2018 Petitioner’s Draft Environmental Impact Statement (“DEIS”)

Petitioner’s DEIS, Hawaiian Memorial Park Cemetery Expansion Project – August 2018

Part 1 – Signature Page, Table of Contents, Executive Summary, Chapter 1

Part 2 – Chapter 2 Project Need and Objectives

Chapter 2A (Chapter 2, pages 2-1 – 2-25)

Chapter 2B (Chapter 2, pages 2-26 – 2-54)

Part 3 – Chapter 3 Natural Environment

Chapter 3A (Chapter 3, pages 3-1 – 3-44)

Chapter 3B (Chapter 3, pages 3-45 – 3-88)

Part 4 – Chapter 4 Human Environment

Chapter 4A (Chapter 4, pages 4-1 – 4-54)

Chapter 4B (Chapter 4, pages 4-55 – 4-107)

Part 5 – Chapter 5 Infrastructure and Public Facilities

Part 6 – Chapter 6 Relationship of the Proposed Action to Land Use Plans, Policies and Controls, Chapter 7 Contextual Issues, Chapter 8 Consulted Agencies and Organizations, Chapter 9 Listing of Preparers, Chapter 10 References

 

Appendices

Appendix A – Environmental Impact Statement Preparation Notice Comments and Responses

Appendix B – Market Study, Economic Impact Analysis, and Public Fiscal Assessment of the Proposed Hawaiian Memorial Park Expansion Project – July 2018, Prepared by: CBRE

Appendix C – Draft Phase 1 Potential Rockfall And Slope Hazard Assessment Hawaiian Memorial Park Cemetery Expansion – January 2018, Prepared by: Geolabs, Inc.

Appendix D – Final Preliminary Engineering Report Hawaiian Memorial Park Cemetery Expansion Project – August 2018, Prepared by: Sam O. Hirota, Inc.

Appendix E – Botanical Resources Assessment for the Hawaiian Memorial Park Expansion Plan – January 2018, Prepared by: Maya LeGrande

Appendix F – Avian and Terrestrial Mammalian Surveys Conducted for the Hawaiian Memorial Park Cemetery Expansion Project – November 2017, Prepared by: Reginald E. David

Appendix G – Survey of Native Invertebrate Resources in proposed expansion of Hawaiian Memorial Park – July 2017, Prepared by: Steven Lee Montgomery, Ph. D.

Appendix H – Assessment of the Potential Impact on Groundwater of the Proposed Expansion of the Hawaiian Memorial Park – April 2018, Prepared by: Tom Nance Water Resource Engineering

Appendix I – Water Quality Report on Impacts to Kawa Stream from Proposed Expansion of Hawaiian Memorial Park – July 2018, Prepared by: Element Environmental LLC

Appendix J – Archaeological Inventory Survey for Hawaiian Memorial Park, Kāne‘ohe Ahupua‘a, Ko‘olaupoko District, Island of O‘ahu – August 2018, Prepared by: Honua Consulting

Part 1 (Pages 1 – 50)

Part 2 (Pages 51 – 87)

Part 3 (Pages 88 – 115)

Part 4 (Pages 116 – 147)

Part 5 (Pages 148 – 180)

Part 6 (Pages 181 – 229; Appendix A,B)

Appendix K – Draft Cultural Impact Assessment Report for Hawaiian Memorial Park Expansion Area, Kāne‘ohe Ahupua‘a, Ko‘olaupoko District, O‘ahu Island – August 2018, Prepared by: Honua Consulting

Appendix L – Environmental Noise Assessment and Prediction Report Hawaiian Memorial Park Kāne‘ohe, O‘ahu, Hawai‘i – May 2018, Prepared by: Censeo AV + Acoustics

Appendix M – Radius Map Report With Geocheck April 2018, Prepared by: EDR

Appendix N – Traffic Impact Analysis Report Hawaiian Memorial Park Cemetery Expansion – August 2018, Prepared by: Austin, Tsutsumi & Associates, Inc.

