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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.

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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 

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be evaluated and may be implemented: 

(1) reduce or eliminate the invertebrate 

food source, (2) reconfigure raceway 

ponds to make them unattractive to the 

Hawaiian stilt, (3) net ponds to exclude 

Hawaiian stitl, (4) use biodegradable 

repellents, and (5) implement various 

hazing methods. Cyanotech will 

mitigate for incidental take of Hawaiian 

stilt eggs and chicks by creating suitable 

nesting habitat onsite. These measures 

would ensure (1) positive Hawaiian stilt 

reproductive success, (2) recruitment of 

fledged birds into the overall 

population, and (3) that the Cyanotech 

facility does not become a reproductive 

sink for stilts. 

The Service’s Proposed Action 

consists of the issuance of an incidental 

take permit and implementation of the 

HCP, which includes measures to 

minimize the incidental take of 

Hawaiian stilt eggs, chicks, subadults, 

and adults, and measures to mitigate 

any incidental take of Hawaiian stilts 

eggs and chicks at the Cyanotect facility. 

The four alternatives to the proposed 

alternative considered in the HCP are: 

(1) No Action, (2) Long-term 

Management Off Site, (3) Haze/Fee, and 

(4) Integrated Management Approach. 

Under the No Action Alternative, no 

permit would be issued. Cyanotech 

would continue its microalgae operation 

without an HCP to address take of the 

Hawaiian stilt. Cyanotech did not select 

this option as it would be in violation 

of Section 9 of the Act. 

Under the Long-term Management Off 

Site Alternative, Cyanotech would 

contribute funds to create, restore, or 

enhance habitat for Hawaiian stilt at an 

off site location. This alternative would 

provide mitigation for take of the 

Hawaiian stilt however, Cyanotech did 

not select this alternative due to the 

prepetutation of incidental take that 

would be caused by continued foraging 

and nesting of stilts at the Cyanotech 

facility. 

Under the Haze/Fee Alternative, 

Cyanotech would haze Hawaiian stilts 

using non-lethal deterrents. This 

alternative may minimize take, 

however, Cyanotech did not select this 

alternative because hazing birds from a 

site has not proven effective as a longterm solution and would likely result in 

a long-term commitment of resources 

without reducing stilt numbers at the 

Cyanotech facility. 

Under the Integrated Management 

Approach Alternative, Cyanotech would 

implement non-lethal bird deterrence, 

manage protected nesting habitat for 1 

year only, and reallocate funds from onsite management to an off-site 

mitigation fund in years 2 and 3. 

Cyanotech did not select this alternative 

due to the unconditional closure of the 

on-site protected habitat after 1 year and 

the desire for flexibility provided by 

adaptive management. 

The Service has made a preliminary 

determination that the Cyanotech HCP 

qualifies as a ‘‘low-effect’’ plan as 

defined by its Habitat Conservation 

Planning Handbook (November 1996). 

Our determination that a habitat 

conservation plan qualifies as a loweffect plan is based on the following 

three criteria: (1) Implementation of the 

plan would result in minor or negligible 

effects on federally listed, proposed, or 

candidate species and their habitats; (2) 

implementation of the plan would result 

in minor or negligible effects on other 

environmental values or resources; and 

(3) impacts of the plan, considered 

together with the impacts of other past, 

present and reasonable foreseeable 

similarly situated projects would not 

result, over time, in cumulative effects 

to environmental values or resources 

which would be considered significant. 

As more fully explained in our 

Environmental Action Statement, 

Cyanotech’s HCP for the Hawaiian stilt 

qualifies as a ‘‘low-effect’’ plan for the 

following reasons: 

1. Approval of the HCP would result 

in minor or negligible effects on the 

Hawaiian stilt. The Service does 

anticipate significant direct or 

cumulative effects to the Hawaiian stilt 

from Cyanotech’s microalgae operation. 

2. Approval of the HCP would not 

have adverse effects on unique 

geographic, historic, or cultural sites, or 

involve unique or unknown 

environmental risks. 

3. Approval of the HCP would not 

result in any cumulative or growth 

inducing impacts and, therefore would 

not result in significant adverse effects 

on public health or safety. 

4. The HCP does not require 

compliance with Executive Order 11998 

(Floodplain Management), Executive 

Order 11990 (Protection of Wetlands), or 

Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, nor 

does it threaten or violate a Federal, 

State, local or tribal law or requirement 

imposed for the protection of the 

environment. 

5. Approval of the HCP would not 

establish a precedent for future action or 

represent a decision in principle about 

future actions with potentially 

significant environmental effects. 

We provide this notice pursuant to 

section 10(c) of the Act and pursuant to 

implementing regulations for the 

National Environmental Policy Act (40 

CFR 1506.6). We will evaluate the 

permit application, HCP, and comments 

submitted thereon to determine whether 

the permit application meets the 

requirements of section 10(a) of the Act 

and National Policy Act regulations. If 

we determine that the requirements are 

met, we will issue a permit under 

section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Act to 

Cyanotech for take of Hawaiian stilt 

incidental to otherwise lawful activities 

in accordance with the HCP. We will 

fully consider all comments received 

during the comment period and will not 

make our final decision until after the 

end of the 30-day comment period.

Dated: December 18, 2001. 

Rowan W. Gould, 

Deputy Regional Director, Fish and Wildlife 

Service, Portland, Oregon.

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BILLING CODE 4310–55–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management 

[WO–220–1020–PB–24 1A; OMB Approval 

Number 1004–0005] 

Information Collection Submitted to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

Under the Paperwork Reduction Act 

The Bureau of Land Management 

(BLM) has submitted the proposed 

collection information listed below to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for approval under the 

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). On August 

21, 2001, the BLM published a notice in 

the Federal Register (66 FR 43901) 

requesting comments on this proposed 

collection. The comment period ended 

on October 22, 2001. The BLM received 

no comments from the public in 

response to that notice. You may obtain 

copies of the proposed collection of 

information and related forms and 

explanatory material by contacting the 

BLM Information Collection Clearance 

Officer at the telephone number listed 

below. 

The OMB is required to respond to 

this request within 60 days but may 

respond after 30 days. For maximum 

consideration your comments and 

suggestions on the requirement should 

be made within 30 days directly to the 

Office of Management and Budget, 

Interior Department Desk Officer (1004–

0005), Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Washington, DC 

20503. Please provide a copy of your 

comments to the Bureau Information 

Collection Clearance Officer (WO–630), 

1849 C St., NW, Mail Stop 401 LS, 

Washington, DC 20240. 

Nature of Comments 

We specifically request your 

comments on the following: