Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 17, Number 6, 1 Iune 2000 — Public Notice [ARTICLE]

Public Notice

ALL NATIVE Hawaiian cultural practitioners, or persons having knowledge of any such practitioners, who might be currently accessing the mauka portion of the ahupua'a of Kukuau lst, South Hilo District, Hawai'i Island — more specificahy, that 1 ,646-acre undevel oped parcel identified as TMK:3-2-4-08:33, whieh is simated south of the Saddle Road and the general vicinity of Kaūmana City Subdivision, Kaūmana Homesteads and Hilo Country Club Estate, and bisected by the old 'Ōla'a Plume Road — for purposes of exercising their rights of access and use for traditional and customary cultural practices are hereby requested to contact one of the following: G. Ululani Sherlock, community resources coordinator, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, 234 Waiānuenue Ave., Suite 104. Hilo, HI 96720, (808)933-0418; Paul H. Rosendahl, pnneipal, PHRI, 204 Waiānuenue Ave., Hilo, HI 96720,

(808) 969-1763; or P. Holly MeEldowney, History and Culture Section, Department of Land and Natural Resources-State Historic Preservation Division, Kākuhihewa Bldg. Rm. 555, 601 KamōkilaBlvd., Kapolei, HI 96707, (808) 692-8028. The property owner has petitioned the State Land Use Commission to reclassify the makai portion of the parcel (e. 885 acres) to Agricultural District, while leaving the mauka portion (e. 760 acres) in the present Conservation District designation. In connection with its petition (LUC Docket No. A99-729), the property owner is currently preparing an Amended Environmental Assessment (EA). All parties having information should respond within thirty (30) days of this notice and provide relevant information to one of the contact parties listed above so that all cultural concerns ean be adequately and appropriately addressed. ■