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Dated: December 20, 2001. 

Richard Kopanda, 

Executive Officer, SAMHSA.

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–4653–N–12] 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection for Public Comment: 

Housing Choice Voucher Tenant 

Accessibility Study: 2002–2003

AGENCY: Office of Policy Development 

and Research, HUD.

ACTION: Notice

SUMMARY: The proposed information 

collection requirement concerning a 

project to obtain information on the 

Housing Choice Voucher Tenant 

Accessibility Study 2002–2003 will be 

submitted to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review, as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act. The Department is soliciting public 

comments on the subject proposal.

DATES: Comments Due Date: March 4, 

2002.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments regarding 

this proposal. Comments should refer to 

the proposal by name and/or OMB 

Control Number and should be sent to: 

Reports Liaison Officer, Department of 

Housing and Urban Development, 451 

7th Street, SW., Room 8228, 

Washington, DC 20410.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dianne Thompson, Office of Policy 

Development and Research, Department 

of Housing and Urban Development, 

451 7th Street, SW., Room 8154, 

Washington, DC 20410, telephone 

number (202) 708–5537 extension 5863 

(this is not a toll-free number). Copies 

of the proposed forms and other 

available documents may be obtained 

from Ms. Thompson.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department will submit the proposed 

information collection to OMB for 

review, as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35, as amended). 

This notice is soliciting comments 

from members of the public and affected 

agencies concerning the proposed 

collection of information to: (1) Evaluate 

whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection of information; (3) Enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (4) 

Minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on those who are to 

respond; including through the use of 

appropriate automated collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology, e.g., permitting electronic 

submission of responses. 

This notice also lists the following 

information: 

Title of Proposal: Housing Choice 

Voucher Tenant Accessibility study: 

2002–2003. 

Description of the need for the 

information and proposed use: The 

primary purpose of the proposed data 

collection is to develop a mail 

questionnaire for HUD that can be used 

with a national sample of Housing 

Choice Voucher tenants with physical 

disabilities to determine their 

satisfaction with the search process and 

the quality of their housing unit. 

Members of affected public: None. 

Estimation of the total numbers of 

hours needed to prepare the information 

collection including number of 

respondents, frequency of response, and 

hours of response:

Task Number of

respondents 

Frequency of 

responses 

Hours per

response Burden hours 

Questionnaire ................................................................................................... 400 once 25 50

Total Estimated Annual Burden 

Hours: 50 (one time). 

Status of the proposed information 

collection: Pending OMB approval.

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended.

Dated: December 21, 2001. 

Lawrence L. Thompson, 

General Deputy Assistant Secretary, for Policy 

Development and Research.

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–4630–FA–19] 

Housing Opportunities for Persons 

With AIDS Program; Announcement of 

Funding Award FY 2001

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Community Planning and 

Development, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In accordance with section 

102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of 

Housing and Urban Development 

Reform Act of 1989, this notice 

announces the funding decisions made 

by the Department under the Fiscal Year 

2001 Housing Opportunities for Persons 

with AIDS (HOPWA) program. The 

notice announces the selection of 22 

renewal applications, three new project 

applications, and three technical 

assistance applications under the three 

2001 HOPWA national competitions 

which were announced under the Super 

Notice for HUD’s Housing Community 

Development and Empowerment 

Programs and published in the Federal 

Register on February 26, 2001. The 

notice contains the names of award 

winners, describes grant activities and 

provides the amounts of the awards.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

David Vos, Director, Office of HIV/AIDS 

Housing, Department of Housing and 

Urban Development, Room 7212, 451 

Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20410, telephone (202) 708–1934. To 

provide service for persons who are 

hearing-or-speech-impaired, this 

number may be reached via TTY by 

Dialing the Federal Information Relay 

Service on 1–800–877–TTY, 1–800–

877–8339, or 202–708–2565. (Telephone 

numbers, other than ‘‘800’’ TTY 

numbers are not toll free.) Information 

on HOPWA, community development 

and consolidated planning, and other 

HUD programs may also be obtained 

from the HUD homepage on the World 

Wide Web. In addition to this 

competitive selection, 105 jurisdictions 

received formula based allocations 

during the 2001 fiscal year for $229.372 

million in HOPWA funds. Descriptions 

of the formula programs is found at 

www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/aidshousing.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the HOPWA program 

competition was to award project grants 

for the renewal continuing activities or 

for new projects that provide housing 

assistance and supportive services. 

Grants are made under two categories of 

assistance: (1) grants for special projects 

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of national significance which, due to 

their innovative nature or their potential 

for replication, are likely to serve as 

effective models in addressing the needs 

of low-income persons living with HIV/

AIDS and their families; and (2) grants 

for projects which are part of long-term 

comprehensive strategies for providing 

housing and related services for lowincome persons living with HIV/AIDS 

and their families in areas that do not 

receive HOPWA formula allocations. 

The purpose of the technical assistance 

competition was to select qualified 

providers to support the national goal 

for the sound management of the 

HOPWA program. 

Under this year’s competition HUD 

was required to renew all existing grants 

that were expiring in 2001 and if 

funding remained after funding eligible 

HOPWA renewal projects, HUD would 

consider applications for new HOPWA 

projects. A total of $21.5 million was 

awarded to the 22 eligible renewal 

grants. The remaining amount of $3.9 

million, plus $107,526 in recaptured 

funds was made available to the three 

highest rated HOPWA competitive 

applications for new projects. 

The HOPWA assistance made 

available in this announcement is 

authorized by the AIDS Housing 

Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12901), as 

amended by the Housing and 

Community Development Act of 1992 

(Pub. L. 102–550, approved October 28, 

1992) and was appropriated by the HUD 

Appropriations Act for 2001. The 

competition was announced in a Super 

Notice for HUD’s Housing Community 

Development and Empowerment 

Programs published in the Federal 

Register on February 26, 2000 (66 FR 

12223). Each application was reviewed 

and rated on the basis of selection 

criteria contained in that NOFA. 

Public Benefit 

The award of HOPWA funds to the 22 

renewal projects, three new projects and 

three Technical Assistance awards will 

significantly contribute to HUD’s 

mission in supporting projects that 

provide safe, decent and affordable 

housing for persons living with HIV/

AIDS and their families who are at risk 

of homelessness. The projects proposed 

to use HOPWA funds to support the 

provision of housing assistance to an 

estimated 2,777 low-income people 

with HIV/AIDS and their families. In 

addition, an estimated 2,985 persons 

with HIV/AIDS are expected to benefit 

from some form of supportive service or 

housing information referral service that 

will help enable the client to maintain 

housing and avoid homelessness. The 

recipients of this assistance are expected 

to be very-low income or low-income 

households. These 25 applicants also 

documented that the Federal funds 

awarded in this competition, $25.5 

million, will leverage an additional $38 

million in other funds and non-cash 

resources including the contribution of 

volunteer time in support of these 

projects, valued at $10/hour. The 

leveraged resources will expand the 

HOPWA assistance being awarded by 

149 percent. 

