, and an historical investigation of sections of the ahupua'a of Koloa and Lawa'i. According to Ching, threefourths of the study area was bulldozed and rocks re-located, however, remnants of walls, lo'i, 'all.wai, flumes, terraces, ku.la and an historic raill'oad berm were still discernable. These remnants are evidence ofthe expansiveness of the Koloa li'ield System.

James Landrulll (198'1), of the Bishop lVIuseulll, conducted a reconnaissance survey of a 200+ acre portion ofl{ukui'ula. Landrulll l'ecognized that his survey area was once part of an extensive irrigated agricultural complex developed in the prehistoric period with superimposed historic· era occupation (Landrum 1984:2/1).

Hallett Hammatt, Douglas Borthwick, and David Shideler (1985) conducted a survey with subsmface testing for the proposed K6loa-Po'ipii Bypass Road which extends 9,000 ft, along the boundary of Koloa and Weliweli Ahupu.o'o. The road corridol' was proposed to connect Po'ipu Road (the beach road) to Weliweli Road, southeast of Koloa Town. A total of 47 archaeological features were located along the corridor. These were concentrated at the m.a./uli or southern end of the corridor and included the southeastern portion of the "I<iahuna Complex" documented by Hammatt el 01. in 1978 (see above).

\l\7illiam Kikuchi (1988) conducted a reconnaissance level survey of Lhe former Pa 'anall Sugar Camp. The camp was located just malmi (south) of the present day Koloa Elemcntary School. The survey recorded a number of cement foundations. ditches. and portable historic artifacts. Kikuchi states that archaeologically the site is interesting because it contains remnants of an eady (1910-1950) plantation camp, even though the vast majority of its structures have been destroyed or rcmoved.

Hallett Hammatt (1990) conducted an inventory survey of a 4.6 BC. parcel at the west end of Pa 'anau Road, Koloa. The historical segment of this report indicatcs the previous existence of the Pa 'anau Camp. and a railroad and 'a.tttva.i irrigation ditch which travel'sed the study area. However, the survey revealed the absence of any traces of pertinent features.

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Hallett H. Hammatt (1991) carried out an archaeologicall'econnaissance for a proposed watel'line stl'eam Cl'OSSing of Po'ele'ele Stream noting extensive modern land modification and no significant findings.

Hallett 11. llammatt, William le'olk, and Mark Stl'ide (1991) conducted an archaeological inventory survey of 160 ac. within I{oloa along the Koloa·Weliweli ahupua'a boundary. They located. mapped. descl'ibed. and evaluated a total of 75 sites and obsei'ved a wide range of site types. Theil' SUl'Vey indicates that the (never built) Po'ipulani project area was associated with what is referred to as the Koloa Field System.

Hallett H, Hammatt (1992a) carried out an Archaeological Inventory Survey of a 3.8 Acre Property at Kiahuna. (TMK 2-8:014-026) but the entire parcel had been previously graded and there were no significant findings.

Hallett H. Hammatt (1 B92h) carried out an Archaeological Reconnaissance of the Po'ipii Road and Lawa'i Road Junction. but again there were no significant findings owing to prior land disturbance.

Hallett H. Hammatt, Gerald Ida, and William Folk (1993) conducted an inventory survey. with limited subsUl'face testing. of7.6 ac. (TMK 2·8-14:30) in the Kiahu.na area, mml.ka of Po'ipu Road. Site 3758 wasre-mapped, and three new sites were recorded. According to Hammatt et al .• these sites are remnants of traditional 'auwai. walls. fields, enclosures and habitation platfor111s, and appeal' to be a part of the larger Koloa Field System which encompassed over 1000 aCI'es (Hammatt 1993:21).

Hallett Hammatt. Gerald Ida. William Folk. David Shideler and Brian Collin (1993) conducted an assessment survey, subsurface testing and monitoring at Po'ipii Beach Park in the a.huplta'a of KOloa. 'Nave action during Hurricane 'Iniki in 1992 had exposed a cultural layer (Site 50-30-10-7 /15) which needed to be preserved and monitored during the reconstrllction and restoration of the park. Auger testing (1993: 11) revealed charcoal, and both traditional and historic midden and artifacts (i.e. basalt flakes and fl'agments, nails, glass. Im/w.i shells, and mollusk shells). A cemetery (State Site 50·30·10-1871), located in th~ middle of Po'ipG Beach Park. and other sections of the buried cultural layer beneath the park. were RlflO monitol'ed during the I'emoval of several cement slabR. remnants of a pavilion. picnic tables. and barbecues. The rich cultural layer. supported by radiocarbon dating, indicates that this shoreline occupation is contemporaneous with the development of the Koloa Field System. This cultural layer is the "single largest coastal beach deposit in the ahuplta, 'a ... of Koloa" (Hammatt et a.l. 1993:65, 66) and greatly contributes to the information bank regarding the cultural development of the KOloa district.

Victoria Creed. Gerald Ida and Hallett H. Hammatt (1995) report on an inventory survey within a lA-mile corl'idol' along Po'ipu Road (TMK 2·8·15.16,17 & 18) in the almpua.'a of Koloa and vVeliweli. Three sites, including ellclos\U'es. a terrace. and the K610a·Weliweli boundary wall, survived previous bulldozing of the area and were understood as components of the Koloa Field System.

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Tina Bushnell and Hallett H, Hammatt (1996) carried out an archaeological investigation of 'Omao Bridge in 'Omao Homestead but the only objects of historical intel'est noted wel'e the existing bridge and features associated with an old l'aih·oad.

Hallett Hammatt, Victoria Creed, and Gerald Ida (1996) conducted all. assessment survey of an exposed cultul'allayer in undisturbed sand deposits at Waiohai Hotel. This layer was disturbed by high wave action during Hurricane 'Iniki which completely destroyed the associated reconstructed Kiha Houna Heial/, (Site 50-30-10-80). The exposed cultural layer supports the potential existence of widespread intact. cultural areas along the general shoreline (Hammatt et nl" 1996:39),

Nancy IVlcMahon, (1996) at the time an independent archaeological consultant, completed a )'econnaissance survey of 1'l\H< 2-0H- l(j:a (8.444 acres), property known as Sheraton Kaua'i in the nhupua'a of Koloa, No surface sites 01' cultural deposits were reported.

Gerald Ida. Victoria Creed and Hallett H. Hammatt (1997) conducted a reconnaissance survey on a 1.2 mile corridor of a proposed bypass road within the ahuplta'a. of Koloa and Weliweli (TMK 2-8-02:3, 2-8-03: 1. 2-8-04:1, 2-8-05:2) that had previously been bulldozed. This survey did not reveal any archaeological sites. and further study was not recommended.

Cultural Surveys Hawai'i, Inc. (Hammatt, Chiogioji, Shideler, Borthwick. McDermott and Masterson, 1998) reported on data recovery of the Kukui'ula Planned Community Project Phase 1 area encompassing approximately 219 acres. The project included excavations at 20 different sites which encompassed 64 individual features. There was a total of 212 excavation units (212 1112.) and 19 backhoe trenches (only 14 backhoe trenches were chosen for study). Large quantities of midden (approx. 23.7 kg.) and artifacts (10,635 items) were recovered and are reported on. The artifacts include n wide l'ange of types with both indigenous (2,592 items) and historic (8,043 items) represented. Radiocarbon (C14) dates range fl'OlU ca. A.D. 1050onwal'd. The earliest date comes from the habitation/burial cave Site 50-30-10-1927A. In addition to the habitation sites and features dated. seven (7) dating samples from agricultural features were also analyzed.

Cultural Surveys Hawai'i. Inc. (Hauunatt, Bushnell, Ida. Chiogioji, Creed and Shideler 1999) reported on data recovery work just makai and southwest of I{oloa Town on the west side of Waikomo Stream in the northeastern portion of the Kukui'ula Planned Community Phase II Area. The study area is comprised of approximately 33 ac. and has been used as a buffer zone between canelands/pastures and the residential lots bOl'dcring Po'ipii Road. While some ten land commission awards lie partially 01' entirely within the project area most of these properties were bulldozed in the course of sugar cane cultivation. There were however areas which appeared undisturbed by Imgal' cane cultivation 01' heavy machinery. Excavations were conducted within five al'chaeological sites (thirteen features). These excavations yielded 264.8 g. of midden: 53 indigenous artifacts (including '13 volcanic glass flakes, 9 basalt flakes. and one coral manuport); and 877 late-historic artifacts (e.g. glass, metal, ceramics, plastic, leather, and slate). Twelve charcoal samples were dated.

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Cultural Surveys Hawai'i Inc. (Jones. Bush. Folk. Chiogioji. Shideler. and Hammatt, 2002; unuer review) conducted an archaeological inventOl'y survey with subsurface testing on an approximately 260 acre parcel (TMK 2~7-03:5) along P(fel'ele Stream at 'Oma '0 just seaward of Kaumuali'i Highway. Two sites were identified, terrace remnants of LeA 3229 awarded to Eke 'Opullui COl' the cultivation ot ta.ro and sug81' cane and a sugar plantation irrigation ditch featUl'e. Two carbon dates are reported of ca. A.D. 1010 - 1180 uuderstood to shortly predate wall construction.

C, Previous Archaeology Sununary

Pl'evious ru'chaeological work concerning the Koloa district has, until recently, been mostly surface surveys. The Koloa area began to be documented by subsurface testing of sub-sUl'face cultural deposits within the proposed Kiahuna Golf Course area in 1979. Information gleaned from intensive excavations in the ahupu.a'a. of Koloa, Weliweli, and Pa 'a, combined with the inventory sUl'veys in these ahu,pua 'a, clearly indicate an expansive irrigated agricult\lral complex and associated temporary and pel'manent habitation features. The focus of this integrated Koloa Field System was Waikomo Stl'eam which was utilized as the main source ofirl'igation, However, the full extent of the KOloa Field System is hard to estimate because of the widespread historic land modifications (mainly for sugar cane).

Chronological analysis from the neighboring three ahujJua 'a suggests an early initial occupation within the Pa'a Almpuu'a ca., A.D, 535 (Walker and Rosendahl, 1990b:131). No coinciding early dates have been found within Koloa Alu£]ma'a, which is probably due to vagaries of sampling since most of the 8hOl'eline area of Koloa has been heavily impacted by commercial, residential, and L'eSOl't development. Initial occupation pl'obably was chal'acterized by temporary ancVor recurrent occupation developed into permanent settlement within an integrated (both irrigated and kula or dryland) agricultural system by ca·. A.D. 1200 (Ibid.; see also dating analysis section of this report). Portions of this Koloa Field System functioned well into historic times (ca.. 1880's) and coexisted with commercial sugar cane cultivation.

Relatively little archaeological study has been conducted in the mauka. portions of Koloa Ahu.pu.Q'a (m.altlw of Koloa Town). The Hammatt (1991) stlldy and the Bushnell and Hammatt (1996) archaeological investigation both in the 'Omao Bridge area in 'Omao Homestead noted substantial historic land modification but no significant findings. The recent Cultural Surveys Hawari Inc. (Jones, et al., 2002; under review) archaeological inventory survey on an approximately 260 ac. parcel at 'Oma'o does however indicate the potential of locating pre-contact sites in these heavily modified mau/w lands of Koloa Ahupzw'a ..

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From previous archaeological studies and historic accounts it appears that habitation and intensive irrigated agriculture were widespJ'ead in central and coastal Koloa utilizing the opportunity to develop an extensive il'rigated complex (the KOloa Field System) off of \oVaikomo Stream. Evidence of intensive traditional Hawaiian use of lands well ma.u.ka. of Koloa Town is generally lacking. As the Judd account given above asserts, it is likely environs like the present project area were used for less intensive cultivation of patches of sweet potato, pia, and wa.u,lle and the gathering of hala, Im/ul.i and other upland resources. Remnants of dry-land agricuhure or temporal'Y field shelters associated with upland gardening or gathering and processing of forest reflources are certainly pOflsible.

One major constraint on the traditional Hawaiian use of this area would have been the absence of a perennial water source. The vicinity of the present project area would not have lent itself to irrigation or poneled field development. Another major constraint on the development of an archaeological record in the vicinity of the present project area is the general absence of rock. 1'he silty clay and silty clay loam soils of the vicinity are almost stone free and any traditional Hawaiian constructions likely to endure in this environment would have to have been constructed ofrock imported from some distance away.

\-Vhile clearly most of the infrastructure supporting historic agriculture lies well seaward of the present project area, during the later historic period the upper elevations of Koloa became important collection areas of irrigation water. It is pOl~sihle that histOl'ic ditches, flumes, pipelines, and other features related to collection of irrigation water exist in the vicinity of the current project area. Ranching may have also left physicaIl'emains within the CUl'rent project. are~. Barbed wire fences, wooden or sta~ked stone enclosures, water troughs, and historic habitation deposits, including strllcture foundations and refuse dumps, could potentially be found within the project area vicinity.

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The survey of the project area was accomplished by Cultural Surveys Hawai'i archaeologists David Shideler, M.A. and Jesse YOl'ck, B.A. undel' the overall supervision of Hallett H. Hammatt, Ph.D. Field work consisted of a pedestrian ground survey, and photogl'aphy of proposed well sites in the project area. The field work for this project was conducted in one working day, November 13th

I 2002 .

The sUl'vey was canied out on areas including: the three well sites, existing unimproved access roads, an access alignment connecting well location 2 to existing access roads, and a pl'oposed pipelinel water course from well location 2 down to Kaumuali'i Highway (see photo appennix). Ground visibility was generally good. The pedestrian inventory of the project area was done at 100%.

No histol"ic or indigenous sites or artifacts were encountered during the survey and none are believed to exist in the arca of likely impact. Any indigenous activity that could have been observed pl'obably would have been destroyed during the years whelllUuch of Koloa was used fOl' sugar calle cultivation. Interestingly. no infrastructure related to this historic agricultural period were encountered during the inventory survey other than the unimproved access roads and the Piwai Resel'Voir,

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V, SIGNIFICANCE AND RECOMMENDATIONS

A. Significance

No archaeological sites were identified in the project area 01' vicinity, The PIwai Reservoir was not given a State Site Number because: 1) it is not clear it is more than fifty years old (although it pre-dates 1963), 2) because it is not particularly early 01' particuliil'ly unique but rather is one of several seemingly similar small reservoirs in the immediate vicinity (including Aepo, Aepoalua, Aepoakolu, Huinawai, Loko, Mauka, 'Omao, Pia Mill, Pinau, and Pu'u 0 Hewa reservoirs) and 3) because of the general absence of associated constructed features.

