80_FR_41186 80 FR 41052 - Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Incidental Take Permit Application; Proposed Diversified Pacific Low-Effect Habitat Conservation Plan and Associated Documents, City of Redlands, San Bernardino County, California

80 FR 41052 - Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Incidental Take Permit Application; Proposed Diversified Pacific Low-Effect Habitat Conservation Plan and Associated Documents, City of Redlands, San Bernardino County, California

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 134 (July 14, 2015)

Page Range41052-41053
FR Document2015-17209

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), have received an application from Diversified Pacific (Applicant), for a 5- year incidental take permit (permit). The application includes the Applicant's proposed habitat conservation plan (HCP), as required by the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). If approved, the permit would authorize incidental take of the endangered San Bernardino Merriam's kangaroo rat in the course of routine construction activities associated with the development of residential houses in the City of Redlands. We invite public comment on the permit application and the proposed HCP, and on our preliminary determination that the HCP qualifies as ``low-effect'' for a categorical exclusion under the National Environmental Policy Act. To make this determination, we used our environmental action statement and low-effect screening form, which are also available for review.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R8-ES-2014-N141; FXES11120000-156-FF08ECAR00]


Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Incidental Take 
Permit Application; Proposed Diversified Pacific Low-Effect Habitat 
Conservation Plan and Associated Documents, City of Redlands, San 
Bernardino County, California

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), have 
received an application from Diversified Pacific (Applicant), for a 5-
year incidental take permit (permit). The application includes the 
Applicant's proposed habitat conservation plan (HCP), as required by 
the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). If approved, the 
permit would authorize incidental take of the endangered San Bernardino 
Merriam's kangaroo rat in the course of routine construction activities 
associated with the development of residential houses in the City of 
Redlands. We invite public comment on the permit application and the 
proposed HCP, and on our preliminary determination that the HCP 
qualifies as ``low-effect'' for a categorical exclusion under the 
National Environmental Policy Act. To make this determination, we used 
our environmental action statement and low-effect screening form, which 
are also available for review.

DATES: To ensure consideration, please send your written comments by 
August 13, 2015.

ADDRESSES: 
    Obtaining Documents: You may request a copy of the incidental take 
permit application, draft EA, and proposed HCP by email, telephone, 
fax, or U.S. mail (see below). These documents are also available for 
public inspection by appointment during normal business hours at the 
office below. Please send your requests or comments by any one of the 
following methods, and specify ``Diversified Pacific Low-Effect HCP'' 
in your request or comment.
    Submitting Comments: You may submit comments or requests for more 
information by any of the following methods:
    Email: [email protected]. Include ``Diversified Pacific 
Low-Effect HCP'' in the subject line of your message.
    Telephone: Karin Cleary-Rose, Palm Springs Fish and Wildlife 
Office, 760-322-2070 extension 206.
    Fax: Karin Cleary-Rose, Palm Springs Fish and Wildlife Office, 760-
322-4648, Attn.: Diversified Pacific Low-Effect HCP.
    U.S. Mail: Karin Cleary-Rose, Palm Springs Fish and Wildlife 
Office, Attn.: Diversified Pacific Low-Effect HCP, U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service, 777 East Tahquitz Canyon Way, Suite 208, Palm 
Springs, CA 92262.
    In-Person Viewing or Pickup of Documents, or Delivery of Comments: 
Call 760-322-2070 to make an appointment during regular business hours 
at the above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karin Cleary-Rose, Inland Division 
Chief, Palm Springs Fish and Wildlife Office; telephone 760-332-2070 
extension 206. If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf 
(TDD), please call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 800-
877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Introduction

    The Applicant, Diversified Pacific, requests an incidental take 
permit under section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Act. If we approve the permit, 
the Applicant anticipates taking San Bernardino Merriam's kangaroo rat 
(Dipodomys merriami parvus; SBKR) as a result of permanent impacts to 
habitat that the species uses for breeding, feeding, and sheltering. 
Take of SBKR would be incidental to the Applicant's activities 
associated with the construction of residential houses in the City of 
Redlands, San Bernardino County, California. We published a final rule 
to list SBKR as endangered on September 24, 1998 (63 FR 51005). The 
rule became effective September 24, 1998. Final designation of Critical 
Habitat was published on April 23, 2002 (67 FR 19812). A 5-year review 
of the species was published on May 21, 2010 (75 FR 28636).

