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���NT OfT r <br /> 0..,-_--Q \f/�y„F, FISHs,IC yes <br /> 41-Flri,4) ,_., M United States Department of the Interior r71.4 <br /> w Kit <br /> = <br /> r !.',0.ii. Lt sf . i .h � <br /> t9 FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE 'may* <br /> Pacific Islands Fish and Wildlife Office <br /> 300 Ala Moana Boulevard, Room 3-122 <br /> Honolulu, Hawaii 96850 <br /> In Reply Refer To: MAR 0 6 2017 <br /> 01 EPIF00-2017-TA-0155 <br /> Mr. Michael Yee <br /> Planning Director <br /> 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Hwy <br /> Kailua-Kona, Hawaii 96740 <br /> Subject: Technical Assistance for the Construction of a Telecommunication Facility, <br /> Consisting of a 60-foot Monopalm and Related Infrastructure in Waikoloa, <br /> County of Hawaii. <br /> Dear Mr Yee: <br /> The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service)received your correspondence on February 16, <br /> 2017, requesting review of a proposed 60-foot monopalm (associated with infrastructure), <br /> proposed by Verizon Wireless in Waikoloa(Tax Map Key: 6-8-002:031). The Service offers the <br /> following comments to assist you in your planning process so that impacts to trust resources can <br /> be avoided through site preparation, construction, and operation. Our comments are provided <br /> under the authorities of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA), as amended (16 U.S.0 1531 <br /> et seq.). <br /> Based on information you provided in the Use Permit Application and pertinent information in <br /> our files, including data compiled by the Hawaii Biodiversity and Mapping Project, there are five <br /> listed animal species in the vicinity of the project area: The federally endangered Hawaiian hoary <br /> bat (Lasiurus cinereus seinotus), Hawaiian hawk(Buteo solitarius), the Hawaiian petrel <br /> (Pterodroina sandwichensis),band-rumped storm-petrel (Oceanodroina castro), and the <br /> threatened Newell's shearwater (Puffinus auricularis newelli), may transit the project area flying <br /> to upland breeding colonies. There are also two endangered insects, the yellow-faced bee <br /> (Hylaeus spp.) and the Blackburn's sphinx moth (Manduca blackburni). <br /> The Service recommends the following measures to avoid and minimize project impacts to the <br /> following listed species: <br /> Hawaiian hoary bat <br /> The endangered Hawaiian hoary bat may be present within the proposed project area. The <br /> Hawaiian hoary bat roosts in both exotic and native woody vegetation and will leave young <br /> unattended in "nursery" trees and shrubs when they forage. If trees or shrubs suitable for bat <br /> SCANNED <br /> MAR - 9 017 <br /> By: 110296 <br />