B. Recommelldations

No further work is recommended for the thl'ee Pl'oposed well sites, adjoining roads; or the proposed pipelinel water course route down to Kaumuali'i Highway. Intensive agriculture associated with both sugar cane cultivation and the establishment of a macadamia nut farm appeal'S to have greatly impacted the area,

Road construction and grading are expected to have "no effect" on cultural 01'

historical properties. As always, if in the unlikely event that any human remains or other significant subsurface deposits are encountered during the course of development activities all work in the immediate area should stop and the State Historic Preservation Division should be promptly notified.

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APPENDIXB STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION DIVISION REVIEW

DECEMBER 22, 2006


LINDA LINGLE GOVERNOR OF HAWAII

STATE OF HAWAII DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES

December 22, 2006

Lynn Malinger Fukunaga & Associates,Inc. 1388 Kapioloani Blvd, 2nd Floor Honolulu, Hawaii 96814

Dear Ms. Malinger:

STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION DIVISION 601 KAMOKILA BOULEVARD, ROOM 555

KAPOLEI, HA WAIl 96707

PETER T. YOUNG CHAIRPERSON

BOARD OF LAND ANU NA nmAL RESOURCES COMMlSSION ON WATER RESOURCE MANAQEMF..NT

ROBERT K. MASUDA DEPUTY OmECTOR • LAND

DEAN NAKANO ACTING DEPUTY DIR.ECTOR. WATER

AQUATIC RESOURCI:S BOATING AND OCEAN RECREATION

BURF.AU OF CONVEY mCES COMMISSION ON WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

CONSERVATION AND COASTAL LANDS CONSERVATION AND RESOURCF.s ENFORCEMENT

ENQINEIlRINO FORESTRY AND WILDLIFE HISTORIC PRESERVA"rtON

KAllOOLA WE ISLANO RF.5ERVE COMMiSSION LAND

STATEPARXS

LOG NO: 2006.4299 DOC NO: 0612NMI0 Archaeology

SUBJECT: Chapter 6E-42 Historic Preservation Review -6.5 Million Gallon Omao Water Storage Tank Construction (CountylDepartment of Water) Omao, Koloa, Kauai TMK: (4) 2-5-001: 002

The aforementioned project is for a new water tank.

We believe that "no historic properties will be affected," because: IZI Intensive cultivation has altered the land o Residential development/urbanization has altered the land o Previous grubbing/grading has altered the land IZI An accepted archaeological inventory survey (AIS) found no historic properties o SHPD previously reviewed this project and mitigation has been completed ~ Other: Yorck, Shideler and Hammatt, Archaeological Inventory Survey of Three Proposed Well Sites

and Appurtenances in the Vicinity of Piwai reservoir, Koloa Ahupuaa, District of Kona, Island Of Kauai. CSH, 2002. No sites. Approved (Log No 313151Doc No 02J2NM10).

In the event that historic resources, including human skeletal remains, are identified during routine construction activities, all work needs to cease in the immediate vicinity of the find, the find needs to be protected from additional disturbance, and the State Historic Preservation Division, Kauai Section, needs to be contacted immediately at (808) 742-7033.

Aloha,

"v..,~"'~~ ie Chinen, Administrator

ate Historic Preservation Division

NM:gvf


APPENDIXC PRE-CONSULTATION LETTERS AND RESPONSES

I I INDEX TO PRE-CONSULTATION LETTERS

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_._._--_.-_. __ ._ .. _---_ .... _ .. _ .... _--_ .. _---_. __ .. _---_._--+--- ----_ •.•. _._ ... _._ ..

Kauai County Department of Public Works 0 Kauai County Housing Agency 0

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i Kauai County PI~ng Department .. ___ /

I Department of Hawaiian Home Lands +-- Ii':1 I

IS~eIltoLJ\~~ ___ .. __ ..... _._ .. __ .======:~=-J ~tat~ Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism j DLNR Commission on Water Resource Management 0!

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Review Agency/Organization

Ka Leo 0 Kauai

Kauai Office of Community Assistance

Koloa Neighborhood Center

Kauai Planning and Action Alliance

Omao Road Community

UR Manoa Water Resource Research Center

UR Manoa Environmental Center

USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pacific Ocean Division

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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Response provided

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- - - - - - - - -1388 KAPIOLANI BLVO./2NO FLOOR I HONOLULU. HI96814! PH (808) 944-1821: FAX (808) 946·93391 [email protected]/www.fainc.OIQ

September 18, 2006

Mr. Donald M. Fujimoto, Counl}' Engineer

Kauai County Department of Public Works

4444 Rice Street

Lihue, HI 96766

SUBJECT: Pre· Assessment Consultation for Draft Environmental Assessment

0.5 Million Gallon Omao Waler Slorage Tank Constnlclion

Dear Mr. FlIjimolo:

We are presenlly preparing the Draft Environmental Assessmenl for the Olnao Waler Storage Tank project

for Ihe County of Kauai Departmenl of Water (DOW). The DOW proposes to conslruct a 0.5 million gallon

Omao water slorage lank 10 enhance storage in Ihe Lawai-Omao Waler Syslem. The projecl sile, idenlified as

TMK: 2-5-1 :002, is approximately one mile north ofOmao, east of the Lihue-Koloa Foresl Reserve, and

mOllnlain .lde ofKaunualii Highway. Sec Ihe attached figure for .the location.

There arc currently two wells and a 0.1 million gallon water storage tank being conslructed by a private

developer in the vicinity oflhis Omao waler storage lank project. This draft environment assessment covers

only the O.S million gallon Omao water storage lank proposed for the site by the County DOW. The project

site is classified as "Agricullural" by the State Land Use Commission and Kallai Counly General Plan.

Development of the water tank will involve installing a 70-foot diameter and 20-foot high concrete water

reservoir and 16-inch piping.

Please provide us with Ilny comments you may have regarding this project. Your early response would be

greatly appreciated.

Please call us al (808) 944-1821 if you have any questions.

