NOTICE OF CONSULTATION SECTION 106 OF THE NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION ACT OF 1966 AS AMENDED (2006) INTERSTATE ROUTE H-1 SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT PALAILAI INTERCHANGE TO WAIAWA INTERCHANGE HONOULIULI, HOAEAE, WAIKELE, WAIPIO, AND WAIAWA AHUPUAA, EWA MOKU, ISLAND OF OAHU FEDERAL-AID PROJECT NO. HSIP-H1-1(270) Notice is hereby given that the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the State of Hawaii Department of Transportation, Highways Division (HDOT) propose a Highway Safety Improvement Program project along Interstate Route H 1 from the vicinity of Kalaeloa Boulevard in the west to the vicinity of Waiawa Road in Pearl City in the east on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. The project intends to provide safety improvements on Interstate Route H-1 from milepost 0 to approximately milepost 9 to "reduce the number and severity of traffic accidents." Project construction elements will include minor guardrail work, paved shoulder rehabilitation / repaving, installation / replacement of milled rumble strips, installation of signage, addition of concrete curbs, and pavement marking rehabilitation. In addition, there are locations where work will require removal of sediment from existing swales and scaling of existing slopes for safety purposes. The Area of Potential Effect (APE) is approximately 110 acres. This includes the length and width of roadway right-of-way that is approximately 9 miles long and up to 100 feet wide. Pursuant to Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended (2006), Native Hawaiian organizations and Native Hawaiian descendants with ancestral lineal or cultural ties to, cultural knowledge or concerns for, and cultural or religious attachment to the proposed project area are requested to contact Mung Fa Chung, HDOT via email at mungfa.chung@hawaii.gov, or by U.S. Postal Service to the State of Hawaii Department of Transportation, Highways Division, Technical Design Services, 601 Kamokila Boulevard, Room 688, Kapolei, Hawaii 96707. Please respond by Friday, September 8, 2017.