A total of $25.5 million was awarded 

to 25 organizations to serve clients in 

the twenty-four listed States and $1.9 

million for technical assistance 

activities across the nation. 

In accordance with section 102(a) (4) 

(C) of the Department of Housing and 

Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 

(103 Stat.1987, 42 U.S.C. 3545), the 

Department is publishing details 

concerning the recipients of funding 

awards, as follows: 

FY 2001 HOPWA Renewal Awards by 

State 

Alabama 

AIDS Alabama, Inc. of Birmingham 

will receive a HOPWA renewal grant for 

$899,180 to continue the Alabama Rural 

AIDS Project (ARAP) to: (1) Outreach to 

eligible HIV positive, low-income 

persons; (2) link them with medical and 

supportive services, and (3) house 

(ultimately permanently) those HIVpositive, low-income persons who are 

homeless or marginally housed in the 

state’s 35 most rural counties. ARAP 

will house 300 low-income, homeless 

persons with HIV/AIDS and 300 

additional family members and provide 

1,400 persons with supportive services 

over the three years of the project. AIDS 

Alabama will partner in this project 

with AIDS Services Centers of Anniston, 

AIDS Action Coalition of Huntsville, 

Montgomery AIDS Outreach, Mobile 

AIDS Support Services, East Alabama 

AIDS Outreach of Auburn, and West 

Alabama AIDS Outreach of Tuscaloosa. 

All partners are members of the AIDS 

Service Organization Network of 

Alabama. For information contact: AIDS 

Alabama, Inc. P.O. Box 55703; 3521 7th 

Avenue South Birmingham, AL 35222. 

Mr. Randall H. Russell, MSW, LGSW 

Executive Director; Phone: (205) 324–

9822; Fax: (205) 324–9311; E-mail: 

randall@aidsalabama.org.

Arizona 

The Pima County, Community 

Services Department will receive a 

HOPWA renewal grant in collaborative 

effort of Pima County and two project 

sponsors: the Southern Arizona AIDS 

Foundation (SAAF), and the City of 

Tucson. The project is designed to 

create a continuum of care for people 

who are low-income and HIV+, and 

their families, by filling gaps in both 

housing and services in Tucson and 

Pima County. Recognizing the 

importance of stable housing, the two 

primary goals of the Positive Directions 

project are: (1) to increase independence 

through subsidized, supportive housing; 

and (2) to maximize self-sufficiency 

through intensive, personalized 

services. The project addresses these 

through three key components: 

transitional housing; long-term rent 

subsidies; and support and referral 

services through intensive case 

management. For information contact: 

Pima County, Community Services 

Department, 32 North Stone Avenue, 

Suite 1600, Tucson, AZ 85701; Gary 

Bachman, (520) 740–5205 or by E-mail: 

gbachman@csd.co.pima.az.s.

California 

In Los Angeles, the West Hollywood 

Community Housing Corporation will 

receive a HOPWA renewal grant for 

$630,535. Funds will be used to 

continue the Los Angeles Consortium 

for Service-Coordinated AIDS Housing, 

a collaboration of four nonprofit 

agencies providing permanent, 

supportive housing to very low-income 

persons living with HIV/AIDS. The 

three other partner agencies are the 

Hollywood Community Housing 

Corporation, Project New Hope and the 

Skid Row Housing Trust. Funding 

supports an Enhanced Management 

Model program, as well as expand 

services that promote long-term 

residential stability with residential and 

vocational service coordinators and an 

on-site learning program focused on 

computer skills. The project makes use 

of life skills development, and 

employment training and placement 

opportunities with permanent 

affordable housing to reach residents in 

at least 468 units at 26 sites over this 

grant period. For information contact: 

West Hollywood Community Housing 

Corporation, 8285 Sunset Blvd., Suite 3 

West Hollywood, CA 90046. Mr. Lee 

Meyers, Director of Resident Services; 

Phone: (323) 650–8771 x13; Fax: (323) 

650–4745; E-mail: lee@whchc.org.

The County of San Diego, Department 

of Housing and Community 

Development (DHCD) will receive a 

HOPWA renewal grant for $308,116 to 

continue the La Posada Project. DHCD 

works with the County Health and 

Human Services Agency and the Office 

of AIDS Coordination. The project 

provides service enriched housing 

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income HIV positive women and their 

children who have not participated in 

either the HIV or the homeless service 

delivery systems. The program provides 

operating costs, addiction services 

coordination, resident services 

coordination, and longitudinal outcome 

evaluation. The original grant supported 

the rehabilitation of 24-units in 

apartment complexes, which focus on 

needs for women and their children. 

The project will also continue to 

provide services to a minimum of six to 

twelve families at Fraternity House, Inc., 

a licensed residential care facility, and 

12 families at La Posada Apartments 

with services from South Bay 

Community Services. An additional 100 

clients will receive out-patient 

addiction counseling and recovery 

services and case management support 

through Stepping Stone of San Diego, 

Inc. For information contact: County of 

San Diego Department of Housing and 

Community Development, 3989 Ruffin 

Road, San Diego, CA 92134–1890. Ms. 

Marilee Hansen, Housing Program 

Analyst; Phone: (858) 694–8712; E-mail: 

mhanse@co.san-diego.ca.us.

In San Francisco, Lutheran Social 

Services of Northern California will 

receive a HOPWA renewal grant for 

$1,014,080 to continue The Bridge 

Project, a six-agency collaboration that 

provides transitional housing while 

addressing the complex service needs of 

indigent, multiply-diagnosed clients 

living with HIV/AIDS. The goals of the 

Bridge Project are threefold: (1) Increase 

the quantity and quality of housing for 

homeless, multiply-diagnosed persons 

with HIV/AIDS; (2) Provide direct 

access to health care, substance abuse 

counseling, mental health care, and 

benefits counseling for underserved 

multiply-diagnosed populations, and (3) 

Deliver these services through an 

integrated system of care which is costeffective and meets the complex needs 

of the multiply-diagnosed client. With 

success in achieving its original goals, a 

renewal grant for one of the Multiple 

Diagnosis Initiative (MDI) Projects from 

HUD will enable this partnership to 

continue providing stable housing to 

current number of participants. For 

information contact: Lutheran Social 

Services of Northern California, 433 

Hegenberger Road, #103 Oakland, CA 

94621; Mr. Kevin Fautaux, Director, San 

Francisco Office; Phone: (415) 581–0891 

ext. 103 Fax: (415) 581–0898; E-mail: 

LSSkfaut@aol.com.