Sincerely,

FUKUNAGA & ASSOCIATES, INC.

~~~ Lynn Malinger

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BRYAN J, BAPTISTE DONALD M. FUJIMOTO ''''VCR

GARY K. HEU AOMlNISTRA fIVE ASSISTANT

AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER COUNTY OF KAUA'I

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS

Fukunaga & Associates, Inc. 1388 Kapiolani Blvd Honolulu, HI 96814

4444 RICE STREET MQ·tKEHA BUILDING, SUITE 275

UHU'E, KAlJAl, HAWAll 96766-1340

October 2, 2006

ATTENTION: MS. LYNN MALINGER

COUNTY ENGtNEEA TELEPHONE 241-6600

DEPUTY COUNTy ENGINEER TELEPHONE 241·6600

SUBJECT: PRE-ASSESSMENT CONSULTATION FOR DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT- 0.5 MG 'OMA'O WATER STORAGE TANK CONSTRUCTION TMK: 2-5-1-002 PW 9.06.115

Dear Ms. Malinger,

We have reviewed the subject project and location map forwarded by your letter dated September 18, 2006. We offer the following comments:

We believe the construction activities of the new water storage tank will required Best Management Practices (BMPs) to be incorporated with your grading plans. BMPs shall be employed at all times to the maximum extent practicable to prevent damage by sedimentation, erosion or dust to streams, watercourses, natural areas and the property of others.

A grading permit may be required for the subject project and for its borrow site. Grading plans will need to be submitted for our review and approval.

Should you have any questions, please call me at (808)241-6498.

v cry truly yours, CONCUR:

dV(Ul~K4 Wallace Kudo, P.E. Chief, Engineering Division

WK cc Design and Permitting

~~1~' \..1:~-~ DONALD ~~TO, P.E. County Engineer

D:WAU.ACE KUOO' .... ukuna .. Assoc;"les Inc RE he-AlRSSmeni Cans.at .. ion for Draft Enyir~.1 ASSCISmcIlI 0.' MO ·Om.o Walrc S1' .... T.nk TlofK 2-S·J-002 PW 9.06.1"

1388 KAPICllANI BLVD. I 2,., FLOOR 1 HONOLULU, HI 96814 I PH. (808) 944-1821 1 FAX (808) 946-93391 [email protected] I wwwJainc.org

September 18. 2006

Kall"i County Housing Agency

Pi'ikoi Building

4444 Rice Street. Suite 330

Lihue, 111 96166

SUBJECT: Pre-Assessment Consultation for Draft Environmental AsseS5ment

0.5 ~1i11ion Gallon Omao \Valer Storage Tank Construction

We are presently preparing the Draft Environmental Assessment for the Omao Woter Storage Tank pr"iect

for the COllnty of Kauoi Department of Water (DOW). The DOW proposes to construct a 0.5 million gallon

Omao water storage tank to enhance storage in the Lawai-Omao Water System, The project site, identified as

TMK: 2-5-\ :002, is approximately one mile n"rth "fOmao, east of the Lihue-Koloa Forest Reserve, and

mount. in side of Kaunualii Highway. See the attached ligure for the location.

There are. currently two wells and a 0.1 million gallon water storage tonk being constructed by • pri.ote

developer in Ihe vicinity orthis Omao water storage tank project. This draft environment assessment covers

only the 0.5 million gallon Omao water storage tonk .proposed for the site by the County DOW. The project

site is ctassilied.s "Agricultural" by the State Land Use Commission and Kauai County General Plan.

Development ofthe water tank will involve installing 8 70-root diameter and 20-foot high concrete water

re5ervoir and 16-inch piping.

rlease provide us with any comments you mi1y have regarding this project. Your early response would be

gre.tly appreciated.

Please can us at (808) 944-182' if you hRve any questions.

Sincerely,


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Bryan J, Baptiste Mayo,

Bernard P. Carvalho Jr. Oirector

Gary K. Heu Admtnlstrative Anlslant

Kenneth N. Ralnforth Executive on Housing

OFFICES OF COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE KAUAI COUNTY HOUSING AGENCY

September 21, 2006

Lynn Malinger Fukunaga & Associates, Inc. 1388 Kapi"olani Blvd., 2nd Floor Honolulu HI 96814

Subject: Pre-Assessment Consultation for Draft Environmental Assessment 0.5 Million Gallon Omao Water Storage Tank Construction

Dear Lynn:

In response to your letter o[September 18,2006, the Kaua'i County Housing Agency supports the proposed new Omao Water Tank. The new tank will enhance the water , infrastructure for the neighborhood and enable the community to increase the nllmber of dwelling

units.

KNRlsk

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DeveIo!>menl Sec:llon \8OtI124I4444 FAX (8OtI1241 4495 TOO (BIlB) 241 4411

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Seplember 18. 2006

Kauai COimly Planning Department

4444 Rice Street

Lihue, HI 96766

SUBJECT: Pre-Assessment Consultation for Draft Environmental Assessment

0.5 Million Gallon Omao Water Storage Tank Construction

We are presently preparing the Draft Environmenl.1 Assessment for the Omao Water Storage Tank project

for the County of Kauai Departmenl of Water (DOW). The DOW proposes to construct a 0.5 million gallon

Omao water storage tank to enhance storage in the Lawai·Omao Water System. The project site, identified as

TMK: 2-5-1 :002, is approximately one mile north of Omao, east of the Lihue-Koloa Forest Reserve, and

mountain side of Kaunualii Highway. See lhe attached figure for Ihe location.

There are currently two wells and a 0.1 million gallon water storage tank being conslructed by a privale

developer in the vicinity oflhis Omao waler storage tank project. This draft environmenl assessmenl covers

only Ihe 0.5 million gallon Omao water storage tank proposed for the site by the Counly DOW. The project

site is classified as "Agricultural" by the State Land Use Commission and Kanai County General Plan.

Development of the water tank will inyolve installing a 70-foot diameter and 20-foot high concrete water


Please provide us with any comments YOll may have regarding this project. Your early response would be


Please call us at (808) 944-1821 ifyoll have ony questions.

Sincerely,


~~r Lynn Malinger

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September 18, 2006

Mr. Micah Kane, Chairman

Department oCHawaiian Home Lands

P.O. Box 1879

Honolulu, HI 96805

SUBJECT:

Dear Mr. Kane:

Pre~Assessment Consultation for Draft Environmental Assessment


We are presently preparing the Draft Environmental Assessment for the Omao Water Storage Tank project

for the County of Kauai Department of Water (DOW). The DOW proposes to construct a 0.5 million gallon

Omao water storage tank to enhance storage in the Lawai-Omao Water System. The projecl site, identified as

TMK: 2-5-1 :002, is approximately one mile north ofOmao, east of the Lihue-Koloa Forest Reserye, and

mountain side ofKaunualii Highway. See the attached ligure for the local ion.

There are currently two wells and a 0.1 million gallon water storage tank being constructed by a private

developer in the vicinity of this Omeo waler storage tank project. This draft enyironment assessment covers

only the 0.5 million gallon Omao water storage tank proposed for the site by the County DOW. The project

site is classified as "Agricultural" by Ihe State Land Use Commission and Kauai County General Plan.

Development of the water tank will involve installing 8 70-foot diameter and 20-fool high concrele \Valer


Please provide us with any comments you may have regarding this project. Your early response would b.


Please call us at (808) 944- I 821 if you have any questions.

Sincerely,


~n~:>P Anach";ent

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STATE OF HAWAII

f)EPARTMRNTOF HAWAIJANHOI\IE LANDS

I'vls. Lynn Malinger Fukunaga & Associate~. Inc. 13F8 Kapiolani Boulevard Second noor Honolulu. Hawaii 96814

Dear Ms. Malinger'

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HONOLtJlU, ""WAf' 9""0-",

September 27, 2006

Ipro UFMJP".RSOH DI!M'Tl fI'T""OI"'II:'IAI-:

KAULANA H, PARK. l"'I£r"n~·F. "!t~IST'NT

Thank you for the opportunity provide comments in the early consultation phase of the proposed 0.5 MG Omao Water Storage Tank on Kauai in preparation of a draft el1\'ironmental a~sessment report The Department of Hawaiian lIome Lands has no comments.

Should YOII have any questions. please call the Planning Office at (808) 586·3836.

Aloha and mahalo,

~~c~ Hawaiian Homes Commission

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September 18, 2006

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Ms. Sandra Lee Kunimoto, Chairperson

State Department of Agriculture

1428 Soulh King Street

Honolulu, HI 96814·2512



Dear Ms. Kunimoto:


for the County of Kauai Department of Water (DOW). The DOW proposes to construct a 0.5 million ~allon

Omao water stora(!e tank to enhance storage in the Lawai-Omao Water System. The pr~ieet site. identified as

TMK: 2·5·1 :002, is approximately one mile north of amao, east of the Lihue·Koloa Forest Reserve. and

mountain side ofKRunualii Highway. See the a"Rched figure for the location.

There are currently two welts and it O. t million gallon water storage tank being constructed by a private

developer in the vicinity of this Omao water storage tank project. This draft environment assessment covers


site is classified as "Agricultural" by the State Land Use Commission Rnd Kauai County General Plan.

Development of the water tank will involve installing a 70·foot diameter and 20·foot high concrete wat.,

reservoir and 16·inch piping.

Plea .. provide u< with any comments you may have regarding this project. Your early response would be


Please call us at (808) 944·1821 if you have any questions.

Sincerely,

FUKUNAGA k ASSOCIATES, INC.

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Seplember 18. 2006

Mr. Theot.lore E. Lill. Director

Department of Business, Economic Development &. Tourism

P.O. Box 2359

Honolulu. Hawaii 96804

SUBJECT:

Dear Mr. Liu:

Pre-Assessment Consultation for Draft Environmental Aooeosment

0.5 Million Oallon Omao Water Storage Tank Construction



Omao water storage tank to enhance storage in the Lawai-Omao Water System. The project site, identified as

TMK: 2-5-1 :002, is approximately one mile north of Ornao, elSt of the Lihue-Koloa Forest Reserve, and

mountain side of Kauoualii Highway_ See the attached figure for the location.


developer in the vicinity ofthis Omao water storage tank project This draft environmentlSsessment covers


site is classified as "Agricultural" by the State Land Use Commission and Kaual COUllty General Plan.


reservoir and 16-illch piping.

Please provide us with any comments you may hRve regarding this project. Your early response would he

greaUy appreciated.

Please call us at (808) 944-1821 if you have any queslions.

Sincerely,

FUKUNAGA 8< ASSOCIATES, INC.

~~-Lynn Malinger

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September 18,2006 --

Ms. Lenore Nakama

DLNR Commission 011 Water Resource Managemenl

1151 Punchbowl Street, Room 227

Honolulu. HI 96813

SUBJECT:

Dear Ms. Nakama:

Pre-Assessmenl Consultation for Draft Environmental Assessment


We are presentl)' preparing the Draft Environmental Assessment for the Omao Waler Storage Tank project

for the County of Kauai Department ofWat., (DOW). The DOW proposes to construci. 0.5 million gallon

Omao water storage tank to enhance slorage in the Lawai-Omao Waler System. The project site, identified as


mountain side ofKaunualii Highway_ Seelhe attached figure for the location.

There 8re currently two wells and a 0.1 million gallon water storage tonk being constructed by a private

developer in the vicinity of this Omao water slorage tank project. This draft environmentlSsessment covers

only the 0.5 million gallon OmBO water storage tank proposed for the slle by the County DOW. The project

site is cllSsified as "Agricultural" by Ihe State Land Use Commission and Kauai County General Plan.

Development oflhe water tank will involve installing. 70-fool diameter and 20-fool high concrete water

reservoir alld 16-inch piping.

PlelSe provide us with any comments you may have regarding this project. Your early resporise would be


Please call us at (808) 944-182 I if you have any questions.

Sincerely,


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• STATE OF HAWAII OEPI'RTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAl RESOURCES

COMMISSION ON WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT p.o aoXl2t

HONOlUlU. HAWA" 96emt

Seplember 22, 2006

~REOI'H J. CHING lWEI A. FAAlfER NEAl 5 FUJIWARA

CHrYOME l fUICffO. fill 0 lAWRENCE H. MIlKE. M.D., J 0

STEPHANI! A MfAlEN

REF: Omao Siorage Tank.dea.dr

Ms. lynn Malinger Fukunaga & A.soclales, Inc. 1388 Kapiolani Blvd .. 2"" Floor Honclulu, HI 9'3814

Deer Ms. Malinger:

SUBJECT:

FilE NO.'

Pre-Assessmenl ConsultaUon for Draft Environmental Assessment 0.5 Minion Gallon Omao Waler Siorage Tank Conslruction

Thank you for Ihe opporlunlty to review Ihe subject document. The Commission on Waler Resource Management (CWRM) is Ihe agency responsible for administering Ihe Siale Waler Code (Coda). Under the Code, an walers of Ihe Siale are held In Irust for the benefit of Ihe cilizens of Ihe Siale, therefore, all waler use Is subject 10 legally protected waler rights. CWRM strongly promotes the efficient use of Hawafi's water resources through conservallon measures and appropriate resource management. For more informallon, please refer to the Slate Waler Code, Chapler 17~C, HawaII Revised Slatules, and HawaII Adminlstrallve /lules, Chaplersl3-167 10 13-171. These documents are 8wtllable via the Internet at ht",://www.hawaii.govldlnrlcwnn.

Our comments related to water resources are checked 0" below.

!81 1. We recommend coordination wllh Ihe county 10 incorporale this projecl inlo the county's Water Use and Developmenl Plan. Please conlacllhe respective Planning Departmenl snd/or Departmenl 01 Water Supply lor lurther information.

o 2. We recommend ooordfnalion wllh lhe Engineering DIvi.1on bf Ihe Stale Department 01 land and Natural Resources to incorporale this project into the Slate Water Projects Plan.

o 3 There may be the potential for gnound or surfsce water degradallon/conlaminallon and recommend that approvals lor this proJeeI be conditioned upon a review by the Siale Deparlmenl of Health and Ihe developer's acceptance of any resulling requirements relaled 10 waler quality.

Permits required by CWBM: Addillonaf information and lorms are avanable at www.f.aweH,govld/nrfcwrrn.ofonns.hlm. o 4. The proposed waler supply source for Ihe project i.located in B deslgnaled ground-water managementsrea,

and a Water Use Permil is required prior to use of ground waler,

o 5. A Wen Conslrucllon Permll(.) is (are) required before lhe commencemenl of any well conslrucllon work.

o 6. A Pump installation Permit(s) is (are) required before ground waler is developed as a source 01 supply for lhe projecl.

DRF-ON 0310212006

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o 7. There is (are) well(s) located on or adjacent to Ihis project. If wells ere not planned 10 be used and win be affected by any new conslruction, Ihey must be properly abandoned and sealed. A permn for wen abandonment must be obtained.

o 8. Ground-waler withdrawals from Ihis project may affect slreamnows, which may require an Inslream now standard amendment.

o 9. A Stream Channel Alteralion Permlt(s) is (are) required before any alteralion can be made 10 the bed and/or banks or a slream channel.

o 10. A siream DIversion Works Permlt(s) is (are) required before any slream diversion works is conslructed or altered.

o 11. A Petllion to Amend the Inlerlm Inslream Flow Standard is required for any new or expanded diversion(s) of surface waler.

o 12. The planned source of water tor this project has not been identified In this report. Therelore, we cannot determine whal permits or petillons are required rrom our office, or whether there are potential Impacts 10 water resources.

o 13. We recommend Ihatthe report Identify leasible alternative non-potable waler resources, Including reclaimed waslewater.

o OHlER:

II Ihere are any quesllons, plea.e conlactlenore Nakama al 587-0218.

LN:s.

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W.f7/-i '"

DEAN A. NAKANO Acting Deputy Director

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September 18. 2006

Mr. Dan Polhemus. Administrator

DLNR Division of Aquatic Resources

1151 Punchbowl Street. Room 330

Honolulu, HI 96813

SUBJECT: Pre-Assessment Consultation for Drall Environmental Assessment

0.5 Million Gallon Omao Water Storage Tank Construclion

Dear IvIr. Polhemus:



Omao water storage tank to enhance storage in the Lawai-Omao Water System. The project site. identified as

TMK: 2-5-1 :002. is approximately one mile north ofOmao. east of the Lihue.Koloa Forest Reserve. and

mountain side ofKaunualii Highway. See the attached figure for the location.

There are currently Iwo wells and a 0.1 million gallon waler storage tank being constructed by • privale

developer in the vicinity of this Omao water storage tank project. This drall environment assessment covers

only the O.S million gallon Omao water slorage tank proposed for the sile by the County DOW. The project

site is classified as "Agricultural" by the Stale Land Use Commission and Kauai County General Plan.

Development of Ihe water tank will involve installing a 70-foot diameter and 20-foot high concrete waler


Please provide us with any comments you may have regarding this projecl. Your early respollse would be


Ple.se call us at (808) 944-1821 if you have any queslions.

Sincerely,

FUKUNAGA & ASSOCIATES. INC.

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September 18. 2006

Mr. Michael G Buck. Administrator

DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife

1151 Punchbowl Sireet, Room 325

Honolulu, HI 96813

SUBJECT: Pre-Assessmenl Consultation for Draft Environmenlal Assessment


Dear Mr. Buck:

We Ire presentl)' preparing the Draft Environmental Assessment for the Omao Water Storage Tank projcci

for the County of Kaual Department oC Waler (DOW). The DOW proposes to construct a 0.5 million gallon

Omao water storage tank to enhance storl.eln the Lawai-Omao Water System. The project site, identified as

