Consultation – Section 106 of The National Historic Preservation Act – Kekaha, Kaua’i

Notice is hereby given that the County of Kaua’i seeks to utilize federal funding administered by the United States Environmental Protection Agency EPA Brownfields Program to conduct a Phase II Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) project at the Kekaha Sugar Mill Lot B, Waimea Ahupua’a, Waimea District, Kaua’i, TMK: (4) 1-3-007:104.

The proposed project will involve surface and near-surface soil sampling throughout the approximately 10-acre Area of Potential Effects, which is the former Kekaha Sugar Mill Lot B, bounded by Kekaha Road to the north, residential subdivisions to the east and south, and the former Kekaha Sugar Mill Lot A, which contains nearly all former mill buildings including the iconic smokestack to the west. Project ground disturbance will include soil sampling (direct-push borings and limited hand auger borings). Each direct-push boring will measure 2-inches (5.1 centimeters) in diameter with maximum depth of 4.5 feet (1.37 meters). Each hand auger boring will measure 2-inches (5.1 centimeters) in diameter with maximum depth of 6 inches (15 centimeters). Redevelopment of the parcel is not part of the federal undertaking. Any planned redevelopment of the parcel will involve a separate, additional consultation and historic preservation review as required by federal or state law.

Pursuant to Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, Native Hawaiian Organizations and Native Hawaiian descendants with ancestral, lineal, or cultural ties to, cultural and historical property knowledge of and/or concerns for, and cultural or religious attachment to the proposed project area are requested to contact County of Kaua’i. Other individuals and organizations with demonstrated legal, economic, or historic preservation interest in the undertaking are asked to contact County of Kaua’i and share information you may have on historical and cultural sites.

Interested participants are requested to respond by January 30, 2025 and can contact Ana Española via email at aespanola@kauai.gov. Written comments also may be sent directly to Daniel Moher via email at Moher.Daniel@epa.gov or by U.S. Postal Service to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency – Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street (LND-2-1), San Francisco, CA 94105.
(TGI1478930 12/27, 12/30/24)