PUBLIC NOTICE

All persons having information concerning an unmarked Native Hawaiian burial present within TMK: (3) 1-4-028:033 a 2-acre parcel in Wa’awa’a Ahupua’a, Puna District, Island of Hawai’I are hereby requested to contact Jordan Calpito, Burial Sites Specialist, State Historic Preservation Division (SHPD), (808) 933-7650, 40 Po’okela Street, Hilo, HI 96720; or Alan Haun, Haun and Associates, 73-4161 Kaao Rd., Kailua Kona, HI 96740, (808) 325-2402. Treatment of the burial will occur in accordance with HRS, Chapter 6E. The applicant, Merrill Mazza, proposes to preserve the burial in place in accordance with a plan prepared in consultation with any identified descendants and with the approval of the Hawai’i Island Burial Council. All interested parties should respond within thirty (30) days of this notice and provide information to SHPD adequately demonstrating lineal descent from the Native Hawaiian remains, or cultural descent from ancestors buried in the same district. Family names associated with the property ahupua’a identified through historical document research include Pakaka (Grant No. 1363), and Manamana (Grant No. 2687).
(SA1143394 10/24, 10/26, 10/28/18)