TMK: 2-5-1 :002. is approximately one mile north ofOmao. east of the Lihue-Koloa Forest Reserve, and

mountain side of Kaunualil Highway. See the attached figure Cor the location.

There are currently two wells and a 0.1 million gallon water storage tank being constructed by • private

developer in the vicinity of this Omao _er storage tank project, This draft environnICnt assessment covers

only the 0.5 million gallon Omao water slora.e lank proposed Cor the site by the County DOW. The project

site is classified as "Agricultural" by the State Land Use Commission and Kauli County General Plan.

Development of the waler tank will involve installing a 70-foot diameter and 20.foot high concrete water


Please provide us with any comments you may have regarding this project. Your early response would be


Please call us at (808) 944-1821 if you have any questions.

Sincerely.


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STATE OF HAWAII


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Ms. Lynn Malinger Fukunaga & Associates. Inc. 1388 Kapiolani Boulevard. 2 .... Floor Honolulu. Hawaii 967814

Dear Ms. Malinger:

1151 pl)f'JCUeOWl STREET

HONOU.n...U. ,..AWAI19e813

September 22. 2006

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Subject: Pre-Assessment Consultation for Draft Environmental Assessment 0.5 Million-Gallon Omao Water Storage Tank Construction. TMK: 2-5-1:002.

We appreciate the opportunity to comment on your subject request. OOFA W does not ha\'e any objections to your proposed project. Thank you for allowing us to review your preconsultation notice for th is project.

KaURi DOFAW

Sincerely yours.

L-Prtd. ('U7(~ Paul J. Conry Administrator

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September 18. 2006

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Mr. Eric T. Hirano. Chief Engineer

DLNR Engineering Division

1151 Punchbowl Street, Room 221

Honolulu. 111 96813

SUBJECT:

Dear Mr. llirano:

rr.-Asse~sm.nt Consllltation for Draft Environmental Assessment

O.S Million G.l1on Omao Wat<r Storage Tank Construction

We are pre~.ntly preparing the Draft Environmental Assessment for the Omao Water Storage Tank project

for the County of Kallai Department of Water (DOW). The DOW propos .. to construct a 0.5 million gallon

Oman water storage tank to enhance stnrage in the Lawai-Omao Water System. The project site, identified .,

TMK: 2-5-1 :002. i~ approximately one mile north of Oman • ... t of the Llhlle-Koloa Fore51 Rese,..e. and

mnuntain side nfKallnualii Highway. See the attached figure for the lacetion.

There are currently two wells and a 0.1 million gallon \Yater storage tank being constructed by a private

developer in the vicinity ofthis Omao water storage tank pT~ject. This draft environment asse!'!m1ent cover\l:

only the 0.5 million gol1on Omao water storage tank proposed for the site by the County DOW. The project

site i. classified as "Agricultural" by the State Land Use Commission and Kauai County General Plan.

Development oflhe water tank will involve installing a10-foot diameter and 20-foot high concrete wat ..

re..ervoir and 16-inch piping.

rl .. ,e provide us with any cnmments you may have regarding this project. Your early respon~e would he


Plea.e can us at (808) 944-1821 if you have any questions.

Sincerely,


Lynn Malinger

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September 18, 2006

Ms. Dierdre S. Mamiya. Administrator

DLNR Land Division

1151 Punchbowl Street. Room 220

Honolulu, HI 96813

SUBJECT:

Dear Ms. Mamiya:

Pre· Assessment Consultation for Draft Environmental Assessment

0.5 Million Gallon Om80 Water Storage Tank Construction


for Ihe County ofKauai Department of Water (DOW). The DOW proposes to construct a 0.5 million gallon


TMK: 2·5·1 :002, is approximately one mile norlh of Omao, east of the Lihue-Koloa Forest Reserve, and

mounlain side of Kaunualii Highway. See the atlached figure for Ihe location.



only the 0.5 million gallon Omao water storage tank proposed for the sile by the Count)' DOW. The projeci

site is classified as "Agricultural" by the State Land Use Commission and Kauai County General Plan.

Development of the waler tank will involve inslalling a10-foot diameter and 20·foot high concrete water


Please provide us with an)' comments YOII may have regarding this projecl. Your early response would be

greally appreciated.

Please call us at (808) 944·1821 if)'ou have an)' questions.

Sincerely,


~~¥ Lynn Malinger

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Seplember 18, 2006

Mr. Michael Lauretz

DLNR Land· Kauai District Land Ornce

3060 Eiwa Street, Room 306

Lihue, HI 96766

SUBJECT:

Dear Mr. Lauretz:

Pre·Assessment Consultalion for Draft Environmental Assessment



for the County or Kauai Department of Water (DOW). The DOW proposes to construct a 0.5 million gallon

Omao water storage tank to enhance storage in the Lawai-Omao Water System. The projecl site. identified as

TMK: 2·5-1 :002, is approximately one mile north ofOmao, east afthe Lihue-Koloa Forest Reserve, and

mountain side ofKaunllalii Highway. See the attached ligure for Ihe localion.

There are currently two wells and a 0.1 million gallon waler storage tank being constructed by a private

developer in Ihe vicinity of this Omao water storage tank project. This droll environment assessmenl covers

only the 0.5 million gallon Omao water storage tank proposed for Ihe sile by the County DOW. The project

site is classified as "Agricultural" by Ihe State Land Use Commission and Kauai County General Plan.

Development of the water tank will involve installing a 10-foot diameter and 20-foot high concrete waler

reservoir and 1.6·inch piping.

Please provide us wilh any comments you ma), ha,'e regarding Ihis project. Your early response would be


Please call us at (808) 944·1821 if you have any questions.

Sincerely,


~ Attachmenl

RSF/LKMllm

1388 KAPIOlANI BLVD. 1 2ND FLOOR 1 HONOLULU. HI 96814 1 PH. (808) 94'·18211 FAX (80B) 9<16·93391 [email protected]/www.fainc.org

Seplember 18, 2006

Ms. Nancy McMahon

DLNR Hisloric Preservalion Division. Kanai Office

5532 Tapa Streef

Koloa. 111 96756

SllR.lECT: Pre-Assess men I Consultation for Draft Environmental Assessment

0.5 Million Gallon Omao Water Storage Tank ConMruction

Dear Ms. McMahon:

\Ve are presently preparing the Draft Environmental Assessment ror the Omao Water S[orage TRnk project

for the COllnty of Kauai Derartment or Water (DOW). The DOW proposes to construct a 0.5 million gallon

0"'"0 ",ater storage. tank to enhance storage in the Lawai~Omao WaleI' System. The project site. identified as

TMK: 2·5·1 :002. is approximalely one mile north ofOmao. east orthe Lihue-Koloa Forest Reserve, and

mountain side or Kallnualii Highw.y. See the attached figure ror the location.

There are currently two wel1s and a 0.1 million gallon water storage tank being constructed by a private

develorer in the vicinity of this Omao water storage tank pr~ject. This dran environment a!llseS~l1lent cover~

only the 0.5 million gallon Omao water .torage tank proposed r", the site by the County DOW. The project

~ite is dassiOed as "AgriculturRI" by the SIRte LRnd Use Commission and Kauai County General Plan.

Development of the wftt~r hmk will inv01ve installing B 70-foot diameter Rnd 20-foot high concrete water

re.ervoir and 16·inch piping.

Please provide tiS with nny comments you may have regarding this project. Your early respons. would be

greall)' Rppreciated.

Pie ••• c·.llus at (808) '144-1821 iryou have any questions.

Sincerely,

FUKUNAGA &. ASSOCIATES. INC.

-~~-Lyn" Malinger

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STATE OFHAWAIl DEPARTM.ENT OF LA/'ID AND NATURAL RESOURCES

October 2, 2006

Lynn Malinger Fukunaga & Associates, Inc. 1388 Kapioloani Blvd, 2"" Floor Honolulu, Hawaii 96814

Dear Ms. Malinger:

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LOG NO: 2006.3208 DOC NO: 0610NMOI Archaeology

SUBJECT: Chapter 6E-42 Historit Preservation Review - Pre-Assessment Consultation on DrRft EA for.6.5 Million Gallon OmRo Water Stonge Tank Construction Omao AhupuRl, Koloa District, Kauai TMK: (4) 2-5-001: 002

TIle aforementioned project is for a new water tank.

We believe that "no historic properties will be Rrrected," because: 181 Intensive cultivation has altered the land D Residential development/urbanization has altered the land D Previous grubbing/grading has altered the land 181 An accepted archaeological inventory survey (AIS) found no historic properties D SHPD previously reviewed this project and mitigation has been completed

D Other:

'n the event that historic resources, including human skeletal remains, are identified during routine construction activities, all work needs to cease in the immediate vicinity of the find. the find needs to be protected from additional disturbance, and tbe State Historic Preservation Division, Kauai Section, needs to be contacted immediately at (808) 742-7033.

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September 18, 2006

Mr. Craig Koga

DLNR Na Ala Ilele Trails

3060 Eiwa Street, Room 306

Lihue, HI 96766-1875

SUBJECT:

Dear Mr. Koga:

Pre-Assessment Consultation for Draft Environmental Assessment



for the County of Kallai Department of Water (DOW). The DOW proposes to construct a 0.5 million gallon


TMK: 2-5-1 :002. Is approximately one mile nortb ofOmao, east of the Lihue·Koloa Forest Reserve. and

nlOuntain side ofKaunualii Highway. See the attached figure for the location.




site is classified as "Agricultural" by Ihe Stale Land Use Commission and Kanai County General Plan.

Developmenl of the waler lank will involve inslalling a 70-fool diameter and 20-foot high concrete "'Bter


Please provide us with any comments you may hnve regarding this project. Your early response would be



Sincerely,


Attachmenl

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September 18, 2006

Mr. Denis R. Lau, Chief

DoH Clean Water Branch

919 Ala Moana Boulevard, Room 30 I

IIonolulu, HI 96814

SUBJECT:

Dear Mr. Lau:

Pre-Assessment Consultation for Draft Environmental Assessment




Omao water storage tank to enhance storage in the Lawai-Omao Water System. The project site. identified as

TMK: 2-5-1 :002. is approximately one mile north ofOmao. east of the Lihue-Koloa Forest Reserve, and



developer in the vicinity ofthis Omoo water storage tank project. This draft environment assessment covers

only the 0.5 million gallon Omoo water storage tank proposed for the site by Ihe County DOW. The project

site is classified as "Agricultural" by the Stale Land Use Commission and Kauai County General Plan.

Development of the water tank will involve installing a 70-foot diameter and 20-foot high concrete w.t.r


Please provide us with any comments you may have regarding this project. Your early response would be



Sincerely.


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lINDA lINGLE GI'JIlf:mlOR(JF HAWAII CfllYOME l. FUMINO, M D.

0I'fF.C1Oft OF HEAl 'H

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STATE OF HAWAII DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

P.O. BOX 3318 HotIOlUW. HAWAn 96801·3378

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Ms. Lynn Malinge'r Fukunaga &. Associates, Inc. 13111! Kapiolani Boulevard, 2"" Floor Honolulu, Hawaii 96814

Oear Ms. Malinger:

October 4. 2006

Subject: rn'-Assessment Consultation for Draft Euvil'Onmentnl Assessment 0.5 Million Gallou Omao Water Ston.se Tanl{ Construclion

The Department of Ilealth (DOH), Clean Water Branch (CWB), acknowledges receipt of your letter. dated September 18, 2006, and associated documents. The CWB has reviewed the limited information contained in the subject document and offers the following comments:

I. The Army Corps of Engineers should be contacted at (808) 438-9258 for this project. Pursuant to Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the "Clean Water Act" (CWA) Paragraph 401(a)(I), a Section 401 Water Quality Certification (WQC) is required for "[a)ny applicant for Federal license or permit to conduct any activity inc.luding, but not limited to, the construction or operation of facilities, which may result in any discharge into the navigable waters .. ," (emphasis added). The term "discharge" is defined in CW A, Subsections 502( I 6), 502( I 2), and 502(6); Title 40. Code of Federal Regulations (C'FR), Section 122.2; and Hawaii Administrative Rules (HAR). Chapter II-54.

2. In nccordance with HAR, Sections 11-55-04 and 11-55-34.05, the Director of Heallh lila\, require the submittal of on individual permit application or a Notice of Intent (NOI) for . general permit coverage authorized under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES).

a. An application for an NPDES individual permit is to be submitted at least 180 days before the commencement of tile respective activities. The NPDES application forms may also be picked up at our office or downloaded from our website at http://www.hawaii.gov/healthlenvironmental/water/cleanwater/formslindiv-index.html.

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b. An NOIto be covered by an NPDES general permit is to be submitted at least 30 days before the commencement of the respective activity. A separate NOI is needed for coverage under each NPDES general permit. The NOI forms may be picked up at our office or downloaded from our website at: /!llp:llwww.hawaii.gov/health/enviroDmentaI/water/cleanwater/forms/genl-index.html.

i. Storm water associated with industrial activities, as defined in Title 40, CFR, Sections 122.26(b)(14)(i) through 122.26(b)(14)(ix) and 122.26(b)(14)(xi). filAR, Chapter II-55. Appendix BI

ii. Construction activities, including clearing. grading. and excavation, that result in the disturbance of equal to or greater than ol1e (I) acre of total land area. The total land area includes a contiguous area where multiple separate and distinct construction activities may be taking place at different times on different schedules under a larger common plan of development or sale. An NPDES permit is required hefore the commencement of the construction activities. [liAR, Chapter II-55, Appendix C]

iii. Discharges of treated effluent from leaking underground storage tank remedial activities. [liAR. Chapter I I -55, Appendix 0]

iv. Discharges of once through cooling water less than one (I) million gallons per day. [liAR. Chapter I I-55. Appendix EJ

v. Discharges of hydro testing water. [I1AR, Chapter II-55, Appendix FJ

vi. Discharges of construction dewatering effluent. [liAR, Chapter II-55. Appendix Gl

vii. Discharges of treated effluent from pelroleum bulk stations and terminals. [BAR, Chapter I I-55, Appendix BI

viii. Discharges of treated effluent from well drilling activities. [HAR, Chapter I I-55, Appendix I)

ix. Discharges of treated effluent from recycled water distribution systems. [liAR, Chapter II-55, Appendix J] .

x. Discharges of storm water from a small municipal separate storm sewer system. [BAR, Chapter I I-55, Appendix KJ .

xi. Discharges of circulation water from decorative ponds or tanks. [liAR. ChApter II-55, Appendix LJ

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3. In accordance with liAR, Section 11-55-38, the applicant for an NPDES pemtit is required to either submit a copy of the new NOI or NPDES permit application to the State Department of Land and Natural Resources, State Historic Preservation Division (SHPD), or demonstrate to the satisfaction of the DOli that the project, activity, or sile covered by the NOloI' application has been or is being reviewed by SHPD. If applicable, please submit a copy of the request for review by SIIPD or SHPD's determination letter for the project.

4. Any discharges related to project construction or operation activities, with or without a Section 401 WQC or NPDES permit coverage, shall comply with the applicable State Water Quality Standards as specified in HAR, Chapter II-54.

The Hawaii Revised Statutes, Subsection 342D-50(a), requires that "[11)0 person, including any public body, shall discharge any waler pollutants into state waters, or cause or allow any water pollutant to enter state waters except in compliallce wilh Ihis chapter, rules adopted pursuant 10

this Chapler, or a permit or variance issued by the director."

If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Alec Wong, Supervisor orthe Engineering Section, CW8, at 586-4309.

Sincerely,

~/N rJt,( DENIS R. LAU, PE., CHIEf Clean Water Branch

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September 18, 2006 -I Ms. June F Harrigan, Manager

DoH Environmental Planning Office

919 Ala Moana Boulevard, Room 312

Honolulu, HI 968 J 4

SUBJECT: Pre~Assessment Consultation for Draft Environmental Assessment


Dear Ms. Harrigan:

We are presently preparing the Draft Environmental Assessment for the Omao Water Storage Tank projecl

for the County of Kauai Department of Water (DOW). The DOW propo ••• to construct a 0.5 million gallon

Omao waler storage tank 10 enhance slorage in Ihe Lawai-Omao Waler System. The projecl sile, idenlified a.

TMK: 2-5- I :002, is approximalely one mile north of Om80, easl of Ihe Lihue-Koloa Forest Reserve, and

monntain side of Kaunualii Highway, See the attached figure for the location.

There are currenlly two wells and a 0.1 million gallon water storage lank being conslrucled by a privale

developer in the vicinity oflhis Omao water slorage tank project. This draft environment assessmenl covers

only Ihe 0.5 million gallon Omao waler storage tank proposed for Ihe site by Ihe County DOW. The project

site is classi fied as "Agricultural" by the State Land Use Commission and Kauai County General Plan.

Developmenl of the water tank will involve installing a 70-fool diameter and 20-fool high cOllcrete water


Please provide us wilh any comments you may have regarding this project. Your early respollse would be



Sincerely,


Allachmenl

RSF/LKM/tm

I

