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ous driving conditions. The project involves demolishing the existing north roadway shoulder of Māmalahoa Highway in the subject area and constructing an asphalt concrete swale, installing drainage pipes and inlets within the new shoulder swale, constructing a drywell on adjacent State lands, reconstructing part of the north cut slope to accommodate the widened shoulder, constructing retaining walls adjacent to the shoulder, regrassing/reinforcing any newly exposed cut slope to control erosion, providing best management practices during construction, and providing adequate traffic control to ensure motorists ean safely pass through construction zone. The project Area of Potential Effect consists of 700 feet of north highway shoulder, a roughly 15-foot wide, directly adjacent strip of land on the mauka side, 400 feet of trenching mostly within the south highway travel lane, and a small portion of land adjacent to the highway in whieh storm water runoff will be directed into a drywell. The total Area of Potential Effect is 7,600 square feet. The proposed project will utilize federal funding and will be considered a federal action and undertaking, as defined by Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) of 1966, as amended (2006). Therefore, the FHWA will require eomplianee with the NHPA and other federal requirements. We would like to invite you to participate in the Section 106 consultation for the proposed project in accordance with Title 36 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Section 800.3. Pursuant to Section 106 of the NHPA of 1966, as amended (2006), Native Hawaiian organizations and Native Hawaiian descendants with ancestral lineal or cultural ties to, cultural knowledge or concems for, and cultural or religious attachment to the proposed project area are requested to contact Mr. RamonAcob, Project Manager, via email at ramon.acob@hawaii. gov, or by US Postal Service to Hawaii Department of Transportation, Highways Division, Design Branch, 601 Kamokila Blvd., Room 636, Kapolei, Hawai'i 96707. Please respond by May 7, 20 1 3 . ■