Background

    Section 9 of the Act and our implementing Federal regulations in 
the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR part 17 prohibit the 
``take'' of wildlife species listed as endangered or threatened. Take 
of listed wildlife is defined under the Act as ``to harass, harm, 
pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, or collect listed 
species, or to attempt to engage in any such conduct'' (16 U.S.C. 
1538). ``Harm'' includes significant habitat modification or 
degradation that actually kills or injures listed wildlife by 
significantly impairing essential behavioral patterns such as breeding, 
feeding, or sheltering (50 CFR 17.3). Under limited circumstances, we 
may issue permits to authorize incidental take of listed wildlife 
species, which the Act defines as take that is incidental to, and not 
the purpose of, the carrying out of otherwise lawful activities.
    Regulations governing incidental take permits for threatened and 
endangered species are at 50 CFR 17.32 and 17.22, respectively. In 
addition to meeting other criteria, activities covered by an incidental 
take permit must not jeopardize the continued existence in the wild of 
federally listed wildlife or plants.

Applicant's Proposal

    The Applicant requests a 5-year permit under section 10(a)(1)(B) of 
the Act. If we approve the permit, the Applicant anticipates taking 
SBKR as a result of the construction activities which will permanently 
impact 7.7 acres (ac) (3.12 hectares (ha)) of habitat the species uses 
for breeding, feeding, and sheltering. The take would be incidental to 
the Applicant's routine construction activities associated with the 
development of residential houses. The site is located southwest and 
southeast of the intersection of Pioneer Avenue and Judson Street in 
the City of Redlands, San Bernardino County, California. The proposed 
project site is surrounded by residential development and a mix of 
active and abandoned citrus orchards. An active municipal airport is 
located approximately 0.25 mile northeast of the project site.
    Based upon focused surveys (2003, 2010, 2013, and 2015), 7.7 ac 
(3.12 ha) of the project site are occupied by SBKR. The Service has 
determined that the proposed development would result in incidental 
take of SBKR. No other federally listed species are known to occupy the 
project site.
    To mitigate take of SBKR at the project site, the Applicant 
proposes one of two mitigation options.
    Option A:
    [ssquf] SBKR captured prior to ground disturbance on the project 
site will be translocated to Cajon Creek Conservation Bank in the City 
of Muscoy, San Bernardino County, California. These animals will 
augment the current low-density population of SBKR found in the portion 
of the Bank where the relocation will occur. These animals will be 
monitored for 5 years, including annual reporting.
    [ssquf] The Applicant will provide funding for the perpetual 
maintenance and monitoring of approximately 20.9 ac of

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occupied high-quality SBKR habitat in the City of Redlands, owned and 
conserved by the Redlands Land Conservancy into perpetuity.
    Option B:
    [ssquf] SBKR captured prior to ground disturbance on the project 
site will be relocated to conserved habitat owned and managed by the 
Redlands Land Conservancy or other conserved property managed for the 
benefit of SBKR.
    [ssquf] The Applicant will provide funding for the perpetual 
maintenance and monitoring of 23.1 ac of occupied high-quality SBKR 
habitat in the City of Redlands, owned and conserved by the Redlands 
Land Conservancy for the benefit SBKR in perpetuity.
    The determination as to which mitigation option will be implemented 
will be based upon the suitability of conserved site to receive the 
translocated population. This decision will be made by the Service 
prior to the initiation of ground disturbance on the project site.

Proposed Habitat Conservation Plan Alternatives

    In the proposed HCP, the Applicant considers alternatives to the 
taking SBKR under the proposed action. Our proposed action is to issue 
an incidental take permit to the Applicant, who would implement the 
HCP. If we approve the permit, take of SBKR would be authorized for the 
Applicant's routine construction activities associated with the 
development of residential houses, in the City of Redlands. The 
Applicant's proposed HCP does identify a no-build alternative that 
would not result in incidental take of SBKR, but it is infeasible for 
the Applicant to accept this alternative as it would result in no 
development of the land or associated infrastructure improvements 
necessary to the City of Redlands and surrounding community. The 
proposed HCP also examined participation in a regional HCP as an 
alternative to an individual HCP. This alternative plan is infeasible 
because there is currently no completed regional plan, and the timing 
for completion of a regional plan is unknown.