13B~.~PIOLANI BLVD. I 2ND FLOOR I HONOLULU. HI. 961114 i PH. (808) 944-1821 I FAX (808) 946-93391 [email protected] I www.fainc.org

September 18. 2006

M,. Genevieve Salmonson. Director

001-' Omee of Environmental Quality Control

235 South Beretania Street. Suite 702

Honolulu. III 968 D

SUBJECT: Pre-.-Assessment Consultation for Draft Environmental Assessmenl

0.5 Million Gallon Om80 Water Storage Tank Construction

Dear ~vfs. Saitnc'I1son:

We are presenlly preparing the Draft Environment_I Assessment for the Omao Water Storage Tank project

for Ihe County of Kauai Department of Water (DOW). The DOW proposes to coostruct a 0.5 million gallon

OI11AO water storage tank to enhance storage in (he Lawai-Omao Water SY.!iitem. The pro.ject site. identified n~

T~IK: 2·5-1 :002. is .pproximately one mile north of Omao, easl of the Lihue-Koloa Fore.,t Reserve. and

mountain side ofKaunual;; Highway. See the .ttached ligure for the localion.

There are currently two wells and a o. I million gallon water storoge tank being constructed by a private

developer in the vicinity of this Omao WAter stomge tank project. This draft environment asses~ment cover~


site is cla .. ilied as "Agricultural" by the State Land Use Commi5Sion and Kauai COllnty General Plan.

Developmenl of the water tlmk will involve installing a 70-fool diameter nnd 20-fool high concrete water

reservoirond 16-inch piping.

Please provide us \Vith any comments you may have regarding this project. Your early response would he

gre.tly appreciated.

Please call u" at (808) 944-1 R21 if you have any question •.

Sincerely,

FUK UNAGA & ASSOCIATES. >INC.

~~""1t'--Lynn Malinger

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September 18. 2006

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DoH Safe Drinking Water Branch

919 AI. Moana Boulevard. Room 30R

Honolulu. HI 968 I 4

SUBJECT: Pre-Assessment Consultatinn for Draft Environmental Assessment

0.5 Million Gallon Omao Water Slorage Tank Construction

We are presently preparing the DrBfi Environmental Assessment for the Omao Water Storage Tank project

for the County orKauai Deparlment of Water (DOW). TIIO DOW proposes 10 con.true! a 0.5 million gallon

Omao water storage tank to enhance storage in the Lawai-Omao Water System. The project site. identified AS

TMK: 2·5- I :002, is approximately one mile north of Omao. east of the Lihue-Koloa Forest Reserve. and

mOllntain side of Kaunualii Highway. See the attached figure for the location.

There are currently Iwo wells and a O. I million gallon water storage tank being constructed by • privat.

developer in the vicinit)' of this Omao water storage lank project. This draft environment assessment covers

only the 0.5 million gallon Omao water storage tank proposed for the .ite by the Counly DOW. The project

.ite i. cla •• ified BS .. Agricultur.I" by Ihe State Land Use Commission and Kallai COllnty General PI"n.

Development of the water tank will involve. installing a 70-foot diameter and 20-foot high concrete lVater

reservoir and I 6-inch piping.

Plea.e provide us with Bny comments you mal' have regarding Ihis project. YOllr early response would b.

greatly appreci Bted.

rieRSe call us at (808) 944-182 I if you have any questions.

Sincerely,

FUKUNAGA & ASSOCIATES. INC_

Lynn Malinger

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lINDA lINGlE GOVERNOR OF ~WA"

CHIYOME L. FUKINO, M.D. DIRECTOR OF HeAlTH

Ms. Lynn Malinger

STATE OF HAWAII DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

P'O.BOX 3378 HONOlULU. HAWAII 96801·3378

September 25, 2006

Fukunaga & Associates. Inc. 1388 Kapiolani Boulevard, 2~ Floor Honolulu, Hawaii 96814

t.."fNN Dear Ms. ~~~ger:

SUBJECT: PRE-ASSESSMENT CONSULTATION FOR DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAl, ASSESSMENT: 0.5 MG OMAO WATER STORAGE TANK (LETTER DATED SEPTEMBER 18, 2006)

We are in receipt of your above referenced request and offer the following comment. please make sure that any physical relationship between the County's proposed tank and the private developer's system is clearly identified, i.e. emergency connection only, no connection - private developer will create his own regulated public water system separate from l,awal-0mao system, future turnover of private developer system to KDOW, etc.

We have no further comments at this time and look forward to reviewing the draft environmental assessment. The Draft EA should be mailed to the Environmental Planning Office (EPO) at 919 Ala Moana Boulevard, Rm 312, Honolulu, Hawaii 96814. Attention: Mr. Jiacai 1.iu. If you have any questions regarding this response, please call Michael Miyahira at 586-4259.

Sincerely,

~~ STUART YAMADA, P.E., CHIEF Safe Drinking Water Branch Environmental Management Division

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Seplember 18, 2006

Mr. Steven Chang

DaB Solid and Hazardous Waste Branch

919 Ala Moana Boulevard. Room 212

Bonolulu, HI 968 I 4

SUBJECT: Pre· Assessment Consultation for Draft. Environmental Assessment

0.5 Million GaUon Omao Water Storage Tank Construction

Dear Mr. Chang:

We are presently preparing Ihe Draft Environmental Assessment for the OmBo Waler Siorage Tank projecl

for tbe County of Kauai Department ofWaler (DOW). The DOW proposes 10 conslrucl B 0.5 million gaUon

Omao waler slorage tank to enhance storage in the Lawai-Omao Waler System. The projecl sile, idenlified as

TMK: 2-5-1 :002. is approximately one mile north of Omao, easl or the Lihue-Koloa Forest Reserve, and

mounlain side of Kaunualii Highwa)'. See lI,e auached figure for Ihe localion.

There are currently Iwo wells and a O. I million gallon water slorage lank being conslructed by a privale

developer in the vicinity oflhis Omao water storage tank project. This draft environment assessmenl covers

only the O.S million gallon Omao waler storage tank proposed for the site by Ihe County DOW. The projecl

sile is classified as "Agricultural" by the State Land Use Commission and Kauai County General Plan.

Development of the water lank will involve inslalling a 70-fool diameter and 20-fool high concrele water

reservoir and I 6-inch piping.

Please provide us with any commenls you may have regarding Ihis project. Your early response would be

greally apprecialed.

Ple.se call us at (808) 944-1821 if you have any queslions.

Sincerely,


.~~~ Lynn Malinger

AUachmenl

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Seplember 18. 2006

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Office of lIawaiian A fTairs

3100 Kuhin Highwa),. Suite C4

Lihlle. HI Q6766

SUBJECT, Pre-As.essment Consllitation for Dran Environmenlal Assessment

0.5 Million Gallnn Omao Waler Storage Tank Construclion

\Ve Rrc prtsently preparing the Draft Environmental Assessment for the OmRO Water Storage Tank pr~iect

for the County of Knuai Department of Water (00\\'). The DOW proposes to construct a 0.5 million gal10n

Omao wAter 5torage tank to enhance storage in the Lawai-Omao 'Vater System. The proj~.ct site, identified as

TMK: 2-5·1 :002. is approximately one mile north ofOmao. east ofl1,e Lihue-Koloa Foresl Reserve, and

mountain side of Kaunualii Highway. See the attached figure for the location.

There are cllrreoll)' I\\'o wells and a 0.1 onillion gallon water storage tank being construcled by a privale

developer in the vicinity of this Omao water storage tank project. This drAft environment a.,-;Sessment covers

only Ihe 0.5 million gallon Omao waler slorage tank proposed for Ihe site by the Counly DOW. The project

.ife is classified as "Agricul1ural" by the SIal. L.nd Use Commission and Kauai County Gener.1 Plan.

Developmenl of Ihe water tank will invoh'e installing. 70-foot diameter .nd 20-foot high concrele waler


Plea5~ provide us with any comments you may have regarding this project. Your early response would be

greally aprreciated.

rlease call us.t (808) '144-1821 if you have any questions.

Sincerely,

FUKUNAGA kASSOCIATES. INC.

-~~-Lynn M alil,!!er

AUachmenl

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September 29, 2006

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Mr. Tom B. Shigemoto, Vice President

AkB Properties. Inc.

P.O. Box 430

Koloa. HI 96756

SUBJECT: Pre-Assessment Consultation for Draft Environment.1 Assessonent

0.5 Million Gallnn Omao Waler Storage Tank Construction

Dear Mr. Shigelnoto:

We are presenlly prep.ring the Dran Environmenlal Assessment for Ihe Omao Water Slorage Tank project

for the County of Kao_i Department of Water (DOW). The DOW proposes In construcl a 0.5 million gallon

Omao water storage tank to enhance storage in the Lawai-Omao Water System. The pro.jeer site. identified a~

TMK: 2-5-1 :002. is approximately one mile north of Om_a, east of the Lihue-Koloa Forest Reserve. and

,"ountain side ofKaunualii J.Jighway. See the attached figure for the location.


developer in the vicinity of this Omao water storage tank prQ.iect. l:his draft environment a~sessment COvers

only Ihe 0.5 million go lion Om80 water stor.ge tank proposed for the site by Ihe County DOW. The project

site is classified os "Agricultural" by the State Land Use Commission and Kauai County Gener.1 Plan.

Developmenl of the water tank will involve installing a 70·foot diameler and 20-foot high concrele waler

reservoir and 16-inoh piping.

Please provide us wilh any comments you m8y have regarding this project. Your earl)' response would be


Please call IIs.t (808) 944-1821 if you have any questions.

Sincerely.

FUKUNAGA k ASSOCIATES. INC.

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-A&B PROPERTIES. INC.

Honolulu, Hllw:\1i 96801·)+10 ww,,~abprop.t:om

Ms. Lynn Malinger Fukunaga & Associates, Inc. 1388 Kapiolani Blvd. 2'KI Floor Ilonolull1, III 96814

Dear Ms. Malinger:

Td (B08) 525·661' Fax (808) j25·8H7

October 13, 2006

Subject: Pre-Assessment Consultation for Draft Environmental Assessment for 0.5 MG Omao Water Storage Tank

As the landowner of the subject property on which the proposed water storage tank is to be located, we appreciate the opportunity to comment on the proposed project.

Please be advised that we are currently undertaking preliminary subdivision planning for this area (TMK 2-5-01: 2 and 8). Also, as noted in your letter of September 29, 2006, there is currently a 0.1 mg tank and two potable water wells being constructed in the vicinity of this proposed project by Kukui'ula Development Company (Hawaii), LLC, with the intent of ultimate dedication to the County of Kauai. In view of these circumstances, we would encourage the consideration of R service elevation for the proposed 0.5 Illg tank which could also serve our planned subdivision. Please note that we have had previous discussions with the County Department of Water regarding this matter.

Thank you for the opportunity to comment and we look forward to receiving the DEA lor review.

cc:

Sincerely,

~~ Vice President

Mr. Lindsay Crawford, Kukui'ula Development Company (Hawaii), LtC Mr. Clyde Kodani, Kodani & Associates, Inc.

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September 18, 2006

Mr. Jimmy Sone

Hawaiian Telecom

4040 Halau Street

Lihue, HI 96766

SUBJECT:

Dear Mr. Sone:

Pre·Assessmenl Consultation for Draft Environmental Assessmenl

0.5 Million Gallon Omso Water Storage Tank Construction

We are presently preparing Ihe Draft Environmental Assessment for the Omao Water S10rsge Tank project


Omao water storage tank to enhance storage in the Lawai-Omao Waler System. The project site, identified as

TMK: 2-5-1 :002, is approximatety one mile north of Omao, east of the Lihue-Koloa Forest Reserye, and


There are currently two wells and a 0.1 million gallon waler storage tank being constructed by a private

developer in the vicinity of tI.is Omao water storage tank project. This draft enyironment assessment covers

only the 0,5 million gallon Omao water storage lank proposed for the site by the County DOW, The projecl

site is classified as "Agricultural" by Ihe State Land Use Commission and Kauai Count)' General Plan.

Development of the water lank will involve installing a 70-fool diameter and 20-fool high concrete waler


Please proyide liS with any comments you may have regarding this project. YOllr early response would be


Please call us al (808) 944-1821 if you haye any queslions.

Sincerely,


Lynn Malinger

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MEMORANDUM

TO: FILES

FROM: Lynn Malinger

DATE: September 21, 2006

RE: Pre-Asses~l11ent Consultation for DraO EA 0.5 MG Omao Water Storage Tank Construction

Paul Togeokn, Hawaiian Telcom Kauai Engineer. leO a message stating that they have no cOl11ment. Telephone Number: 241-5054

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September 18, 2006

Mr. Ferdinand Pascual. Distribution Planning Coordinator

Kaua'i lsland Utility Cooperative

4463 rahe'e Street Suite I

Lihue, Kauai HI 96166-2032

SUBJECT:

Dear Mr. Pascual:

Pre-Assessment Consultation for Dran Environmental Assessment

0.5 Million G_IIon Omao Water Storage Tank Construction

We are presenlly preparing the Draft Environmental Asse,.ment for the Omao Water Storage Tank project


Omao water storage tank to enhance storage in the Lawai-Omao Water System. The pr(lject site, identified as

TMK: 2-5-1 :002, is approximately one mile north ofOmao, ea.,t of the Lihue-Koloa Forest Res ... ve, and


There are currenlly two wells and a 0.1 million gallon ",ater storage tank being constructed by a private

developer in the vicinity of this Omao water storage tank project. This draft environment assessment cover.~


site is classified as "Agricultural" by the State Land Use Commission and Kouai Count)' Gene,..1 Plan.

Development of the wat ... tank will involve installing a 10-foot diameter and 20-foot high concrete water

reservoir and 16-inch piring.

Please provide us wilh any comments you Inay have regarding this project. Your early response would he


Please call us a1(808) 944-1821 if you have any questions.

Sincerely,


~ f1;t---l~ Lynn Malinger ~ AUachment

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September 18, 2006

Kukuiula Development Company, LLC

P.O. Box 280

Koloa, HI 96756


0.5 Million Gallon Omao Waler Storage Tank Construction

We are presently preparing Ihe Draft Environmental Assessment for the Omao Water Storage Tank projeci

for the County of Kauai Department ofWaler (DOW). The DOW proposes to conslructa 0.5 million gallon

Omao water storage lank to enhance storage in the Lawai~Omao Water System. The projeci site. identified as

TMK: 2-5-1 :002, is approximately one mile north ofOmao, eaSI of the Lihue-Koloa Forest Reserve, and

mountain side of Kaunnalii Highway. See Ihe attached figure for the )ocalion.


developer in the vicinity of this Omao water storage tallk project. This draft environment assessmenl covers

only the 0.5 million gallon Omao water storage tank proposed for the site by Ihe COUlity DOW. The project


Development ofthe water tftnk will involve installing a 70-foot diameter and 20-foot high concrete water


Please provide us with any comments YOll may have regarding this project. Your early response would be



Sincerely,


~~fh«~ __ _ Lynn Malinger

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October 2, 2006

Lynn Malinger Fukunaga & Associates, Inc. 1388 Kapiolani Blvd., 2nd Floor Honolulu, HI 96814

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"AU""'S U\-'IN(; GARIl[N

Re: Pre-Assessment Consultation for Draft EnvirolUl1ent Assessment 0.5 Million Gallon Omao Water Storage Tank Constmction

Dear Lynn:

We acknowledge receipt of your letter September 18,2006 on the subject Draft EA and appreciate the opportunity to provide comments.

As the developer of the adjacent 0.1 MG tank and 16" transmission main we simply request that you coordinate your design with our proposed facilities to assure that it does not adversely impact our installations. Constmction of our adjacent tank and transmission line are currently ongoing and upon completion and acceptance will be dedicated to the DOW.

We look forward to receiving the Draft EA. If you have any questions please call Lindsay Crawford at 742-6304.

Lindsay Cra\\ford Project Manager

I.Chk

~UI.:UI·lJl.A IJEVEIOrfll£Uf t:()~II·AN'. ~II ':.\,'.11" II.(.

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1388 KAPIOlANI BLVD. 12", FLOOR 1 HONOLULU. HI 9681~ 1 PH. (808) 9~~·1821 1 FAX (808) 9~6·93391 [email protected] 1 www.fainc.or~

Seplember 18, 2006

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Ms. Catherine Stovall

K. Le~ 0 Kauai

4444 Rice Sireel, Suite 150

Lihue. HI 96766

SUBJECT:

Dear t-k Stovall:

Pre-As5:essment Consultation for Draft Enviro11lnenta1 Assessment


We are presently preraring the DraR Environmental Assessment for the Dmao Water Storage Tank project

for the Counly of Kallai Department of Water (DOW). The DOW proposes to construct a 0.5 million gallon

Om30 water storage tank to enhance storage in the Lawai-Omao Water System. The project site. identified as

T~1K: 2-5-1 :002, is approximately one mile north ofOmao. east of the Lihue-Koloa Forest Re.lllen'e. and

mountoin side of Keunuafii Highway. See the attached figure for Ihe location.

There ftre currently two wells and" 0.1 million gallon water storage tank being C<Jnstructed by a private

develorer in the vicinity of this Oman water storage tank proJect. This draft environment assessment covers

only the 0.5 million [<allan 0"'"0 "'at .. storage tank proposed for the site by the County DOW. The proJect

sile is classified as "A[<ricullurftl" (,y the Stale Land Use Commission and Kauai County General Plan.

Development of the water tank will involve inslalling a 70-foot diameter and 20-root high concrete water

r~~"'{lir and I {i-inch piping.

rlel't~e provide us with any comments you may have regarding this J'lr~iecf. Your early response would be

[<reatlyapprecialed.

Please call us at (808) 944-182 I if you ha"e any questions.

Sincerely.


-{}f;~~-Lynn Malinger