In San Francisco, the Bernal Heights 

Neighborhood Center, Housing Services 

Affiliate will receive a HOPWA renewal 

grant for $692,648 to continue the 

operation of Positive MATCH. As one of 

the Multiple Diagnosis Initiative (MDI) 

Projects, this effort has provided a 

nationally significant model of 

integrated services and care for 

homeless multiply diagnosed mothers 

and children living with HIV. The 

innovative network of services and 

housing provides a specialized 

continuum of care for families that 

comprehensively addresses the needs of 

the family prior to and after the death 

of the infected parent. The project is an 

innovative collaborative project between 

a housing developer and four social 

service agencies skilled at providing 

social, legal, and mental health services 

for multiply diagnosed homeless 

women with HIV and their children. In 

October of 2001, the collaborative will 

complete the rehabilitation of the seven 

unit multi-bedroom permanent housing 

facility. Positive MATCH is seeking 

renewal funding to continue the 

provision of the integrated and 

replicable continuum of care that 

ensures permanent exits from 

homelessness. For information contact: 

Housing Services Affiliate-Bernal 

Heights Neighborhood Center, 515 

Cortland Ave., San Francisco, CA 

94110. Ms. Mary Dorst, Housing Project 

Manager; Phone: (415) 206–2140 ext. 

147; Fax: (415) 648–0793; E-mail: 

bernaldev@aol.com.

Connecticut 

The City of Bridgeport, Central Grants 

Office, will receive a HOPWA renewal 

grant for $1,312,821. The City will be 

coordinating with seven (7) project 

sponsors, in continuing support to 50 

households under one of the Multiple 

Diagnosis Initiative (MDI) Projects. 

Under the Bridgeport AIDS/HIV 

Housing Initiative, the seven project 

sponsors include Prospect House, 

Bethel Recovery Center, and Alpha 

Home who are the housing providers; 

Helping Hand Center, Catholic Family 

Services, and Evergreen Network who 

are support service providers, and the 

Connecticut AIDS Residence Coalition 

which provides technical assistance and 

resource identification services. Based 

on the number of people served from 

the original HOPWA grant, these 

organizations anticipate that it will 

provide emergency services to a 

minimum of 175 multiple diagnosed 

persons with HIV/AIDS, and provide 

housing services to 60 multiply 

diagnosed individuals and families, 

through the project’s unique 

Transitional Living Program (TLP). For 

information contact: City of Bridgeport, 

Central Grants Office, 999 Broad Street, 

Bridgeport, CT 06604; Kathleen Hunter, 

Assistant Director, Social Services; 

Phone (203) 576–8475, Fax (203) 567–

8405; E-mail: 

huntek0@ci.bridgeport.ct.us.

District of Columbia 

The Whitman-Walker Clinic, Inc. of 

Washington, DC will receive a HOPWA 

renewal grant for $1,139,255 to continue 

the Bridge Back Program a residential 

treatment facility for multiply diagnosed 

men and women with HIV/AIDS, 

substance abuse, and persistent mental 

illness. DC Bridge Back offers six 

months of intensive addiction 

treatment, medical, and psychosocial 

services for up to eight residents at a 

time. Bridge Back is a safe and 

supportive link back to appropriate 

housing in the community for people 

living with HIV/AIDS who suffer from 

severe substance abuse and chronic 

mental illness. Staff and clients work 

collaboratively to establish a treatment 

plan while in the program, and a 

discharge plan including appropriate 

housing and accessibility of supportive 

services in the community upon leaving 

the program. For information contact: 

Whitman-Walker Clinic, Inc., 1407 S. 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20009. Ms. 

Mary L. Bahr, Associate Executive 

Director; Phone: (202) 797–3515; Fax: 

(202) 797–3504; E-mail: 

mbahr@wwc.org.

Florida 

The City of Key West Community 

Development Office will receive a 

HOPWA renewal grant for $1,188,500 to 

continue their housing voucher program 

for persons living with HIV/AIDS in 

Monroe County. The City partners with 

AIDS Help, Inc. in providing assistance 

to clients in this high cost housing 

market. This Special Project of National 

Significance was modeled after HUD’s 

Section 8 program with support to 

provide for independence and selfdetermination for clients. The program 

serves an estimated 50 households each 

year through tenant-based rental 

assistance and residency in housing 

facilities. Additionally, for disabled 

persons who experience improved 

health due to medical treatment 

advances, support from other sources 

includes back to work training in 

collaboration with the Florida Keys 

Employment and Training Council. For 

information contact: City of Key West 

Community Development Office, 1403 

12th Street, Key West, FL 33040. Ms. 

Lee-Ann Broadbent, Program 

Administrator; Phone: (305) 292–1221; 

Fax (305) 292–1162. 

Georgia 

The City of Savannah, Community 

Planning and Development Division, 

will receive renewal funding of 

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$1,229,636 to continue operating Project 

House Call. The City partners with 

Union Mission, Inc., and two project 

partners—Georgia Legal Services 

Program and Hospice Savannah—and 

operate activities within the 10-member 

Savannah-Chatham AIDS Continuum of 

Care. Assistance is based on the use of 

a 10-unit community residence and 

short-term housing payments for 75 

households. Under the original grant, 

this program prevented homelessness 

for 213 unduplicated individuals with 

HIV/AIDS who enrolled in Project 

House Call and received the provision 

of home-based services. The program 

provides services in the homes of 

PLWA/A’s who might not otherwise 

have access to services within the 

Chatham/Effingham County areas. 

Project House Call is a lifeline for the 

population it serves, linking them with 

primary medical care, legal services, 

transportation assistance, substance 

abuse counseling, group therapies, and 

hospice services. For information 

contact: Community Planning and 

Development Division, Office of the City 

Manager, P.O. Box 1027, Savannah, GA 

31402. Ms. Taffanye Young, Director; 

Phone: (912) 651–6520; Fax: (912) 651–

6525; E-mail: 

Taffanye_Young@ci.savannah.ga.us.