Our Preliminary Determination

    We invite comments on our preliminary determination that our 
proposed action, based on the Applicant's proposed activities, 
including the proposed minimization and mitigation measures, would have 
a minor or negligible effect on SBKR, and that the HCP qualifies as 
``low effect'' as defined by our Habitat Conservation Planning Handbook 
(November 1996).
    We base our determination that a HCP qualifies as a low-effect plan 
on the following three criteria:
    (1) Implementation of the HCP would result in minor or negligible 
effects on federally listed, proposed, and candidate species and their 
habitats;
    (2) Implementation of the HCP would result in minor or negligible 
effects on other environmental values or resources; and
    (3) Impacts of the HCP, considered together with the impacts of 
other past, present, and reasonably foreseeable similarly situated 
projects, would not result, over time, in cumulative effects to 
environmental values or resources that would be considered significant.
    As more fully explained in our environmental action statement and 
associated low-effect screening form, the Applicant's proposed HCP 
qualifies as a low-effect HCP for the following reasons:
     The project is small in size and does not jeopardize the 
continued existence of the SBKR.
     The Applicant will mitigate impacts to the SBKR by 
translocating HCP individuals to a conserved property, monitoring those 
translocated individuals for 5 years, and funding the perpetual 
management of up to 23.1 acres of high-quality SBKR habitat at the 
conserved 100-acre Redlands Conservancy property in Redlands, 
California.
     This project proposes to increase the genetic diversity of 
SBKR at the translocation receiver site, fund the long-term management 
of conserved and occupied habitat, and increase the quality of habitat, 
in areas found outside of the 100-year floodplain, in two of the three 
designated critical habitat units for the species.
    Therefore, our proposed issuance of the requested incidental take 
permit qualifies as a categorical exclusion under the National 
Environmental Policy Act, as provided by the Department of the Interior 
Manual (516 DM 2 Appendix 1, 516 DM 6 Appendix 1, and 516 DM 
8.5(C)(2)). Based on our review of public comments we receive in 
response to this notice, we may revise this preliminary determination.

Public Review

    The Service invites the public to comment on the permit 
application, including the proposed HCP, during the public comment 
period. Copies of the documents will be available during a 30-day 
public comment period (see DATES). If you wish to comment, you may 
submit your comments to the address listed in ADDRESSES. Before 
including your address, phone number, email address, or other personal 
identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that your 
entire comment--including your personal identifying information--may be 
made publicly available at any time. While you may ask us in your 
comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public 
review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.

Next Steps

    We will evaluate the proposed HCP and comments we receive to 
determine whether the permit application meets the requirements and 
issuance criteria under section 10(a) of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et 
seq.). We will also evaluate whether issuance of a section 10(a)(1)(B) 
incidental take permit would comply with section 7 of the Act by 
conducting an intra-Service consultation. We will use the results of 
this consultation, in combination with the above findings, in our final 
analysis to determine whether or not to issue a permit. If the 
requirements and issuance criteria under section 10(a) are met, we will 
issue the permit to the Applicant for incidental take of SBKR.