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September 25. 2006

Mr. Bernard Carlvaho. Director

Kauai Office of Community Assistance

4444 Rice Street, Suite 330

Lihue. HI 96766

SUBJECT:

De.r Mr. Carlv.ho

rre-Assessnlcnt Consultation for Draft Environmental Assessment


We are presently preparing the Drafi Environmental Assessment for the Omao Water Storage Tank project

for Ihe County of Keuai Department of Water (DOW). The DOW proposes 10 ronstrucl "0.5 million gallon

Omao wnter storage tank to enhance storage in Ihe Lawai-Omao Water System. The proJect site. identified "'

TMK: 2-5-1 :002. is approximately one mile north ofOmfto, east of the Lihue-Koloa Forest Reserve, Rnd

moun lain side of Kaunuam Highway. See the attached figure for Ihe location.

There are currently two wells and R 0.1 million ga1l0n water storage tank being constructed by a private

developer in the vicinity of thi~ Omao water storage. tank project. This draft environme·nl assessment C"over!!'




reservoir Bnd '6-inch piping.

Please provide us with any c.omments you may have regarding this proJect. Your early response would be


rlease call us at (808) 944- I 821 if you have any questions.

Sincerely,

FUKUNAGA &. ASSOCIATEg. INC.

~~ Lynn Malinger

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September 18, 2006

Center Manager

Koloa Neighborhood Center

3461 Weliweli Road

Koloa 11196756

SUBJECT: Pre-Assessment Consultation ror Draft Environmental Assessment

0.5 Million Gallon Omoo Waler Storage Tank Constnoction

We are presently preparing the Draft Environmenlal Assessment for Ihe Omao Water Storage Tank project

for the County of Kallai Department of Water (DOW). The DOW proposes to construct a 0.5 million gallon

Omao water storage tank to enhance storage in the Lawai-Omao Water System. The project site, idenlified as

TMK: 2-5-1 :002, is approximalely one mile north ofOmao, easl orthe Lihue-Koloa Forest Reserve, and

",ountain side of Kaunualii Highway. See the a"ached figure for the location.

There are currently two wells and a 0.1 million gillon water slorage lank being constructed by a private

developer in Ihe vicinity of Ihis Omao water storage tank project. TIlis draft environmenl assessment covers

only the 0.5 million gallon Omao water storage tank proposed for the site by Ihe County DOW. The projecl

. site is classified as "Agricultural" by the State Land \Jse Commission and Kauai County General Plan.

Developmenl oflhe water tank will involve inslalling a 70-root diamelerand 20-fool high concrete waler


Please provide u. with any comments you may have regarding this project. Your early response would be

greatlyapprecialed.


Sincerely,


~huA~~_ Lynn Malinger

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September I 8, 2006

Kauai Planning and Action Alliance

2959 Umi Street

Lihue, HI 96766

SUBJECT: Pre-Assessment Consultation ror Draft Environmental Assessment


We are presently preparing the Draft Environmental Assessment for the Omao Water Sto .. age Tank project

for the County ofKauai Department of Waler (DOW). The DOW proposes to construct a 0.5 million gallon

Om80 water storage tank to enhance storage in Ihe Lawai-Omao Water System. The project site, identified as

TMK: 2-5-1 :002, is approximately one mile north ofOmao, east of the Lihue·Koloa Forest Reserve, and


There are currently Iwo wells and a 0.1 million gallon water storage tank being constructed by a private

developer in the vicinity of this Omao water storage tank project. This draft environment usessment covers

only the O.S million gallon Omao water storage tank proposed for the site by the County DOW. The project

site is clusified as "Agricultural" by the Stale Land Use Commission and Kauai County General Plan.



Please provide liS with any comments YOIl may have regarding this projeL1. YOllr early response would be



Sincerely,


ff~~¥ Lynn Malinger

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Srpte",ber 18. 2006

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Ms. Yvonne Johnson

Omao Rood Community

3857 Om a" Road

Koloa. HI Q6751'

SUfliECT:

near Ms. 10hnson:

Pre-Assessment Consultation for Draft Environmental A~sessment

0.5 Million G.lIon Omao Water Storage Tank Conslruction

\Ve are ",resently preparinlt the Dran Environmental Assessment for the Omao \lo'aler Stontge Tank pr('lject

for the COllnty nf Kallai Departmenl nf Water (DOW). The DOW proptlses 10 conslruct A 0.5 million gallon

Onum waler storage t;tnk 10 enhance storage in the Lawai-Omao Water Systenl. "rhe pr~iect site, identified as

TI\IK: 2-5-1 :002. Is app,n,ilnale1y one mile north ofOmao. ea,1 oflhe Lihue-Koloa Forest Reserve. and

1110unlai" side ofKAunualii HighwAY. See Ihe attached figure for the location.

There nre currently two wells Rnd n 0.1 million gallon water storage hmk being constructed by a private

develo,.,el' in the vicinity of this 01111110 wRter ston,~e tank project. This draft environment assessment cnver~

onl\' the 0.5 l11i11ion gallon OmAo water storage tank proposed for the site by Ihe County DOW. The pro.ieet

site i~ chtssified I!lS "Agricullural"' by the StAte Land Us:e Commission and Kauai County General rlan.

De\'elopmenl of the water tonk will involve installing n 70-foot diamrter and 20-fMt high concrete water

r«ervoir and 16-inch piping.

Please provide us with any comments you mHy have regarding this proJect. Your early re~pol1se we'lllId he


Ple.se call tiS At (80R)9~4-1 ~21 if you ha\'e any que.!i(ln •.

Sincerely.

FIIKUNAGA /I:. ASSOCIATES. INC.

-~~~ Lynn Malin!!"

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MEMORANDUl\1

TO: FILES

FROM: Lynn Malinger

DATE: October 9, 2006

RE: Pre-Assessment Consultation for Draft EA 0.5 MG Omao Waler Storage Tank Conslruction

Yvonne Jolmson of the Omao Road Community called to confinn thai no work is required in the public right of way.

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September 18, 2006

UII Manoa Water Resource Research Center

2540 Dole Slreel

Homes Hall, Room 283

Honolulu, HI 96822

SUBJECT: Pre-Assessment Consultalion ror Draft Environl11ental Assessment

0.5 Million Gallon Omao Water Storage Tank Conslruction

We are presently preparing the Draft Environmental Assessment for Ihe Oll1ao Water Slorage Tank project

for the COllnty afKauai Department of Waler (DOW), The DOW propose, 10 construct a 0,5 million gallon

Omao water storage tank to enhance storage in the Lawai-Omao Water System. The projecl site, identified as


mountain side ofKaunualii Highway. See the allached figure for Ihe location.

n,ere are cunently two wells and a 0.1 million gallon water storage tank being construcled by a private

developer in Ihe vicinity of this Omao water slorage tank project. This draft environment assessment covers

only the O.S million gallon Omao water storage lank proposed for Ihe site by Ihe County DOW. The project

site is classified as "Agricultural" by the State Land Use Commission and Kallai County General Plan.

Development of the water tank will involve installing a 70-foot diameler and 20-root high concrete water

reservoir and 16-inch piping,

Please provide us wilh any comments you may have regarding Ihis project. YOllr early response would be



Sincerely,

FUKUNAGA & ASSOCIATES. INC .

.. ~~* Lynn Malinger

A"achmenl

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September 18, 2006

UH Manoa Environmental Center

2550 Campus Road

Crawford 317

Honolulu, III 96822

SUBJECT: Pre-Assessment Consultation for Draft Environmenlal Assessmenl

0.5 Million Gallon Omao Waler Storage Tank Construclion

We are presently preparing Ihe Draft Environmental Assessment for the Omao Waler Storage Tank proj.cl

for Ihe County of Kauai Department of Water (DOW). The DOW proposes to conslruct a O,S million gallon

Omao water storage tank to enhance slorage in Ihe Lawai-Omao Waler System. The projecl site, identified .s

TMK: 2-5-1 :002, is approximately one mile north ofOmao, east of the Lihue-Koloa Forest Reserve. and

mountain side ofKaunualii Highway. See the anached figure for the localion,

There are currently Iwo wells and a 0.1 million gallon water storage tlnk being construcled by a privale

developer illlhe vicinity of this Omao water storage tank project. This draft ellvironmenl assessment cover.

ollly the 0.5 million gallon Omao water storage tank proposed for the site by the County DOW. The project

site is classified as "Agricultural" by the State Land Use Commission and Kauai Counly General Plan.

Development of the water tank will involve installing a 70-fool diameter and 20-foot high concrete water


Please provide us with any comments you may have regarding Ihis project, Your early response would be

greatl)' appreciated.

Please call us at (808) 944-1821 if you have any questions,

Sincerely,


Lynn Malinger

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September 18. 2006

Mr. Lawrence Yamamoto. Acting Slate Conservationist

USDA Nalural Resource Conservation Service

r. C1. Rox 51}004

Honolulu. HI 96850

SUBJECT: Pre-Assessment Consultation for Dran Environmental Assessment

0.5 Million Gallon Omao Water Sforage Tank Construction

De"r Mr. Yamamoto:

We are pre .. ntly prep.ring the Dr.n Environmental Assessment for the Omoo Water Stora~e Tank project

for the Counly of Kauai Departmenl of Waler (DOW). The DOW proposes to conslruct a 0.5 million gallon

Omao waler storage tank to enhance storage in the Lawai·Omao Waler System. The project sile, identified as

TMK: 2·5·1 :002. is approximately one mile north ofOmao. easl oflhe Lihue-Koloa Foresl Reserve. and

l11ounl~in side I'1fKDunualii Highway. See the aHAched figure for the location.

There are currently two wells and a 0.1 million gallon w8ter storage tank being constructed by a private

devel('lre.r in the vicinity of this OIn~O water storage tank pro,iect. This draft environment assessment covers

only Ihe 0.5 million gallon Omao water storage lank proposed for Ihe sile by the Counly DOW. The projeel

site he classiOed as "Agricultural"· by the Slate Lnnd Use Commission nnd Kauai County General Plan.

Development of the water tank wilf involve installing a 70~rool diameter and 20-foot high concrtte water

rest'n'oir Rnd '6~inch piping.

rlea~e provide us with any comments you may h .. ve regarding this project. Your early response would be

greally apprecialed.

PI ... e enll U5 .1 (808) 944·1821 if you ha"e any queslioM.

Sincerel),.


~e~-/\llaehmenl

RSF/LKMilm

rU<LNAc-A&~rES, NC.

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September 18, 2006

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Commander & Division Engineer

U.S. Army Corps of Engineer Pacific Ocean Division

U.S. Army Engineer District, Honolulu

Building 230

Fort Shafter. HI 96858-5440

SUBJECT: Pre~Assessment Consultation for Draft Environmental Assessment

O.S Million Gallon Omao Water Storage Tank Construclion.

We are presently preparing Ihe Dran Environmental Assessmenl for the Omoo Water Storage Tank projecl

for the CounlY of Kauai Department of Water (DOW). The DOW proposes t~ construct a O.S million gallon

Omao water storage tank to enhance storage in the Lawai~Omao Water System. The pr~;ect site, identified a~

TMK: 2-5-1 :002, is approximately one mile north of Omao, east of the Lihue-Koloa Forest Reserve, nnd

mountain side of Kaunualii Highway. See the a!tached figure f~r the location.

There are currently two wells Rnd a 0.1 million gallon water storage tank being constructed by a private

developer in the vicinity of this Omao water storage tank project. This draft environment a.. .. se.O!;~ment cover!!

only Ihe 0.5 million gallon Omao water slorage tank pr~po.ed ror the sile b)' the County DOW. The pr~iecl

site is classined a~ "Agricultural" by the State Land Use Commission and Kauai County General Plan.

Development of the water tank will involve installing a 70~foot diameter and 20~root high concrete wate!"

re5ervoir and 16~inch piping.

Please provide us with any comments YOli may have regarding this project. Your early response would be

greatly "pprecialed.

Plea.e call us at (808) 944·1821 if you have any questions.

Sincerel)"


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September 18, 2006

Pacific Islands Administrator

U.S. Department of Interior

Fish and Wildlife Service

300 Ala Moana Boulevard, Room 3-122

Honolulu, HI 96813

SUBJECT: Pre-Assessment Consultation for Draft Environmental Assessmenl





TMK: 2-5-1 :002, is approximately one mile north of Ornao, east of the Lihue-Koloa Forest Reserve, and


There are currently two wells and a 0.1 million gallon water storage tank being constructed by • private

developer in the vicinity of this Omao water storage tank project. TIlls draft environment assessment covers

only the 0.5 million gallon Omao water storage tank. proposed for the site by the County DOW. The project

site is classified as "Agricultural" by the State Land Use Commission and Kanai County General Plan.

Development of the water tank will involve installing a 70-foot diameter and 20-[00t high concrete water


Please provide us with any commenls you may have regarding Ihis project. Your early response would be


Please can us al (808) 944-1821 if you have any queslions.

Sincerely,


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APPENDIXD DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT

COMMENTS AND RESPONSES


DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT COMMENTS RECEIVED r·· .... · ............ · ............ · .......... · .. · ...................................... .................................................. ................................. . ................. -......... · ...... T ........ · ................ · .......... · .. · .. ·· .......... · .. ·· .... ··........................................................ .. ........ ·1

I Review Agency/Organization I Response provided I ! ! i

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I A&B Properties, Inc. 0 f· .......... · ............... -.......... .... ..... ........................................................ ................................................. .. ..................................................................................................................... ;

i DoH Office of Environmental Quality Control 0 ! ............................................ ........................................ .. ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ L ................................................................................................. _ ........................................ 1

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..... yOR

GARYK.HEU ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER COUNTY OF KAUA'I

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS

Fukunaga & Associates, Inc. 1388 Kapi'olani Blvd 2nd floor Honolulu, III 96814

4444 RICE STREET MO'IKEHA BUILDING, SUITE 275

lIHU'E, KAUA'I, HAWA/'I 96766·1340

June 29, 2007

A TrENTION: Ms. Lynn Malinger

SUBJECT: DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT (DEA) Piwai 677' 0.5 MG Storage Tank, TMK: 2-5-1-002 Lawa'i -'Oma'o Water System

COUNTY ENGINEER TELEPHONE 241-6600

KYLAN K. DELA CRUZ DEPUTY COUNTY ENGINEER

TELEPHONE 241-8840

PW6.07.196

We reviewed the subject Draft Environmental Assessment (DEA), We have no further comments at this time. The Department supports the proposed project.

Thank you for this opportunity to provide our comments on the subject Draft Environmental Assessment. Should you have any questions, please contact me at (808)241-6498,

Very truly yours,

tf~owKc12 Wallace Kudo, P.E. Chief, Engineering Division

WK cc: Design and Pemlilling

Construction Inspection

CONCUR:

p..-~ K":::;> 1 DONALb M, FUJIMO~, P,E. County Engineer

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Ms, Lynn Malinger Fukunaga & Anodates 1386 Kaplalanl Boulevard Honolulu HI 98814

Dear Ma. Malinger:

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• STATE OF HAWAII OEPAR1>!ENT OF LANO ANO NATURAl RESOURCES

COMMISSION ON WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT P.O. aoX621

HONOlUlU, HAW". IUDIiI

July 9, 2007

SUBJECT: Piwai 6n 0.5 mg Water Storage T anlt DEA

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MEREDITH J. CHING JAMES A. FRAZteR HEALS.FU.IftIIIARA

CHIYOME l. f'UKINO. M.D. DONNA FAY K. Kf'f'OSAKI

LAWRENCE H. MnKE. M.D., J.D.

KEN C. KAWAHARA, P.E ."""IIIIICTOI

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Thank you for the opportunily to review the subject doaIment. The Commission on W_ Resource Management (CWRM) is the IlgeI1CY responsible lor administering the State Waler Code (Code), Under the Code. all waters 01 the State are held in lrust for lhe benefit 01 the citizens 01 the State, therefore, aU water use is subject to legally protected water rights. CWRM strongty promotes the efIic:ient usa 01 Hawaij's water resources through coRS8lV8tion measures and appropriate resource management. For more information, please refer to the Slate Water Code, Chapter 174<:, HaweII Revised StaMes, and HawaH Adminielrativa Rules, Chapters 13-1671013-171. These documenls are available Ilia the Internet al ht/p:lIwww.hawa;;.fpllrIInrIcwrm.

Our comments related to water resources are checked off below.

181 1, We recommend coordination with the counly 10 incorporete this project inlo the county's Water Use and Development Plan. Please contact lhe respeclive Planning Department and/or Department 01 Water Supply for further information.

o 2, We recommend coordination with lhe Engineering Division 01 the State Department of Land and Natural Resources 10 incorporate this project into the State Water Projects Plan.

o 3, There may be lhe potential for ground or surface water degradation/contamination and recommend that approvals for this project be condftioned upon a review by the State Department 01 Health and the develope(s acceptance 01 any resulling requirements related to waler qualily.