Illinois 

Cornerstone Services, Inc., of Joliet, 

will receive a HOPWA renewal grant of 

$789,160 to continue to provide 

scattered site permanent housing with 

supportive services for 16 households 

with persons living with HIV/AIDS who 

also have mental illness and who may 

be homeless. The program is located in 

Joliet and Cornerstone has partnered 

with the AIDS Ministry of Illinois 

(AMI), Stepping Stones (substance 

abuse treatment center) and Metro 

Infectious Disease Consultants (MIDC) 

to provide persons with HIV/AIDS and 

mental illness by offering a 

comprehensive array of services 

promoting choice, dignity, and the 

opportunity to live and work in the 

community. For information contact: 

Cornerstone Services, Inc., 777 Joyce 

Road, Joliet, IL 60436. Ms. Bette J. Reed 

Phone: (815) 741–6743; Fax: (815) 723–

1177; E-mail: 

breed@cornerstoneservices.org.

Kentucky 

The Division of Community 

Development for the Lexington-Fayette 

Urban County Government will received 

$1,362,860 to continue the AVOL AIDS 

Housing Program. This program 

provides housing, related case 

management, education and referrals, as 

well as transitional and supportive 

housing services for persons living with 

HIV/AIDS in Central and Eastern 

Kentucky. Activities are based at two 

housing facilities, Rainbow Apartments 

and Solomon House. Rainbow 

Apartments is a transitional housing 

program designed to respond to persons 

with HIV/AIDS who are homeless or at 

risk of homelessness and in need of a 

spectrum of supportive services while 

they work through issues that may have 

contributed to their homelessness. 

Solomon House is a community 

residence for individuals who require 

personal care, supervision and 

supportive services following an acute 

medical episode or who are in the 

advanced stages of their illness. Over 

the three year grant period, this program 

will serve 75 persons with HIV/AIDS 

through the housing facilities and an 

additional 300 individuals will receive 

housing information services. For 

information contact: Division of 

Community Development, LexingtonFayette Urban County Government, 200 

East Main Street Lexington, KY 40507. 

Ms. Irene Gooding, Grants Manager; 

Phone: (859) 258–3079; Fax: (859) 258–

3081; E-mail: ireneg@lfucg.com.

Louisiana 

UNITY for the Homeless of New 

Orleans will receive a HOPWA renewal 

grant for $1,216,896 to continue a 

program by six sponsor agencies, 

working within the community’s 

extensive and well-established homeless 

continuum of care system to provide an 

integrated range of services and housing 

for persons with HIV/AIDS and their 

families who are homeless or at risk of 

becoming homeless. The Sponsors are 

the New Orleans AIDS Task Force, 

Project Lazarus, Children’s Hospital 

FACES, Volunteers of America, Belle 

Reve and United Services for AIDS 

Foundation. The range of assistance to 

be provided includes: case management, 

mental health counseling, outreach 

services, day services, specialized 

employment services for person able to 

return to work, in-home and centerbased respite care and residential 

substance abuse treatment for 18 

individuals and two families. Direct 

housing support includes: residence at a 

care facility for 24 persons who are at 

the end stage of their illness, short-term 

rent, mortgage, utility assistance for 60 

persons, and emergency shelter for 30. 

These AIDS housing efforts are also 

integrated with other homeless 

assistance programs operated by 45 

agencies and coordinated through the 

City’s continuum of care. For 

information contact: UNITY for the 

Homeless 2475 Canal Street, Suite 300 

New Orleans, LA 70119; Ms. Margaret 

Reese, Executive Director; Phone: (504) 

821–4496 ext.107; Fax: (504) 821–4709; 

E-mail: pegreese@aol.com.

Massachusetts 

The AIDS Housing Corporation of 

Boston will receive a grant of $928,752 

to continue SHARE 2000+, a 

cooperative partnership designed to 

meet the needs of HIV/AIDS housing 

programs and consumers in Greater 

Boston. SHARE 2000+ consists of four 

components: the Direct Care Relief 

Program, the Staff Development 

Program, the Donations Assistance 

Program, and the Staff Training 

Program. First funded in 1995, the 

program design is an innovative 

approach to capitalizing on existing 

expertise in the HIV/AIDS provider 

community and sharing resources to 

augment the efficiency and capacity of 

HIV/AIDS housing programs. Over the 

course of the grant period, SHARE 

2000+ will provide services to 980 

individuals and offer 4,000 hours of 

relief staffing. Share 2000+ consists of 

four core program components, 

representing four non-profit human 

service agencies: Direct Care Relief 

Program: Justice Resource Institute/JRI 

Health; Donations Assistance Program: 

Massachusetts Coalition for the 

Homeless; Staff Development Program: 

Victory Programs, Inc.; and Staff 

Training Program: AIDS Action 

Committee. For information contact: 

AIDS Housing Corporation, 29 Stanhope 

Street Boston, MA 02116. Joe Carleo 

Executive Director; Phone: (617) 927–

0088 x31; Fax: (617) 927–0852; E-mail: 

jcarleo@ahc.org.

Maryland 

The City of Baltimore, Department of 

Housing and Community Development, 

Office of Homeless Services will receive 

a HOPWA renewal grant for $1,363,136 

to continue Back to Basics (B2B), a 

comprehensive case management 

program serving families in the 

Baltimore, MD who are dealing with the 

issues of HIV/AIDS, who are newly 

diagnosed (or newly disclosing their 

HIV status), who are in crisis, and who 

voluntarily elect to participate in an 

intensive case management program. 

Begun with the support of a 1998 SPNS 

grant, the goal is to empower families by 

helping them initially to meet their 

basic needs, such as food, clothing, and 

housing. Over time, help will be 

extended to develop client resources 

and skills to access the necessary 

healthcare and services to function as a 

unit, to maintain housing and economic 

stability in a safe environment and to 

live productive lives, for as long as 

possible. For information, contact: 

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Baltimore Office of Homeless Services, 

417 E. Fayette Street Room 1211 

Baltimore, MD 21202. Ms. Leslie Leitch 

Director, Phone: (410) 396–3757; Fax: 

(410) 625–0830; E-mail: 

leslie.leitch@baltimorecity.gov.

New Hampshire 

Harbor Homes, Inc. of Nashau, New 

Hampshire will receive a HOPWA 

renewal grant for $447,057 to continue 

a HOPWA program that serves 

Hillsborough County, with the 

exception of Manchester. This area has 

an estimated 500 persons living with 

HIV/AIDS. The Southern New 

Hampshire HIV/AIDS Task Force, the 

only HIV/AIDS service provider in the 

area, is the designated Project Sponsor. 

