DRAFT Habitat Conservation Plan for HONUA‘ULA (WAILEA 670) KI HEI, MAUI PREPARED FOR: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Hawaiʻi Department of Land and Natural Resources APPLICANT: Honua‘ula Partners, LLC 381 Huku Li‘i Place, Suite 202 Kīhei, Maui 96753 PREPARED BY: SWCA Environmental Consultants Honolulu Office Bishop Square: ASB Tower 1001 Bishop Street, Suite 2800 Honolulu, HI. 96813 December 2012 DRAFT HCP for Honuaʻula / Wailea 670, Kīhei, Maui This page intentionally left blank © 2012 SWCA Environmental Consultants DRAFT HCP for Honuaʻula / Wailea 670, Kīhei, Maui TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION AND PROJECT OVERVIEW............................................................................. 1 1.1 Executive Summary ...................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Applicant ..................................................................................................................... 5 1.3 Regulatory Context ....................................................................................................... 5 1.3.1 Federal Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531-1544)............................................... 5 1.3.2 Federal National Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 4371 et seq.) ............................... 7 1.3.3 Federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 703-712) ................................................ 7 1.3.4 Federal National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470-470b, 470c-470n) .................. 7 1.3.5 Hawai‘i Revised Statutes, Chapter 195D ..................................................................... 8 1.3.6 Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes, Chapter 343 ....................................................................... 9 1.4 Project Description .......................................................................................................10 1.4.1 Project History .......................................................................................................10 1.4.2 Project Design and Components ...............................................................................10 1.4.3 Covered Activities ...................................................................................................10 1.4.4 Purpose and Need for Honuaʻula Project ....................................................................13 1.5 List of Preparers ..........................................................................................................14 2 DESCRIPTION OF HABITAT CONSERVATION PLAN .................................................................15 2.1 Purpose of This HCP .....................................................................................................15 2.2 Scope and Term ..........................................................................................................15 2.3 Surveys and Resources .................................................................................................16 3 ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING .................................................................................................17 3.1 Location, Vicinity, & Climate ..........................................................................................17 3.2 Topography and Geology ..............................................................................................17 3.3 Soils ...........................................................................................................................17 3.4 Hydrology, Drainage and Water Resources ......................................................................19 3.4.1 Surface Water ........................................................................................................19 3.4.2 Flooding ................................................................................................................19 3.4.3 Groundwater .........................................................................................................19 3.5 Environmental Contaminants .........................................................................................19 3.6 Land Use Designations .................................................................................................19 3.7 Vegetation Within the Property ......................................................................................19 3.7.1 Listed Plant Species ................................................................................................24 3.7.1.1 ʻĀwikiwiki .........................................................................................................24 3.8 Fauna .........................................................................................................................25 3.8.1 Surveys Conducted .................................................................................................25 3.8.2 Non-Listed Species .................................................................................................25 3.8.2.1 Birds ...............................................................................................................25 3.8.2.2 Hawaiian Short-eared Owl or Pueo ......................................................................26 3.8.2.3 Herpetofauna ...................................................................................................27 3.8.2.4 Mammals .........................................................................................................27 3.8.3 Listed Wildlife Species with no requested take ...........................................................28 3.8.3.1 Hawaiian Hoary Bat...........................................................................................28 3.8.3.2 Hawaiian Petrel ................................................................................................31 3.8.3.3 Newell’s Shearwater ..........................................................................................32 3.8.3.4 Hawaiian Stilt ...................................................................................................33 3.8.3.5 Hawaiian Coot ..................................................................................................34 3.8.3.6 Hawaiian Duck .................................................................................................35 3.8.4 Covered Species .....................................................................................................36 3.8.4.1 Blackburn’s Sphinx Moth ....................................................................................36 3.8.4.2 Nēnē ...............................................................................................................40 4 BIOLOGICAL GOALS AND OBJECTIVES .................................................................................42 5 ALTERNATIVES .................................................................................................................43 i © 2012 SWCA Environmental Consultants DRAFT HCP for Honuaʻula / Wailea 670, Kīhei, Maui 5.1 No-Action (“No Build”) Alternative ..................................................................................43 5.2 Alternative Preserve Layout ...........................................................................................43 6 POTENTIAL IMPACTS .........................................................................................................44 6.1 Estimating Project-Related Impacts ................................................................................44 6.1.1 Blackburn’s Sphinx Moth .........................................................................................44 6.1.2 Nēnē Direct Take ....................................................................................................47 6.1.3 Nēnē Indirect Take .................................................................................................48 6.1.4 Estimated Total Take for Nēnē .................................................................................49 6.2 Cumulative Impacts to Listed Species .............................................................................50 6.3 Assessment of Impact on Critical Habitat ........................................................................52 7 AVOIDANCE AND MINIMIZATION, AND MITIGATION MEASURES .............................................55 7.1 General Avoidance and Minimization Measures ................................................................55 7.1.1 Natural Resources Manager .....................................................................................55 7.1.2 Endangered Species Education Program ....................................................................56 7.1.3 Endangered Species Construction Contract Provisions (Including BMPs) ........................56 7.1.4 Pre-Construction Wildlife Surveys .............................................................................56 7.1.5 Fencing .................................................................................................................57 7.1.6 Best Management Practices .....................................................................................57 7.1.7 Roadways (Speed Limit) ..........................................................................................57 7.1.8 Seabirds: Lighting ..................................................................................................58 7.1.9 Management and Maintenance .................................................................................58 7.1.10