F2 - ATST

Cultural Surveys Hawai‘i Job Code: HALEA 2 Scoping Meetings and Section 106 TestimonyAgency/IndividualSummary of View and Cultural ConcernsNoActionMitigationSuggestionsForATSTNotStatedMitigationCommentsMs.MikahalaHelm“My concern is this: The meetings that are held -- that are scheduled today ortomorrow or the next day, I don't know which days you are having Section 106meetings, are limited to those who have submitted…Mitigation and minimizationproposals. My concern is where is the voice that you continue to hear this evening?Where is the voice in that DEIS, besides small little sentences that say theconsultation occurred?” “And so my concern -- I hope you will address this -- iswith how this whole DEIS comment period is being addressed, the sincerity ingetting our communities input both from Section 106 for Hawaiians and non-Hawaiians alike, then I think that we need to be sure that in the environmentalimpact statement that these are clearly listed there. The oral testimony andeverything must be listed there to show the depth of concern and support foravoiding this telescope on Haleakalā.” Ms. Helm also raised the concern that themeetings were scheduled the same weekend of the Maui County Fair and the SuperFerry meeting.XNoneNoneMs. VernaKaiulaniNahuluStates that she speaks for the children of Maui, and that they should be allowed tolearn all they can from this, “And as a Native Hawaiian, I see that there is so muchthat we were not allowed to learn because in our time our grandparents kept us tiedin with their past and we were not allowed to go forward into our own future.”None X NoneMs. VickiMcCarty“…I came from Lahaina. You've not had any meeting in Lahaina. You've ignoredplaces on this island that have much to say about this telescope. You've beendismissive here this evening about families and communities and organizations thatwait all year to raise money for their families and for their clubs and for their keiki atthe fair. ... You don't understand this community, and you don't understand what isat stake here. Shame on you. It's a sacred place. It is a sacred place. It is a sacredplace. Your own literature describes it as a sacred place.” Ms. McCarty is alsoconcerned about hazardous waste, “...What gives you or anyone the right to interferewith the cultural practices and the sacredness of this site? What gives you the rightto put an emergency spill plan in place and perhaps deny all of the children that willcome after us to enjoy the sacred place?”XNoneNoneAPPENDIX F (2): Supplemental Cultural Impact Assessment For the Proposed AdvancedTechnology Solar Telescope (ATST) at Haleakalā High Altitude ObservatoriesTMK (2) 2-2-07:00867