The program will continue to provide 

emergency rental and utility assistance 

and supportive services, including 

barrier reduction, to a minimum of 391 

persons living with HIV/AIDS over the 

three year period of the grant. 

Preference will be given to those who 

are homeless, in imminent danger of 

homelessness and/or those with dual or 

multiple diagnoses. For information 

contact: Harbor Homes, Inc., 12 Amherst 

Street, Nashau, NH, 03064. Peter 

Kelleher, Executive Director, Phone 

(603) 882–3616; Fax (603) 595–7414; Email kelleher@harhomes.org.

New Mexico 

The Santa Fe Community Housing 

Trust will receive a HOPWA renewal 

grant for $1,286,000 to continue a 

Reentry Housing Strategies Program to 

assist persons living with HIV/AIDS 

(PLWAs) to transition back into a 

productive life. The program makes use 

of homeownership support for 14 

households each year and recognizes 

that for some clients, the longevity and 

future life expectancy of PLWAs has 

changed significantly with the advent of 

new medical treatments. The purpose of 

the reentry program is to strategize a 

permanent solution to housing and 

income stabilization by assisting people 

to design their own reentry plan. It 

covers job training, educational 

prospects, and one-on-one counseling is 

provided to assist the clients to contact 

creditor and clean up credit issues. The 

reentry program makes homeownership 

possible and affordable through a 

mutual self help savings effort for 

downpayments and through leveraging 

community bank assistance for home 

purchases. The Trust issues loans or 

notes and has leveraging arrangements 

for over $8 million through area banks. 

Under the original grant, 

homeownership has been shown to be a 

significant incentive for clients in 

encouraging them to adhere to their 

difficult medical regimen, to pursue 

employment opportunities, and to 

transition into mainstream living. For 

information contact: Santa Fe 

Community Housing Trust, PO Box 713, 

Santa Fe, NM 87504–0713; Ms. Sharron 

L. Welsh, Executive Director; Phone: 

505 989–3960; Fax: (505) 982–3690; Email: sfcht505@aol.com.d

New York 

The Hudson Planning Group, Inc. will 

receive a HOPWA renewal grant for 

$451,700 to continue a resource 

identification program of shared 

financial management services for a 

New York City network of AIDS housing 

agencies and other service providers. 

The project, Management Services 

Organization (MSO), is presently 

serving two housing providers, Harlem 

United Community AIDS Center and 

Housing Works, Inc., through shared 

staff and technology that improves the 

infrastructure of nonprofit management. 

The use of MSO management tools, 

standard assessment, operating and 

reporting procedures, has resulted in 

more efficient use of management 

resources and higher levels of budgeting 

and planning advice in making use of 

financial data. The continuing project 

will include support for other nonprofit, community based AIDS Services 

Organizations (ASOs), such as the 

Callen Lorde Community Health Center, 

the AIDS Day Services Association of 

New York (VidaCare subsidiary) and 

Hope Community, Inc., and is expected 

to reach nine providers over the next 

three years. This shared services model 

will also be tested for replication in 

other communities to promote similar 

management collaborations to establish, 

coordinate and develop housing 

assistance resources in those areas. In 

New York City, approximately 2,500 

persons with HIV/AIDS will be served 

by the agencies participating in this 

project. For information contact: 

Hudson Planning Group, Inc., 180 

Varick St., 16th Floor, New York, NY 

10014; Mr. David Terrio, Managing 

Director; Phone: (212) 627–7900 x219; 

Fax: (212) 627–9247; E-mail: 

Dterrio@BurchmanTerrio.com.

Rhode Island 

The Rhode Island Housing and 

Mortgage Finance Corporation (RIH), 

will continue its highly successful 

operations of a multi-faceted housing 

and supportive service program for 

persons living with HIV/AIDS (PLWAs) 

through a HOPWA renewal grant for 

$1,212,153. The grant sponsors, House 

of Compassion (HOC) located in 

northern RI, and AIDS Care Ocean State 

(ACOS) located in Providence will 

maintain a continuum of care for single 

adults and families affected by HIV/

AIDS. The program provides supportive 

services, housing, and housing 

information services. Specific programs 

include the operation of two group 

homes, 12 scattered site apartments, and 

supportive services for all clients of 

both agencies. The past HOPWA grant 

has enabled the development of a 

seamless delivery of services ranging 

from housing referral to independent 

living and then supportive housing and 

related services. For information 

contact: Rhode Island Housing and 

Mortgage Finance Corporation; 44 

Washington Street Providence, RI 

02903. Ms. Susan Bodington, Director of 

Housing Policy; Phone: (401) 457–1286 

Fax: (401) 457–1140 E-mail: 

sbodington@rihousing.com.

Washington 

The Bailey-Boushay House project of 

the Virginia Mason Medical Center will 

receive a HOPWA renewal grant for 

$950,000 to sustain supportive services 

for people living with HIV/AIDS. 

Bailey-Boushay House is a nationally 

recognized care facility, which has 

provided intensive residential nursing 

health care and adult day care to more 

than 2,500 individuals since 1992. The 

goal of the project is to maintain and/

or improve the behavioral stability of 

program participants and residents of 

the facility, enhancing their ability to 

obtain medical treatment and live 

independently in the community. The 

project will support mental health and 

substance abuse treatment for residents 

and program consumers, enhance 

clinical and management information 

systems, and assist the facility in 

developing capacity to conduct 

structured evaluations of the services. 

For information contact: Virginia Mason 

Medical Center, Bailey-Boushay House; 

2720 East Madison Seattle, WA 98112; 

Ms. Leslie V. Ravensberg; Phone: (206) 

720–3307 Fax: (206) 720–2299 E-mail: 

leslie.von.ravensberg@vmmc.org.

West Virginia 

The State of West Virginia, Office of 

Economic Opportunity (OEO), will 

receive $1,085,928 of renewal funds for 

the continued operation of HOPWA 

assistance throughout the State. OEO is 

the supervising agent of a non-profit 

collaborative—the West Virginia 

Housing and Advocacy Coalition for 

People with AIDS, Inc. (Coalition), 

which consists of three partners: 

Covenant House, Inc. in Charleston; 

Caritas House, Inc. in Morgantown; and 

Community Networks, Inc. in 

Martinsburg. The Coalition is a 

statewide non-profit organization 

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created to establish a comprehensive 

and effective delivery of services to a 

homeless population with special needs 

associated with living with HIV/AIDS. 