G. Mendel Stewart,
Field Supervisor, Carlsbad Fish and Wildlife Office, Carlsbad, 
California.
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                                                    DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR                                  Telephone: Karin Cleary-Rose, Palm                 injures listed wildlife by significantly
                                                                                                             Springs Fish and Wildlife Office, 760–                impairing essential behavioral patterns
                                                    Fish and Wildlife Service                                322–2070 extension 206.                               such as breeding, feeding, or sheltering
                                                    [FWS–R8–ES–2014–N141; FXES11120000–                         Fax: Karin Cleary-Rose, Palm Springs               (50 CFR 17.3). Under limited
                                                    156–FF08ECAR00]                                          Fish and Wildlife Office, 760–322–4648,               circumstances, we may issue permits to
                                                                                                             Attn.: Diversified Pacific Low-Effect                 authorize incidental take of listed
                                                    Endangered and Threatened Wildlife                       HCP.                                                  wildlife species, which the Act defines
                                                    and Plants; Incidental Take Permit                          U.S. Mail: Karin Cleary-Rose, Palm                 as take that is incidental to, and not the
                                                    Application; Proposed Diversified                        Springs Fish and Wildlife Office, Attn.:              purpose of, the carrying out of otherwise
                                                    Pacific Low-Effect Habitat                               Diversified Pacific Low-Effect HCP, U.S.              lawful activities.
                                                    Conservation Plan and Associated                         Fish and Wildlife Service, 777 East                     Regulations governing incidental take
                                                    Documents, City of Redlands, San                         Tahquitz Canyon Way, Suite 208, Palm                  permits for threatened and endangered
                                                    Bernardino County, California                            Springs, CA 92262.                                    species are at 50 CFR 17.32 and 17.22,
                                                                                                                In-Person Viewing or Pickup of                     respectively. In addition to meeting
                                                    AGENCY:   Fish and Wildlife Service,                                                                           other criteria, activities covered by an
                                                                                                             Documents, or Delivery of Comments:
                                                    Interior.                                                                                                      incidental take permit must not
                                                                                                             Call 760–322–2070 to make an
                                                    ACTION: Notice of availability; request                                                                        jeopardize the continued existence in
                                                                                                             appointment during regular business
                                                    for comments.                                            hours at the above address.                           the wild of federally listed wildlife or
                                                    SUMMARY:   We, the U.S. Fish and                         FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                                                                                                                                   plants.
                                                    Wildlife Service (Service), have received                Karin Cleary-Rose, Inland Division                    Applicant’s Proposal
                                                    an application from Diversified Pacific                  Chief, Palm Springs Fish and Wildlife                    The Applicant requests a 5-year
                                                    (Applicant), for a 5-year incidental take                Office; telephone 760–332–2070                        permit under section 10(a)(1)(B) of the
                                                    permit (permit). The application                         extension 206. If you use a                           Act. If we approve the permit, the
                                                    includes the Applicant’s proposed                        telecommunications device for the deaf                Applicant anticipates taking SBKR as a
                                                    habitat conservation plan (HCP), as                      (TDD), please call the Federal                        result of the construction activities
                                                    required by the Endangered Species Act                   Information Relay Service (FIRS) at                   which will permanently impact 7.7
                                                    of 1973, as amended (Act). If approved,                  800–877–8339.                                         acres (ac) (3.12 hectares (ha)) of habitat
                                                    the permit would authorize incidental                    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                            the species uses for breeding, feeding,
                                                    take of the endangered San Bernardino                                                                          and sheltering. The take would be
                                                    Merriam’s kangaroo rat in the course of                  Introduction
                                                                                                                                                                   incidental to the Applicant’s routine
                                                    routine construction activities                             The Applicant, Diversified Pacific,                construction activities associated with
                                                    associated with the development of                       requests an incidental take permit under              the development of residential houses.
                                                    residential houses in the City of                        section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Act. If we                 The site is located southwest and
                                                    Redlands. We invite public comment on                    approve the permit, the Applicant                     southeast of the intersection of Pioneer
                                                    the permit application and the proposed                  anticipates taking San Bernardino                     Avenue and Judson Street in the City of
                                                    HCP, and on our preliminary                              Merriam’s kangaroo rat (Dipodomys                     Redlands, San Bernardino County,
                                                    determination that the HCP qualifies as                  merriami parvus; SBKR) as a result of                 California. The proposed project site is
                                                    ‘‘low-effect’’ for a categorical exclusion               permanent impacts to habitat that the                 surrounded by residential development
                                                    under the National Environmental                         species uses for breeding, feeding, and               and a mix of active and abandoned
                                                    Policy Act. To make this determination,                  sheltering. Take of SBKR would be                     citrus orchards. An active municipal
                                                    we used our environmental action                         incidental to the Applicant’s activities              airport is located approximately 0.25
                                                    statement and low-effect screening form,                 associated with the construction of                   mile northeast of the project site.
                                                    which are also available for review.                     residential houses in the City of                        Based upon focused surveys (2003,
                                                    DATES: To ensure consideration, please                   Redlands, San Bernardino County,                      2010, 2013, and 2015), 7.7 ac (3.12 ha)
                                                    send your written comments by August                     California. We published a final rule to              of the project site are occupied by
                                                    13, 2015.                                                list SBKR as endangered on September                  SBKR. The Service has determined that
                                                    ADDRESSES:                                               24, 1998 (63 FR 51005). The rule                      the proposed development would result
                                                       Obtaining Documents: You may                          became effective September 24, 1998.                  in incidental take of SBKR. No other
                                                    request a copy of the incidental take                    Final designation of Critical Habitat was             federally listed species are known to
                                                    permit application, draft EA, and                        published on April 23, 2002 (67 FR                    occupy the project site.
                                                    proposed HCP by email, telephone, fax,                   19812). A 5-year review of the species                   To mitigate take of SBKR at the
                                                    or U.S. mail (see below). These                          was published on May 21, 2010 (75 FR                  project site, the Applicant proposes one
                                                    documents are also available for public                  28636).                                               of two mitigation options.
                                                    inspection by appointment during                         Background                                               Option A:
                                                    normal business hours at the office                                                                               D SBKR captured prior to ground
                                                    below. Please send your requests or                         Section 9 of the Act and our                       disturbance on the project site will be
                                                    comments by any one of the following                     implementing Federal regulations in the               translocated to Cajon Creek
                                                    methods, and specify ‘‘Diversified                       Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at 50               Conservation Bank in the City of
                                                    Pacific Low-Effect HCP’’ in your request                 CFR part 17 prohibit the ‘‘take’’ of                  Muscoy, San Bernardino County,
                                                                                                             wildlife species listed as endangered or              California. These animals will augment
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                                                    or comment.
                                                       Submitting Comments: You may                          threatened. Take of listed wildlife is                the current low-density population of
                                                    submit comments or requests for more                     defined under the Act as ‘‘to harass,                 SBKR found in the portion of the Bank
                                                    information by any of the following                      harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill,               where the relocation will occur. These
                                                    methods:                                                 trap, capture, or collect listed species, or          animals will be monitored for 5 years,
                                                       Email: karin_cleary-rose@fws.gov.                     to attempt to engage in any such                      including annual reporting.
                                                    Include ‘‘Diversified Pacific Low-Effect                 conduct’’ (16 U.S.C. 1538). ‘‘Harm’’                     D The Applicant will provide funding
                                                    HCP’’ in the subject line of your                        includes significant habitat modification             for the perpetual maintenance and
                                                    message.                                                 or degradation that actually kills or                 monitoring of approximately 20.9 ac of