Permits required by CWBM: Additional information and forms are available at _,hawaii.govIdInrA:wrrnlfotms.hIm. 0... The proposed water supply source for the projed is located in a designated gro_er management area,

and a Water Use Permft is required prior to use 01 ground waler.

o 5. A Well Construction Permft(s) is (are) required before the commencement 01 any well construction work.

o 6. A Pump Instanation Permit(s) is (are) required belore ground waler is developed as a source 01 supply lor the project.

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o 7. There is (are) well(s) located on or adjacent to this project. If wells are not planned lobe used andwlO be affected by any new construction, they must be properly abandoned and sealed. A permit for_II abandonment must be obtained.

o 8. Ground-water withdrawals from this project may affect streamflows, which may require an instream flow standard amendment.

o 9. A Stream Channel Alteration Permit(s) is (are) required before any alleration can be made to the bed and/or banks of a stream channel.

o 10. A Stream Diversion Works Permit(s) is (are) required before any stream diversion works i. constructed or altened.

o 11. A Petition to Amend the Interim Instream Flow Standard is required for any new or expanded dlversion(s) of surface water.

o 12. The planned source of water for this project has not been identified in this report. Therefore, we cannot determine what permits or peUlions are required from our office. or whether there are potential impacts to water resources.

o 13. We recommend that the report identify feasible altemative non-potable water resources, Including reclaimed wastewater.

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Piwai Well Construction PermH. for Well Nos. 5629-01 & -02 have been extended three times and have expired as of May " 2007. Any work underway should be suspended pending reapplication. subject to fines of up to 55000 per day.

The project should not affect surface water.

"there are any questions. please contact Chariey Ice at 567-0251.

Sincerely,

Wf7H M

KEN C. KAWAHARA, P.E. Deputy Director

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Mr. Ken Kawahara, Deputy Director DLNR Commission on Water Resource Management 1151 Punchbowl Street, Room 227 Honolulu, HI 96813

Attention: Mr. Charley Ice

Dear Mr. Kawahara:


Thank you for your comment letter dated July 9, 2007 in response to the Draft Environmental Assessment (copy enclosed for your reference). The County will incorporate this project into the Water Use and Development Plan. With respect to Piwai Wells 2 and 3 (5629-0 I and 02), the Well Completion Report - Part II for the wells were completed March 21,2008_ We hope these responses are to your satisfaction. The Final Environmental Assessment will be forthcoming.


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fhank you for thc opportunity to review and comment un Dr"tl En\'jnmmental Assessment lor thc subjcct projcct. Our comments are attached.

1'1" ... "" call Mr. Glcnn Higashi of my staffat (808) 587-01l2 if you have any questions.

Sincerely.

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JUL-2J-2007 15: 11! From:OLNR ~ncs Blil85870115 To: 808'3469339

STATE OF HAWAII Oepal1ment of Land and Natural ResoUleeSi

DMSJON OF AQUATIC RESOURCES

MEMORANPUM

TO: Dan A. Polhemus. Adminisntor ~ FROM: Glenn It Higashi. Aquatic Biologist 6t'M SUBJECT: Draft Environmental Asseasment lor Piwai $10",g8 Tllnk Lawai-Omao Water System Comments Lynn Malinger R~~edBy: ~~~Fu~tu~M9~.=&~A~s~soo~·a~~~.~tn~c~.~~~ Date Of Request 6128107 Date Received: W3I07

Summary of project

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Brief Description:

Draft EnvinHlmental AII .... m.nt tOl" Piw.i 17l'! 0.5 MG Storage Tank I.awaJ.Omao W .. Syat .... Dl!p1ltiMnt of.,., CountyofKauai Omao, K.uaI- TIIK: z.s.1 :002

The applicant, County d Kauai, Oepanment d Water (DOW) proposes to cionstruct a 0.5 million galIOn (MG) water sIonIge tank ICJ enltolnce storage in the existing Lawai-Omao ~ Syatem. The proposed tank will connect to !he Piwal Wei Complex projKt. which currently is undti" construction in conjunction willi the Kukuiula development The Kukuiula development and the Piwai lNel Complex are being develOped by Kukuiula Development Company (HaWaI). LLC (KOCH).

This project de is situated apptOximately one mile north of Omao, mauka ..,ountain side of Kaumualii Highway. and 04 miles _I of the Lihue-KolOa Forest Reserve. The propQSed site is ~ with Tax Map Key (TMK) 2-5-1 :002. applOlCimalely 122.5 acres of land owned by ~ & Baldwin, Inc. ancIlts subsidiary. McBryde Sugar Company. Limited The area is currently undevelo~ and covered with a variety of trees. sivubs, and grasses.

The proposed project inVOlVes !he conslrUdion of a 0.5 MG reinforced conqrete tank. connecting pipelines. access road. and appurtenanl facilities lor lIIe DOW supervisory control lind data acquisition (SCAD") syatem

The proposed tank will be approldmall!ly 20 feel high and 70 feel in diameter, and wiU have a apillway elev.tion at 877.0 feet above mean sea leVel (msl) Chain link fence will be installed 10 secure the tankS site in eddition to intrusion alarms on the tank ha\dI and Piwai control tank aite gate.

Sixteen-inch. pipelines will inlerconnect the 0.5 MG tank to the 0.1 MG PiwaI control tank inflow and outflow 1 ..... 5. Paved acce •• wil be extended from the PiwaI tank service road to serve \he proposed tank. Radio telemetry link between \he proposed 0.5 MG tank and the DOW Central Operating Facility to an remote operadon and monitoring wiI be via the Piwai tank SCAD" system.

Comments:

The proposed project is not expected to have any significant impact on the equa\ic resource values in this area.

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LINDA LINGLE (lOYF.JI,JIIIOIMMAW",1I

STATE OF HAWAII DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES

LAND DIVISION

Fukunaga & Associates, Inc. \388 Kapiolani Blvd 2nd Floor Honolulu, Hawaii 96814

Attention: Ms. Lynn Malinger

Gentlemen:

POST OFFICE BOX 621 HONOLULU, HAWAII 96809

July 26, 2007

Subject: Draft Environmental Assessment for County of Kauai, Department of Water Lawai-Omao Water System, Koloa, Kauai, Tax Map Key: (4) 2-5-I:portion 2

Thank you for the opportunity to review and comment on the subject mailer. The Department of Land and Natural Resources' (DLNR) Land Division distributed or made available a copy of your report pertaining to the subject mailer to DLNR Divisions for their review and comment.

Other than the comments from Division of Forestry & Wildlife, the Department of Land and Natural Resources has no other comments to offer on the subject matter. Should you have any questions, please feel free to call our office at 587-0433. Thank you.

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~qVnMuJ ~ussell Y. Tsuji U Administrator

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MEMORANDUM

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LAND DIVISION c OF HAltAI/ POST OFFICE BOX 621

HONOLULU, HAWAII 96809

June 29, 2007

TO: DLNR AgeDcies: _Div. of Aquatic Resources _Div. of Boating & Ocean Recreation x En' . Division x Div. of Forestry & Wildli e

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Office ofConservatipn & Coastal Lands ~

~Land Division ~i'District

??-FROM: Russell Y. TSUJI SUBJECT: Draft Environmental Assessment, Lawai-Omao Water System LOCATION: Koloa, Kauai, Tax Map Key: (4) 2-5-I:portion 2 APPUCANT: Fukunaga & Associates, Inc. on behalf of the County of Kauai, Department of

Water

Transmitted for your review and comment on the above referenced document. We would appreciate your comments on this document. Please submit any comments by July 15, 2007.

If no response is received by this date, we will assume your'agency has no comments. If you have any questions about this request, please contact my office at 587-0433. Thank you.

Attachments

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('/we have no objections. ~) ~e have no comments.

( ) ~ached .. Sign~kJ Date: tj--,

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STATE OF HAWAU DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES

Ms. Lynn Malinger Fukunaga & Associates, Inc. 1388 Kapiolani Blvd., 2nd Floor Honolulu, Hawaii 96814

Dear Ms. Malinger:

ENGINEERING DIVISION POST OFFICE BOX 373

HONOLULU. HAWAII 96809

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We reviewed the subject document and we confirm that the project site according to the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) panel 1500020311E, dated September 16,2005, is located in Zone X. The National Flood Insurance Program does not have any regulations for developments within Zone X.

Should you have any questions, please call Ms. Suzie Agraan of the Planning Branch at 587-0258.

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Sincerely,

C'7~ ERIC T. HIRANO Chief Engineer

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STATE OF HAWAn DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES

LAND DIVISION

POST OFFICE BOX 621 HONOLULU. HAWAII 96809

July 18, 2007

Fukunaga & Associates, Inc. 1388 Kapiolani Blvd 2nd Floor Honolulu, Hawaii 96814

Attention: Ms. Lynn Malinger

Gentlemen:

Subject: Draft Environmental Assessment for County of Kauai, Department of Water Lawai-Omao Water System, Koloa, Kauai, Tax Map Key: (4) 2-5-I:portion 2

Thank you for the opportunity to review and comment on the subjcct matter. The Department of Land and Natural Resources' (DLNR) Land Division distributed or made available a copy of your report pertaining to the subject matter to DLNR Divisions for their review and comment.

Other than the comments from Engineering Division, Commission on Water Resource Management, the Department of Land and Natural Resources has no other comments to offer on the subjcct matter. Should you have any questions, please feel free to call our office at 587-0433. Thank you.

Sincerely,

a:.: Administrator

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STATE OF HAWAO I1lPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES

LAND DIVISION

POST OFFICE BOX 621 HONOLULU, HAWAII 96809

June 29, 2007

MEMORANDUM

TO: DLNR AgeDcles: _Div, of Aquatic Resources .-Ilrtv:OJ'Bi:IlItiIJl!'-&.Ocean Recreation

~Engineering Division._ x Bi •. oi Forestry & Wild' e _Div. of State Parks ..!..Commission on Water Resource Management _Office of Conservatipn & Coastal Lands

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SUBJECT: Draft Environmental Assessment, Lawai-Omao Water System LOCATION: Koloa, Kauai, Tax Map Key: (4) 2-5-1 :portion 2

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APPUCANT: Fukunaga & Associates, Inc. on behalf of the County of Kauai, Department of Water

Transmitted for your review and comment on the above referenced document. We would appreciate your comments on this document. Please submit any comments by July IS, 2007.

Ifno response is received by this date, we will assume your agency has no comments. If you have any questions about this request, please contact my office at 587-0433. Thank you.

Attachments

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DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES ENGINEERING DIVISION

Ref.: DEALIo .. liOmloPiwBi677'Tank KIUBI.57

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We confirm that the project sit., according to the Flood Insuranc. Rat. Map (FIRM), is located in Flood Zon. PI .... take note that the project sit., according to th. Flood Insurance Rat. Map (FIRM), is located in Zon. X. Th. National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) does not have any regulations for d.v.'opm.nt within th ... areas. Plea .. not. that the correct Flood Zon. Designation for the proj.ct sit. according to the Flood Insuranc. Rat. Map (FIRM) is _. PI.as. not. thatth. project must comply with the rul.s and regulations ofth. National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) pres.nt.d in Titl. 44 of the Cod. of Feder.1 R.gulations (44CFR), when.ver dev.'opm.nt within a Special Flood Hazard Area is undertak.n. Ifth.re are any qu.stions, pi .... contact th. Stat. NFIP Coordinator, Ms. Carol Tyau-Beam, ofth. Department of Land and Natural Resources, Engin.ering Division at (808) 587-0267.

PI •• s. b. advised that 44CFR indicates the minimum standards set forth by the NFIP. Your Community's local flood ordinanc. may prov.to be more restrictive and thus take preced.nc. ov.r the minimum NFIP standards. If there are questions r.garding the local flood ordinances, please contact the applicable County NFIP Coordinators below: () Mr. Robert Sumimoto at (808) 523-4254 or Mr. Mario Siu Li at (808) 523-4247 ofth.

City .nd County of Honolulu, Department of Planning and Permining. () Mr. Kelly Gomes.t (808)961-8327 (Hilo) or Mr. Kiran Emler.t (808) 327-3530 (Kona)

of the County of Haw.ii, Department of Public Works. () Mr. Francis Cerizo.t (808) 270-7771 of the County of Maui, Departm.nt ofPI.nning. () Mr. Mario Antonio.t (808) 241-6620 of the County ofKau.i, Dep.rtm.nt of Public

Works.

The applic.nt should include project water demands and infrastructure required to meet w.ter demands. Please note that the impl.mentation of any State-sponsored proj.cts requiring water service from the Honolulu Board of Water Supply system must first obtain wat.r allocation credits from the Engineering Division before it can receive a building permit andlor water meter. The applicant should provide the water d.mands and calcul.tions to the Engineering Division so it can be included in the State Water Projects Plan Update.

Additional Comment., Our previous comments dated July 3, 2007 (Copy attached), which was mailed dlreclly to Ms. Lynn Malinger, still apply.

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Ms. Lynn Malinger Fukunaga & Associates, Inc. 1388 Kapiolani Blvd., 2nd Floor Honolulu, Hawaii 96814

Dear Ms. Malinger:

ENGINEERINO DIVISION POST OFFICE BOX 373

HONOLULU. HAWAII 96109

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Draft Environmental Assessment

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We reviewed the subject document and we confirm that the project site according to the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) panel 1500020311E, dated September 16,2005, is located in Zone X. The National Flood Insurance Program does not have any regulations for developments within Zone X.

Should you have any questions, please call Ms. Suzie Agraan of the Planning Branch at 587-0258.

SA:ek

Sincerely,

C'7~ ERIC T. HIRANO Chief Engineer

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MEMORANDUM

TO: DLNR ACeacles: _Div. of Aquatic Resources _Div. of Boating &. Ocean Recreation .,LEngineering Division .1l.Div. ofFcm:stry &. Wildlife

~erResoun:eM_~ ____ ~., po &: COast8I LancIli ~ I'-Land Division ~; District

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APPUCANT: Fukunaga &. Associates, Inc. on behalf of the County of Kauai, Department of Water

Transmitted for your review and comment on the above referenced document. We would appreciate your comments on this document. Please submit any comments by July 15,2007.

If no response is received by this date, we will assume your agency has no comments. If you have any questions about this request, please contact my office at 587-0433. Thank you.

Attachments ( ) We have no objections. (""5 We have no comments. ( ) Comments are attached.

Signed: /~ Tj~ Date: tit 4

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DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY u.s. ARMY ENGINEER DISTRICT, HONOLULU

BUILDING 223 FORT SHAFTER, HAWAII 96858-5440

July 5, 2007

Civil Works Technical Branch

Ms. Lynn Malinger Fukunaga and Associates 1388 Kapiolani Boulevard, 2nd Floor Honolulu, Hawaii 96814

Dear Ms. Malinger:

Thank you for the opportunity to review and comment on the Draft Environmental Assessment (DEA) for the Piwai Storage Tank Lawai-Omao Water System Project, Kauai (Tax Map Key 2-5-1: 2). The following comments are provided in accordance with Corps of Engineers authorities to provide flood hazard information and to issue Department of the Army (DA) permits. We concur with the flood hazard information provided on page 9 of the DEA.

Should you require additional information, please contact Ms_ Jessie Dobinchick of my staff at (808) 438-8876.

Sincerely,

~r~ James Pennaz, PoE. Chief, Civil Works Technical Branch

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United States Department of the Interior

In Reply Refer To: 2007-FA-O 121

Lynn Malinger

FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE Pacific Islands Fish and Wildlife Office

300 Ala Moana Boulevard, Room 3-122, Box 50088 Honolulu, Hawaii 96850

Fukunaga & Associates, Inc. 1388 Kapiolani Blvd., 2nd Floor Honolulu, Hawaii 96814

JUl2 32007

Subject: Lawai-Omao Water System Draft Environmental Assessment

Dear Ms. Malinger:

This letter acknowledges the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's (Service) June 27, 2007, receipt of your letter and enclosure, requesting review of the Draft Environmental Assessment (DEA) for the "Piwai 677' 0.5 MG Storage Tank Lawai-Omao Water System." While the DEA states that "light fixtures which minimize light attraction by the endangered Hawaiian Petrel (PterodoMa sandwichensis) and the threatened Newell's Shearwater (PufJinus auricularis newell!) will be used," no specific details are provided. Therefore, we recommend that only fully shielded lights be used. We further recommend that the tank itself not be illuminated, i.e., light output should be controlled in order to keep the light in the intended area and not upwards or on the tank. We suggest you consult with Andrea Erichsen, Kauai Seabird Habitat Conservation Plan Coordinator at telephone (808)-346-3489 for a review of the final fixture types selected. For further information, please contact Bill Standley at (808)792-9400.

Sincerely,