The HOPWA program initiatives 

provide housing, supportive services, 

technical assistance, and resource 

identification to people living with HIV/

AIDS and their family members. This 

project funding includes the continued 

operation of five (5) houses in which 

people with HIV/AIDS live, and the 

continuation of services to a growing 

number of over 350 persons infected 

with HIV and their affected family and 

household members. For information 

contact: West Virginia Office of 

Economic Opportunity; 950 Kanawha 

Blvd. E. 3rd Floor Charleston, WV 

25301. Mr. Essa R. Howard Director; 

Phone: (304) 558–8860 Fax: (304) 558–

4210 E-mail: ehoward@oeo.state.wv.us.

Wisconsin 

The AIDS Resource Center of 

Wisconsin will receive a HOPWA 

renewal grant for $1,218,576 to continue 

providing intensive housing case 

management, rent assistance, and 

supportive services to persons living 

with HIV disease and who are also 

diagnosed with chronic drug abuse or 

mental illness issues and residing 

anywhere in the state of Wisconsin. In 

it’s first two years of operations, 

ARCW’s programs served 134 clients 

and reduced homelessness, increased 

adherence to medical, mental health 

and substance abuse treatment, reduced 

criminal behavior, and improved access 

to other HIV services. This support 

improved the client’s quality of life, 

increased independence and reduced 

utilization of emergency medical care. 

The renewal funding will serve 195 

people living with HIV/AIDS and allow 

for a 28 percent increase in the number 

of clients to be served. For more 

information: AIDS Resource Center of 

Wisconsin; P.O. Box 92487 Milwaukee, 

WI 53202. Mr. Doug Nelson, Executive 

Director; Phone: (414) 273–1991; Fax: 

414–273–2357; e-mail: 

doug.nelson@arcw.org.

FY 2001 HOPWA New Projects by State 

Iowa 

The Iowa Finance Authority (IFA) is 

receiving $1,370,000 in HOPWA 

funding to create the AIDS Housing 

Network of Iowa. IFA has partnered 

with AIDS service organizations and 

housing agencies across the state, 

including to Siouxland Community 

Health Center, AIDS Project of Central 

Iowa, American Red Cross Grant Wood 

Area Chapter (Rapids AIDS Project), 

Family Service League, Iowa Center for 

AIDS Resources and Education, and 

John Lewis Coffee Shop. Under this 

grant, eighty-four of Iowa’s counties, 

including those counties with the 

highest percentage of AIDS cases, will 

be served with housing and related 

supportive services. The AIDS Housing 

Network of Iowa will provide housing 

assistance to 237 persons living with 

HIV/AIDS and their families through 

218 units of housing. Housing assistance 

will be provided through a 150 on-going 

tenant-based rental assistance units and 

68 short-term emergency assistance 

subsidies. Additionally, 177 persons 

will receive related supportive services 

to ensure housing stability. Through the 

assistance of the Iowa Coalition for 

Housing and the Homeless, technical 

assistance will be provided to project 

sponsors and assistance will be given to 

the AIDS Housing Network in the 

development of a long-term housing 

strategy to evaluate needs for persons 

with HIV/AIDS across the State of Iowa. 

For information contact: The AIDS 

Housing Network of Iowa, c/o Iowa 

Finance Authority, 100 East Grand Ave., 

Suite 250, Des Moines, IA, 50309. 

Donna Davis, Deputy Director, and 

Director of Housing Programs-IFA; 

Phone: (515) 242–4990; E-mail: 

donna.davis@ifa.state.ia.us. 

Montana (and North Dakota and South 

Dakota) 

The State of Montana Department of 

Public Health and Human Services in 

conjunction with the States of South 

Dakota and North Dakota will receive 

$1,309,501 for a three-year project to 

create the TRI-STATE HELP, Housing 

Environments for Living Positively (TS 

HELP). TS HELP is a continuum of 

housing and related supportive services 

opportunities for people living with 

HIV/AIDS and their families serving all 

three states, which do not qualify for 

HOPWA formula funding. TS HELP is a 

partnership between one State agency 

and four private agencies in North 

Dakota, South Dakota, and Montana. 

Overall grant administration will be 

undertaken by the Montana Department 

of Public Health and Human Services. 

The Sioux Empire Red Cross in South 

Dakota, Missoula AIDS Council in 

Montana, Yellowstone AIDS Project in 

Montana, Community Action Program, 

and Region VII in North Dakota will 

serve as sponsors. The Montana 

Department of Public Health and 

Human Services will conduct an 

independent evaluation of program 

outcomes and AIDS Housing of 

Washington, HOPWA Technical 

Assistance provider, will conduct a 

statewide HIV/AIDS housing needs 

assessment. TS HELP will assist persons 

living with HIV/AIDS by strengthening 

and expanding HIV/AIDS housing and 

related supportive services by providing 

70 tenant-based rental assistance 

subsidies, 70 emergency assistance 

subsidies and housing coordination 

services to an estimated 232 individuals 

living with HIV/AIDS and their families. 

A variety of additional services and 

resources will be available to 175 

persons living with HIV/AIDS and their 

families through HOPWA funding and 

leveraged resources. 

For information contact: State of 

Montana, Department of Public Health 

and Human Services, 1400 Carter Drive, 

Helena, MT, 59620. Jim Nolan, Project 

Coordinator; Phone:(406) 447–4260; email: jnolan@state.mt.us.

Oregon 

The Health Division of the State of 

Oregon is awarded $1,370,000 of 

HOPWA funding to create the Oregon 

Housing Opportunities in Partnership 

(OHOP) program. OHOP will serve all 

31 Oregon counties that are outside of 

the Portland metropolitan statistical 

area (MSA), which receives HOPWA 

formula funding. OHOP is a partnership 

between two State and four private 

agencies. The State of Oregon Health 

Division will serve as grantee and will 

work in partnership with the Oregon 

Housing and Community Services 

Department, the HIV Alliance, the 

Central Oregon Community Action 

Agency Network, On Track and the 

Mid-Willamette Valley Community 

Action Agency. The University of 

Oregon at Eugene will conduct an 

independent evaluation of program 

outcomes. Through leveraged funds, 

AIDS Housing of Washington, a 

nationally recognized HIV/AIDS 

technical assistance provider, and 

Development Solutions Group, a private 

consulting firm specializing in 

affordable housing, will provide 

assistance relating to needs assessment 

and program implementation. OHOP 

will provide tenant-based rental 

assistance and housing coordination 

services to an estimated 225 eligible 

clients. Through a variety of additional 

services and resources 120 persons 

living with HIV/AIDS and their families 

will benefit through increase housing 

stability. 

