DRAFT HABITAT CONSERVATION PLAN FOR HONUA‘ULA (WAILEA 670) KIHEI, MAUI JUNE 2018 PREPARED FOR U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources PREPARED BY SWCA Environmental Consultants DRAFT HABITAT CONSERVATION PLAN FOR HONUA‘ULA (WAILEA 670) KIHEI, MAUI Submitted to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 300 Ala Moana Boulevard, Room 3-122 Honolulu, Hawaii 96850 and Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources 1151 Punchbowl Street, Room 325 Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 Applicant Honua‘ula Partners, LLC 381 Huku Li‘i Place, Suite 202 Kihei, Maui 96753 Prepared by: SWCA Environmental Consultants Bishop Square: ASB Tower 1001 Bishop Street, Suite 2800 Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 June 18, 2018 Revised Draft Habitat Conservation Plan for Honua‘ula (Wailea 670) Kihei, Maui CONTENTS 1 Project Overview ................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Applicant ....................................................................................................................................... 3 1.3 Regulatory Context........................................................................................................................ 3 1.3.1 Federal Endangered Species Act ......................................................................................... 3 1.3.2 Federal National Environmental Policy Act ........................................................................ 5 1.3.3 Federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act ...................................................................................... 5 1.3.4 Federal National Historic Preservation Act ......................................................................... 6 1.3.5 Hawaii Revised Statutes, Chapter 195D.............................................................................. 6 1.3.6 Hawaii Revised Statutes, Chapter 343 ................................................................................ 8 1.4 Project Description ........................................................................................................................ 9 1.4.1 Project History ..................................................................................................................... 9 1.4.2 Project Design and Components.......................................................................................... 9 1.4.3 Covered Activities ............................................................................................................. 10 1.4.4 Purpose and Need for Honuaʻula Project .......................................................................... 14 2 Description of Habitat Conservation Plan ........................................................................................ 16 2.1 Purpose of this Habitat Conservation Plan .................................................................................. 16 2.2 Scope and Term ........................................................................................................................... 17 2.3 Surveys and Resources ................................................................................................................ 17 3 Environmental Setting ........................................................................................................................ 19 3.1 Location, Vicinity, and Climate .................................................................................................. 19 3.2 Topography and Geology ............................................................................................................ 19 3.3 Soils ............................................................................................................................................. 19 3.4 Hydrology, Drainage, and Water Resources ............................................................................... 22 3.4.1 Surface Water .................................................................................................................... 22 3.4.2 Flooding ............................................................................................................................. 22 3.4.3 Groundwater ...................................................................................................................... 22 3.5 Environmental Contaminants ...................................................................................................... 22 3.6 Land Use Designations ................................................................................................................ 22 3.7 Flora............................................................................................................................................. 23 3.7.1 Surveys Conducted ............................................................................................................ 23 3.7.2 Covered Plant Species ....................................................................................................... 31 3.7.2.1 ʻĀwikiwiki ................................................................................................................ 31 3.8 Fauna ........................................................................................................................................... 32 3.8.1 Surveys Conducted ............................................................................................................ 32 3.8.2 Non-Listed Wildlife Species ............................................................................................. 32 3.8.2.1 Birds .......................................................................................................................... 32 3.8.2.2 Herpetofauna ............................................................................................................. 37 3.8.2.3 Mammals .................................................................................................................. 37 3.8.3 Listed Wildlife Species with No Requested Take ............................................................. 37 3.8.3.1 Hawaiian Hoary Bat ................................................................................................. 37 3.8.3.2 Hawaiian Petrel ......................................................................................................... 39 3.8.3.3 Newell’s Shearwater ................................................................................................. 40 3.8.3.4 Band-Rumped Storm-Petrel ...................................................................................... 42 3.8.3.5 Hawaiian Stilt ........................................................................................................... 43 3.8.3.6 Hawaiian Coot .......................................................................................................... 44 1 Revised Draft Habitat Conservation Plan for Honua‘ula (Wailea 670) Kihei, Maui 3.8.3.7 Hawaiian Duck ......................................................................................................... 45 3.8.4 Covered Animal Species ................................................................................................... 46 3.8.4.1 Blackburn’s Sphinx Moth ......................................................................................... 46 3.8.4.2 Nēnē .......................................................................................................................... 50 3.8.4.3 Yellow-faced bees (Hylaeus spp.) ............................................................................ 51 4 Biological Goals and Objectives ......................................................................................................... 53 5 Alternatives .......................................................................................................................................... 55 5.1 No Action (“no build”) Alternative ............................................................................................. 55 5.2 Alternative Preserve Layout ........................................................................................................ 55 6 Potential Impacts ................................................................................................................................. 56 6.1 Estimating Project-Related Impacts ............................................................................................ 56 6.1.1 Blackburn’s Sphinx Moth .................................................................................................. 56 6.1.2 ʻĀwikiwiki ......................................................................................................................... 56 6.1.3 Nēnē ................................................................................................................................... 59 6.1.3.1 Direct Take ............................................................................................................... 59 6.1.3.2 Indirect Take ............................................................................................................. 60 6.1.3.3 Estimated Total Take for Nēnē ................................................................................. 61 6.1.4 Yellow-Faced Bees (Hylaeus spp.) ..................................................................................