~~~ ~ Field Supervisor

cc: Paul Conry, DLNR-DOFAW Andrea Erichsen, DLNR-DOFAW, Kauai District Thomas Kaiakapu, DLNR-DOFAW, Kauai District

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February 19,2009

Mr. Patrick Leonard, Field Supervisor U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 300 Ala Moana Boulevard, Room 3-122, Box 50088 Honolulu, ill 96850

Dear Mr. Leonard:


Thank you for your comment letter on the Draft Environmental Assessment dated July 23,2007 (copy enclosed for your reference). The tank site will not be iIlwninated; lights will not be installed. In the event that lighting is installed in the future, we note your recommendation that they should be fully shielded and that the tank itself not be illuminated. The Final Environmental Assessment will be forthcoming.


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Fukunaga & Associates, Inc. 1388 Kapiolani Blvd., 2nd Floor Honolulu, HI 96814

AnN: Ms. Lynn Malinger

July 18,2007

Subject: DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT (DEA) PIW AI 677' 0.5 MG STORAGE TANK LAW AI-OMAO WATER SYSTEM

Dear Ms. Malinger:

The subject DBA does not adequately addressed comments we made during the PreAssessment Consultation regarding the location of the proposed tank. As we noted, we are undertaking an agricultural subdivision of this same property and asked your consideratioD in siting the tank so as to benefit the subdivision. In order to adequately serve the subdivision, a tank at an elevatioD above 760 feet msl would be required. Section IV of the DEA "Alternatives to the Proposed Project", provides only a cursory discussion and does not adequately examine alternatives to the proposed location.

Although the DEA concludes that there will be no significant impacts for the proposed tank project, we are concerned with the longer term impact from the well that will be drilled to serve the proposed facility. In particular, the DOH has a rule that prohibits individual wastewater treatment facilities within a 1,000-foot radius of a potable well. Such a well will have substantial adverse impacts to the adjacent property on which our development is to occur. We understand that the subject DEA is not for the well but since the well is a related project, it is very important that the consequences be considered.

The DEA doe~ not indicate the development timetable nor funding source for the proposed tank and associated well. While the DBA indicates that the proposed project is situated on private lands owned by Alexander & Baldwin, Inc., there is no discussion as to how the land is to be acquired for the proposed project. Section VII of the DEA does not indicate the need for a subdivision of the property.

Thank you for the opportunity to comment.

Sincerely,

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Mr. Tom H. Shigemoto, Vice President A&B Properties, Inc. P.O. Box 430 Koloa, HI 96756

Dear Mr. Shigemoto:

Subject: Draft Envirorunental Assessment (DEA) Comment Letter Piwai 677' 0.5 MG Storage Tank Lawai-Omao Water System

Thank you for your letter dated July 18,2007 commenting on the DEA being processed by Fukunaga & Associates, our consultants for the subject project, and apologize for our late response. As you know, we were reviewing options to the tank overflow level which surfaced as a result of the completion to Kukuiula's Piwai 0.1 MG control tank. We offer the following responses to your comments:

I. Tank LocationlElevation: As stated in your letter, recent A&B planning has determined that a tank at an elevation above 760 feet msl would be required to serve A&B's agricultural subdivision. Locating the County of Kauai, Department of Water's (DOW), proposed tank at a higher elevation is not a cost-effective alternative for the Department and the Lawai-Omao community. The Piwai 0.5 MG Storage Tank is needed to address existing storage deficiency in DOW Zone 677 of the Lawai-Omao Water System. The subject project was conceived prior to and is documented in the long-range plan, Water Plan 2020, published in March 2001. Furthermore, the 677' 0.5 MG Storage Tank will be supplied by the two 1,000 gpm wells, which have since been completed by Kukuiula Development Company, and awaiting final approvals, subject to the resolution of the control tank issue. From an operational perspective, it is not cost-effective to install and operate a booster pump station to boost the water from the two new well sources and store it higher than 677' when the source water and storage are intended to serve the 677 Zone. Department of Water invites A&B to discuss and coordinate the additional tank required to meet A&B's projected needs.

2. Future DOW well: Previous discussion with A&B Properties lead the Department to believe that you did not have objections with a future well at this location, and we would like to further discuss this matter with you. However, this Envirorunental Assessment (EA) is for the tank project, although we would like to have the well site reserved at this time. The future well will have a separate envirorunental review process and will address the Department of Health's concerns of individual wastewater treatment facilities within 1,000 feet of a potable well at that time.

4398 Pua loke St. P.o. Box 1706. Uhue. HI 96766 Phone: 808-245-5400 Engineenng and Fiscal Fax: 808-245-5813. Operations Fax: 808-245·5402. Administration Fax: 808-246·8628

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Mr. Tom H. Shigemoto Sub.iect: Draft Environmenlal Assessment (DEAl Commenl Lener

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3. Development Time Table: Construction of the subject tank is anticipated to be in fiscal year 08/09.

4. Funding Source: Funding for the tank construction will be from County funds andlor the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Program, if available.

5. Land Acquisition: Subdivision of the property and related easements will be required. As communicated in the Tentative Approval from the Planning Department for subdivision S-2007-15 dated February 14,2007, prior to final subdivision approval, A&B must complete the conveyance to DOW of the Kukuiula wells and tank sites, water and roadway easements, and the proposed DOW tank site, related waterline and access easements. The Department of Water would also like to reserve an area around the site for the future well.

If there are any questions or concerns, please contact Keith Fujimoto at [email protected].

Sincerely,

Wynne M. Ushigome Acting Manager and Chief Engineer

KF:emi / c: Ms. Lynn Malinger, Fulrunago &. Associale,

4398 Pua loke St.. P.O. Sox 1706. U~. HI 96766 Phone: 808-245-5400 Engineering lind Fis,Ci" Fax: 808-245-5813. Optratlons Fax: 808-245-5402. Administration Fax: 808-246-8628

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July 23. 2007

Ms. Wynne Ushigome. Acting Manager and Chief Engineer Department of Water County of Kaua'i P.O. Box 1706 Lihu'e, Hawai'i 96766 Attention: Mr. Bruce Inouye

Dear Ms. Ushigome:

Subject: Draft Environmental Assessment (DEA) for Piwai 677' 0.5 Million Gallon Storage Tank. Lawa'i-Omao Water System. TMK 2-5-001: Portion 2. Omao. Kaua'i, Hawai'i

Our office has reviewed the DEA for the project noted above. We have the following comments:

Project Summary page (page behind front cover), Pre-Consultation: Please list each specific office within each County, State or Federal department that was consulted.

Page 9, Section II. C. ARCHAEOLOGICAL, HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL CONSIDERATIONS: Please include a copy of the archaeological report by Cultural Surveys, Hawaii, Inc. as an appendix to the Final Environmental Assessment (FEA) or include the URL of a website where the archaeological report can be accessed.

Page 12, paragraph 1, lines 4-5: Please provide graphics in the FEA which delineate the extent of the archaeological ground survey as the area to be disturbed is approximately. 75 (3/4) acre.

Page 12, paragraph 3, third quote. lines 3-5: In reference to the sentence, It is possible that historic ditches, flumes. pipelines. and other features related to collection of irri$ation water exist in the vicinity of the current project area., please show evidence that research was done to determine whether the specific resources exist within the project area.

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Page 13, Section II. C. ARCHAEOLOGICAL, HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL CONSIDERATIONS, paragraph 2 on page 13, lines 2-6: Please include a discussion relating to the possibility that the project site was used for cultural practices before access to the site was controlled.

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Page 17. Section III. PROBABLE IMPACTS AND MITIGATIVE MEASURES. B. LONGTERM IMPACTS. Item 6. Archaeological. Historical and Cultural Impacts: Please refer to the comments above for page 12, paragraph I,lines 4-5; page 12, paragraph 3. third quote. lines 3-5 and page 13, paragraph 2, lines 2-6.

Page 18. Section VI. HA WAI'I DRINKING WATER STATE REVOLVING FUND PROGRAM: Please add the National Environmental Policy Act 1969 (as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321, et seq.) to the list of Federal regulations which would have to be complied with if Federal funds are utilized for this project.

Appendix: Pre-Assessment Consultation (pages after page 26): Please include an index here of the pre-consultation letters that are included in the DEA.

Should you have any questions, please call me or Leslie Segundo, Environmental Health Specialist at 586-4185.

Sincerely,

J/~"pz- c:.~ George Casen Planner

c: Ms. Lynn Malinger, Fukunaga & Associates

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February 19, 2009

Director Office of Environmental Quality Control 235 South Beretailia Street, Suite 702 HonolUlu, HI 96813

Dear Director:

. Subject: Draft Environmental Assessment for Piwai 677' 0.5 Million Gallon Storage Tank Lawai-Omao Water System, 1MK:2-5-01: P0l1ion 2, Omao, Kauai, Hawaii

Thank you for your comment Jetter on the Draft Environmental Assessment dated July 23,2007. We off~r the following responses to your comments:

L The Project SIlIiUnary page, Pre-Consultation section will be revised to list each specific office within each governmental department.

2. Archaeological Inventory Survey {AISI of Three Proposed Well SitesandAppurtenances in the Vicinity of the PiWai Reservoir. Koloa Ahupuaa. District of Kona, Island of Kauai (TMK: 2-5-01: Por. 8), pecember 2002, and Addendum To An: AIS, Decemb~ 2004, prepared by Cultural Surveys Hawaii, Inc. (CSH) will be included ill Appendix A.

3: A sketch from the CSH AIS and the Addendum showing the project area for·the AIS win be included as Figure 9 and.Figure 10.

4. No specific resources/features related to collection of iirigation water exist on. the project area as indicated in the topographical survey sho~n on. Figure 3. .

5. The excerpt from the CSH AIS predicative model section win be expanded to includ.e dis.ctission onpossible past.Jand use in the area:

As the Judd account given above asserts, it is likely environs like the present project area were used for less intensive cultivation.of patches of sweet polato, pia,and wauke and the gathering of hala, kukui, and other upland resources. Remnants of i:lry-Iand agriculture or temporary field shelters assOCiated with· upland gardening or gathering and processing of forest resources tIre certainly possible.

6. Although the site historicany may have been used for dry-land agriculture and gathering, b(:cause sugar c.ultivation dominated the land use and the area has been private!yowned and· . restricted throughout. the twentieth century, cultUral usage of ~earea has been and continues to be restricted and therefore would not bt impacted.

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4398 Pua Lake St. P.O. Box 1106. lihue; H' 96766 Phone: 808-245-5400 E'ngI~g'and Fisca' Fax: 808-245-S813. OperarJons Fax: 80~24S-5402. 'Adrriinfstration Fax: 808-246-8628

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7.·NEP A will be added to the. list of cross-cutter regulations for the Hawaii State Drinking Water Revolving· Fund. . . .

8. Index to the Pre"Assessment CQnsultation letters will b(: included.

We hope. that these responses are to your satisfaction. Please contact Mr. Keith.Fujimoto at ·(808)24S~S449 if you have any questions. . .

.~. Wynne Me Usbigome Acting Manager and Chief Engineer

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