For information contact: Oregon 

Department of Human Services, Health 

Division, 800 NE Oregon Street, #21, 

Portland, OR 97232–2162. Victor J. Fox, 

HIV Client Services Manager; Phone: 

(503) 731–4029; FAX: (503) 731–4608; 

e-mail: victor.j.fox@state.or.us.

HOPWA Technical Assistance 

Supplementary: Additionally, HUD 

awarded $2.5 million to three applicants 

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under the HOPWA Technical Assistance 

programs. The Purpose of the HOPWA 

Technical Assistance competition was 

to award grants that provide support 

from program operations. HUD 

established national goals for these 

funds: (1) Ensuring the sound 

management of HOPWA programs; and 

(2) targeting resources to underserved 

population. 

FY 2001 Technical Assistance Awards 

by State 

AIDS Housing of Washington 

Under this award, AIDS Housing of 

Washington (AHW), based in Seattle, 

has been selected to receive $1,400,000 

to continue the provision of National 

HOPWA Technical Assistance activities. 

AHW has provided assistance since 

1995 and served as a pioneer in 

developing collaborations with housing 

and supportive services organizations 

for persons living with HIV/AIDS. AHW 

will continue its collaboration with 

Bailey House, Inc., (New York City), Abt 

Associates, the Corporation for 

Supportive Housing, and the AIDS 

Housing Corporation (Boston) and 

others to provide technical assistance to 

nonprofit organizations and State and 

local governments in planning, 

operating and evaluating housing 

assistance for persons who are living 

with HIV/AIDS and their families. 

AHW will continue core assistance to 

help communities establish and 

enhance their comprehensive strategies 

for HIV/AIDS housing. In addition, the 

collaboration will promote the sound 

management and operation of HOPWA 

programs and coordinate evaluation 

activities that improve service delivery. 

In addition information services will 

help clients and communities better 

connect to available assistance and 

report on program accomplishments. 

This project adds a number of 

additional meetings and special 

initiatives to help assure that AHW and 

its partners meet the changing needs of 

HIV/AIDS housing providers and 

HOPWA grantees. 

Through a new partnership with AIDS 

Alabama in Birmingham, AHW will 

launch a ‘‘Southern Initiative’’ that will 

bring all the skills, knowledge and 

resources of the National Technical 

Assistance Program to rural and urban 

southern parts of this country, with 

special emphasis on states comprising 

the lower Mississippi Delta. The desired 

outcome is to create permanent housing 

units dedicated to house persons living 

with HIV/AIDS and their families 

throughout the Southeast by networking 

with special needs housing agencies and 

support service delivery systems. 

AHW also proposes to create eight to 

ten AIDS housing needs assessment 

plans, including four in the 

Southeastern States. The results of the 

needs assessment plans will help AHW 

in providing technical assistance on the 

full range of issues in AIDS housing 

planning, financing, development, 

operations, and program evaluation. 

Activities are being planned for a 

National HIV/AIDS Symposium in 

Summer 2002, a Fifth National HIV/

AIDS Housing Conference in June 2003, 

and a National Meeting of HOPWA 

Formula Grantees in Fall 2003. 

Outreach and education efforts will 

continue to be maintained and 

expanded on the World Wide Web site. 

AHW and its partners and 

subcontractors will research, and 

disseminate training resources and 

manuals on critical AIDS topics through 

the website database and existing 

curricula materials. 

For information, contact: Donald 

Chamberlain, Director of Technical 

Assistance, AIDS Housing of 

Washington, 2014 East Madison Street, 

Suite 200,Seattle, Washington 98122, 

(206) 322–9444, (206) 322–9298 fax, email: donald@aidshousing.org, 

www.aidshousing.org

Center for Urban Community Services, 

Inc. 

The Center for Urban Community 

Services (CUCS), a non-profit 

organization based in New York City, 

received a National HOPWA Technical 

Assistance award of $400,000 to 

continue the provision of services 

throughout the country. 

CUCS will continue the Housing 

Innovation Partnership to support 

sound management of AIDS housing 

programs. The partnership involves five 

sponsors: the Hudson Planning Group, a 

New York based provider that 

specializes in community based 

planning, knowledge of HUD programs 

and services, housing development for 

special needs populations, and financial 

management; the Corporation for 

Supportive Housing, a national 

intermediary organization with branch 

offices located in eight cities across the 

country has an array of skills in 

management operations of HUD 

programs, Lakefront SRO, a Chicago 

based operator of supportive SROs, with 

experience in supportive housing 

development, management with 

supportive services delivery; Barry 

University School of Social Work, 

located in Miami, which brings an 

understanding of the latest trends in 

academic theory and research; and 

Debbie Grieff Consulting, a Los Angeles 

based firm, brings substantial 

experience in supportive housing 

development and operations. Technical 

assistance training sessions recently 

were provided in the cities of New York, 

Chicago, Atlanta, Memphis, New 

Orleans and Raleigh-Durham under 

their FY1999 HOPWA technical 

assistance award. 

Under this new grant, CUCS proposes 

to address these priority technical 

assistance needs: developing programs 

and services for people with multiple 

diagnosis; adapting programs to serve 

the changing needs of people living 

with the HIV; assisting providers in 

developing new housing services; 

strengthening the management of AIDS 

housing organizations and developing 

innovative solutions to maximize 

resources and ensure 

comprehensiveness. A series of 

Guidebooks will be produced on 

subjects related to HOPWA Program 

activities. Linkages with project 

sponsors throughout the country will be 

strengthened to coordinate on site 

delivery of technical assistance. 

Outreach and education opportunities 

will be increased with the operation of 

the CUCS ‘‘800’’ training /TA phone 

line which permits underserved 

populations and interested persons to 

raise housing issues as they occur and 

receive a one-on-one TA relationship. 

CUCS will continue to contact HUD 

field offices, persons living with HIV/

AIDS, grantees, and project sponsors for 

insight in addressing housing and 

supportive services issues. 

