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IN THE COMMUNITY KIUC Submits Revised Short Term Seabird Habitat Conservation Plan 28 KIUC CURRENTS By Carey Koide
KIUC submitted a revised Short Term Seabird Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and the Hawai‘i Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) on Wednesday, August 18, in support of its longstanding application for an incidental take permit and incidental take license from the respective agencies. Under the terms of the Short Term Seabird HCP, KIUC has agreed to spend more than $11 million on measures designed to minimize and mitigate potential impacts of KIUC’s facilities on the species. KIUC first submitted the HCP to the agencies in the summer of 2009. DLNR conducted a public review and comment process last fall. KIUC revised the HCP based on public comments and feedback from numerous meetings with both agencies. In September, DLNR will present the revised Short Term Seabird HCP to the state’s Endangered Species Recovery Committee, and USFWS will open a federal public review and comment period. Photos by Maile Moriguchi SOS Aid Station Locations West Waimea Fire Station Hanapēpē Fire Station Kalaheo Fire Station South Kōloa Fire Station Central-East Kaua‘i Humane Society Līhu‘e Fire Station Kapa‘a Fire Station Kaiākea Fire Station North Kilauea Medical Group Hanalei Fire Station Hanalei Liquor Store The incidental take authorizations would be effective for up to five years, but would be replaced by the Long Term Kaua‘i Seabird HCP (KSHCP), which would include other Kaua‘i participants in addition to KIUC. The wildlife agencies expect the KSHCP to be finalized and approved in late 2011 or early 2012. Take authorization is needed because some of KIUC’s facilities have the potential to result in the incidental take of three federal and state listed threatened and endangered species: the Hawaiian petrel, the Newell’s shearwater and the Bandrumped stormpetrel. The HCP supports the issuance of these permits, and describes how KIUC will avoid, minimize, mitigate and monitor the incidental take of the threatened and endangered species that may occur as a result of existing or future facilities and activities. KIUC already has implemented many measures to avoid, minimize and mitigate the potential impacts on the seabirds. These include shielding all KIUCowned streetlights to eliminate upwardprojecting light that could disorient seabirds; pursuing opportunities to underground existing and proposed power lines; supporting and funding the Save Our Shearwaters (SOS) program; experimenting with methods to increase the visibility of power lines; supporting seabird predator control on Lehua Island; and carrying out extensive research designed to identify seabird breeding colonies, where measures can be taken to enhance the successful reproduction of the species. OCTOBER 2010 29
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