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ENT OF U.S. Qtd TyF FISH&WILDLIFE �yp United States Department of the Interior SERVICE FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE �gRCH 3 1sa� Pacific Islands Fish and Wildlife Office 300 Ala Moana Boulevard, Room 3-122 Honolulu,Hawaii 96850 In Reply Refer To: March 10, 2022 Service Ref.No.2022-0017083-S7 Susan Kunz Housing Administrator Office of Housing and Community Development County of Hawaii 1990 Kino`ole Street, Suite 102 Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Dear Susan Kunz: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) received your correspondence on March 1, 2022, requesting our concurrence with your determination that the proposed construction of the Hale Ola O Mohouli Affordable Housing Project in Hilo, Hawaii may affect, but is not likely to adversely affect the following federally listed species: • Hawaiian goose or nene (Branta sandvicensis) (threatened), • Hawaiian hoary bat or `6pe`ape`a(Lasiurus cinereus semotus) (endangered), • Hawaiian seabirds, including Hawaiian petrel or `ua`u(Pterodroma sandwichensis) (endangered), Hawai`i's Distinct Population Segment of the band-rumped storm-petrel or `ake'ake (Oceanodroma castro) (endangered), and the Newell's shearwater or `a`o (Puffinus auricularis newelli) (threatened). You have determined that the project will have no effect on Blackburn's sphinx moth (Manduca blacburnii) and the Hawaiian waterbirds, specifically the ae`o or Hawaiian stilt (Himantopus mexicanus knudseni). However, construction commonly creates temporary areas of suitable habitat for the ae`o (Hawaiian stilt) from standing water that forms from rainfall over compacted gravel and dirt used for construction. Therefore, we are including the species in this consultation to avoid the need to stop construction and reinitiate this consultation should the ae`o appear on site during construction. INTERIOR REGION 9 INTERIOR REGION 12 COLUMBIA—PACIFIC NORTHWEST PACIFIC ISLANDS IDAHO, MONTANA", OREGON, WASHINGTON AMERICAN SAMOA, GUAM, HAWAII, NORTHERN VARTIAL MARIANA ISLANDS