For information, contact: Suzanne 

Wagner, Director of Training and 

Technical Assistance, Center for Urban 

Community Services, 120 Wall Street, 

25th Floor, New York, New York 10005, 

(800) 533–4449, (212) 801–3318, (212) 

635–2191/fax, e-mail: 

suzannew@cucs.org, www.cucs.org

The Enterprise Foundation—Denver 

Under this award for $100,000, the 

Denver Office of the Enterprise 

Foundation will support HOPWA 

projects in Colorado and other mountain 

States. Enterprise will make use of 

training and technical assistance 

materials, state-of-the art information 

technology, and hands-on assistance to 

transfer its expertise to communitybased providers. In Denver, Enterprise 

will provide technical support to the 

City’s Housing and Neighborhood 

Services Agency which manages 

HOPWA and Ryan White CARE Act 

funds in the Denver metropolitan area 

and collaborates with the City’s HIV/

AIDS Housing Advisory Committee. The 

support activities include training on: 

• HOPWA program management, 

including development of effective 

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client tracking systems, training on 

performance reporting and financial 

management; and development of 

program management handbooks. 

• Cultural competency, such as 

training for service providers to enable 

more responsive and effective work 

with diverse client populations. 

• Improved service coordination, 

particularly in helping residents access 

needed services from other mental 

health, drug and alcohol rehabilitation, 

and physical health service providers. 

• Employment support, such as 

advice in developing effective back-to 

work programs that enable residents to 

start and continue working while 

addressing the health care issues that 

interfere with their ability to work on a 

regular schedule, or in certain 

occupations. 

Enterprise will also assess support 

needed by nonprofits to improve 

financial and program management 

systems, and to strengthen 

collaborations among housing and other 

service providers. The assistance will be 

provided by Enterprise-Denver staff and 

consultants who have experience in 

strategic planning, organizational 

development, housing development and 

management, program management and 

supportive services for HIV/AIDS 

populations. Enterprise-Denver will also 

be supported by its national office in 

drawing upon a wide range of existing 

Enterprise tools and experience in the 

development and operation of 

affordable housing programs and 

community-based development. 

For information, contact: Karen Lado, 

Director, Denver Office, The Enterprise 

Foundation, 1801 Williams Street, Suite 

200, Denver, CO 80218, (303) 376–5410. 

William Frey, Interim President, The 

Enterprise Foundation, 10227 Wincopin 

Circle, Suite 500, Columbia, MD 21044, 

(410) 772–2422.

Total for all 22 Renewal 

Grants ............................... $21,544,025

Total for 3 New Project 

Grants ............................... 4,049,501

Total for 3 Technical Assistance Grants ....................... 1,900,000

Total .............................. 27,493,526

Dated: December 21, 2001. 

Donna M. Abbenante, 

General Deputy, Assistant Secretary for 

Community, Planning and Development.

[FR Doc. 01–32191 Filed 12–31–01; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–29–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Incidental Take Permit and Habitat 

Conservation Plan for Cyanotech 

Corporation

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Cyanotech Corporation 

(Cyanotech) has applied to the Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service) for an 

incidental take permit pursuant to 

section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Endangered 

Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). 

The Service proposes to issue a 3-year 

permit to Cyanotech that would 

authorize take (harm, harassment, death 

or injury) of the endangered Hawaiian 

stilt, (Himantopus mexicanus knudseni) 

incidental to otherwise lawful activities. 

Such take would occur as a result of 

ongoing operation and maintenance of 

Cyanotech Corporation’s acquaculture 

facility at Keahole Point on the island of 

Hawaii. 

We request comments from the public 

on the permit application which 

includes a Habitat Conservation Plan 

(HCP) for the Hawaiian stilt. We also 

request comments on our preliminary 

determination that the Cyanotech HCP 

qualifies as a ‘‘low-effect’’ habitat 

conservation plan, eligible for a 

categorical exclusion under the National 

Environmental Policy Act.

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before February 1, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be 

addressed to Mr. Paul Henson, Field 

Supervisor, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, P.O. Box 50088, Honolulu, 

Hawaii 96850; facsimile (808) 541–3470.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Gina Shultz, Supervisory Fish and 

Wildlife Biologist, at the above address 

or telephone (808) 541–3441.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Document Availability 

Cyanotech’s permit application and 

associated HCP, and the Service’s 

Environmental Action Statement, are 

available for public review. The HCP 

describes the existing conditions at the 

Cyanotech aquaculture facility and the 

proposed measures that Cyanotech 

would undertake to minimize and 

mitigate take of the Hawaiian stilt. The 

Environmental Action Statement 

describes the basis for the Service’s 

preliminary determination that the 

Cyanotech HCP qualifies as a low effect 

plan eligible for a categorical exclusion 

from further documentation under the 

National Environmental Policy Act. 

You may obtain copies of the 

documents from review by contacting 

the office named above. You also may 

make an appointment to view the 

documents at the above address during 

normal business hours. All comments 

we receive, including names and 

addresses, will become part of the 

administrative record and may be 

released to the public. 

Background 

Section 9 of the Act and its 

implementing regulations prohibit the 

‘‘take’’ of threatened or endangered 

species. Take is defined under the Act 

to include harass, harm, pursue, hunt 

shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, or 

collect listed animal species, or attempt 

to engage in any such conduct (16 

U.S.C. 1538). Harm includes significant 

habitat modification where it actually 

kills or injures listed wildlife by 

significantly impairing essential 

behavioral patterns, including breeding, 

feeding, and sheltering 50 CFR 17.3(c). 

Under limited circumstances the 

Service may issue permits to take listed 

species incidental to, and not the 

purpose of, otherwise lawful activities. 

Regulations governing permits for 

threatened and endangered species are 

found in 50 CFR 17.32 and 50 CFR 

17.22, respectively. 

Cyanotech cultivates and harvests 

microalgae for commercial sale. The 

Cyanotech facility currently occupies 

approximately 90 acres of land and 

includes a series of man-made ponds or 

‘‘raceway ponds’’ where the microalgae 

is grown; office and maintenance 

buildings; and laboratory, research, and 

processing buildings. The nutrient rich 

ponds support high-density invertebrate 

populations, a primary food source for 

the endangered Hawaiian stilt. Stilts are 

attracted to and nest within and 

adjacent to the aquaculture facility. 

Hawaiian stitl chicks that hatch at the 

facility are led by parents stilts to the 

ponds to feed where they are suspected 

either of drowning in the rapidly 

flowing waters or dying from adverse 

physiological reactions (e.g., acute 

dehydration) associated with ingestion 

of the hypersaline, high-alkaline 

conditions of the alga medium required 

for production. Cyanotech’s aquaculture 

operation thus inadvertently attracts 

stilts to a man-made habitat that is 

unsuitable for successful stilt 

reproduction. 

Under the HCP, Cyanotech would 

minimize incidental take of the 

Hawaiian stilt by implementing 

deterrence measures designed to 

eliminate stilt foraging and nesting at 

the Cyanoteck Facility. The following 

non-lethal deterrence measures would