 

Public Comments on DEIS

The following public comments were received by the LUC either via email or regular mail.  Commenters should be clear that any comments should be provided to the DEIS preparer (Helber, Hastert, and Fee) in order to be reviewed and included in the final EIS.  The LUC does not forward on comments we receive as the instructions for comments indicate that they should go to the preparer with a copy sent to the accepting authority (the LUC).

Spectrum Hawaiʻi dated September 10, 2018 (via email)

UH Manoa, Water Resources Research Center dated September 11, 2018

City & County Dept. of Parks and Recreation dated September 19, 2018

Pat and Diana Lee dated September 20, 2018 (via email)

City & County of Honolulu, Dept. of Facility Maintenance dated September 20, 2018

City & County of Honolulu, Honolulu Fire Department dated September 24, 2018

State Dept. of Accounting & General Services (DAGS) dated September 25, 2018

City & County of Honolulu, Dept. of Design & Construction dated September 26, 2018

City & County Police Department (HPD) dated September 28, 2018

DEIS comments- C&C HNL- Honolulu Police Department (9/28/18)

DEIS comments- C&C HNL- Honolulu Fire Department (10/1/18)

Mike Deegan dated October 10, 2018 (via email)

Lisa Cabanting dated October 10, 2018 (via email)

City & County of Honolulu Board of Water Supply dated October 11,2018

Jesse Reavis dated October 15, 2018

Paul Zeisel dated October 16, 2018 (via email)

Harvey Franz dated October 17, 2018

Mary Louise O’Brien dated October 18, 2018 (via email)

Bill Sager dated October 19, 2018 (via email)

State Dept. Office of Planning dated October 19, 2018

Ruben Cruz dated October 19, 2018

Outdoor Circle – Winston Welch dated October 19, 2018

Ed Ho dated October 21, 2018

Greg Harris dated October 21, 2018

State DLNR Land Division; Water Commission dated October 22, 2018

Eric Nakagawa dated October 22, 2018

Kailua Neighborhood Board dated October 22, 2018

Liane Chang dated October 22, 2018

Linda Chang dated October 22, 2018

Mary Piette dated October 22, 2018

Outdoor Circle – Steve Mechler dated October 22, 2018

Rene Mansho dated October 22, 2018

Susan McBride dated October 23, 2018

Hawaii’s Thousand Friends dated October 23, 2018

LaniKailua Outdoor Circle dated October 23, 2018

Kathleen O`Malley dated October 23, 2018

Ellen Akaka dated October 23, 2018

Puanani Akaka dated October 23, 2018

Bettye Harris dated October 23, 2018

Chuck Burrows dated October 23, 2018

City & County, Dept. of Community Services dated October 23, 2018

James Makuakane dates October 23,2018 (via email)

Ryse Akiu dates October 23,2018 (via email)

Deegan dates October 23,2018 (via email)

Timothy Deegan dates October 23,2018 (via email)

Pat Newalu dates October 23,2018 (via email)

Kilolani Akiu dates October 23,2018 (via email)

Kevin Char dates October 23,2018 (via email)

Barry Wilmeth dates October 23,2018 (via email)

Nick Mayekawa dates October 23,2018 (via email)

Maralyn Tilley dates October 23,2018 (via email)

Ronel Makuakane dates October 23,2018 (via email)

Joyce Mayekawa dates October 23,2018 (via email)

Reyn Akiu dates October 23,2018 (via email)

Alicia-Maluafite dates October 23,2018 (via email)

Lehua Stevens dates October 23,2018 (via email)

Grace Perez-Manio dates October 23,2018 (via email)

Earl Canada dates October 23,2018 (via email)

Dean I Hazama dates October 23,2018 (via email)

U. S. Department of Interior, Fish and Wildlife Services, October 23, 2018

October 24, 2018

October 25, 2018

October 26, 2018 – The Sierra Club

October 29, 2018 – Department of Land and Natural Resources- Division of Aquatic Resources (10/29/18)