Environment and cultural assessments
Permitting activities
Environmental Compliance, Impacts and Permitting Plan
Overall Land Use and Environmental Permits and Approvals Strategy
174 Power Global has spent years working to find a suitable location to site an additional renewable energy project in the Kunia area, near our existing Hoʻohana solar project. The overall strategy for obtaining all required approvals in a timely and cost-efficient manner has involved :
Siting the proposed facilities in an area with which we are familiar. Because we have spent years working in the Kunia area, we are familiar with the surrounding communities, farming community, approval processes, and other important project development criteria
Creating a project that minimizes the amount of required ground disturbance and utilizing lands that are not being actively farmed
Continuing to interface with permitting authorities as we advance another project in a region that we know well
Collecting, reviewing, and extracting information from available reports and studies containing relevant information about the sites
Conducting reconnaissance-level site visits to confirm that conditions have not visibly changed since earlier studies and/or databases were prepared
Providing for site investigations to minimize the probability of encountering previously unknown adverse conditions late in the design/development process
Using special care and precaution in our out-reach to lineal and cultural descendants and other stakeholders who might have ties to the area and interests of a cultural nature
Results of the initial studies of biological, cultural, and historic resources indicate no adverse findings.
The project will be in compliance with all local, state, and federal requirements.
City Zoning and Land Use Classification
The Kupehau Solar project will be situated on agricultural lands designated by the State LUC as State Land Use Agriculture.
Discretionary and Non-Discretionary Land Use, Environmental and Construction Permits and Approvals
No discretionary approvals are needed. Hawaiʻi County requires a non-discretionary County Plan Approval.
Conditional Use Permit (minor)
Zoning Waiver Permit
Building Permit
Grading Permit
Listing of Permits and Approval
Building Permit & Grading Permit.
Preliminary Environmental Assessment of The Site (Including Any Pre-Existing Environmental Conditions)
A preliminary environmental assessment of the site has been conducted and the proposed sustainable resource poses no adverse environmental effect.
Cultural Resource Impacts
Kupehau Solar renewable energy development can be constructed in a manner that comfortably avoids impacting any known cultural, historical, or natural resources. Careful protocols will be developed with stakeholder agencies, individuals, and groups to ensure that in the event that historic or traditional cultural properties are encountered during construction of the project, work in the project area will cease until the State of Historic Preservation Division (SHPD) is notified and appropriate protocols are carried out.
Results of the initial studies of biological, cultural, and historic resources indicate no adverse findings.