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                                                    occupied high-quality SBKR habitat in                       We base our determination that a HCP               email address, or other personal
                                                    the City of Redlands, owned and                          qualifies as a low-effect plan on the                 identifying information in your
                                                    conserved by the Redlands Land                           following three criteria:                             comment, you should be aware that
                                                    Conservancy into perpetuity.                                (1) Implementation of the HCP would                your entire comment—including your
                                                       Option B:                                             result in minor or negligible effects on              personal identifying information—may
                                                       D SBKR captured prior to ground                       federally listed, proposed, and                       be made publicly available at any time.
                                                    disturbance on the project site will be                  candidate species and their habitats;                 While you may ask us in your comment
                                                    relocated to conserved habitat owned                        (2) Implementation of the HCP would                to withhold your personal identifying
                                                    and managed by the Redlands Land                         result in minor or negligible effects on              information from public review, we
                                                    Conservancy or other conserved                           other environmental values or                         cannot guarantee that we will be able to
                                                    property managed for the benefit of                      resources; and                                        do so.
                                                    SBKR.                                                       (3) Impacts of the HCP, considered
                                                       D The Applicant will provide funding                  together with the impacts of other past,              Next Steps
                                                    for the perpetual maintenance and                        present, and reasonably foreseeable                      We will evaluate the proposed HCP
                                                    monitoring of 23.1 ac of occupied high-                  similarly situated projects, would not                and comments we receive to determine
                                                    quality SBKR habitat in the City of                      result, over time, in cumulative effects              whether the permit application meets
                                                    Redlands, owned and conserved by the                     to environmental values or resources                  the requirements and issuance criteria
                                                    Redlands Land Conservancy for the                        that would be considered significant.                 under section 10(a) of the Act (16 U.S.C.
                                                    benefit SBKR in perpetuity.                                 As more fully explained in our                     1531 et seq.). We will also evaluate
                                                       The determination as to which                         environmental action statement and                    whether issuance of a section 10(a)(1)(B)
                                                    mitigation option will be implemented                    associated low-effect screening form, the             incidental take permit would comply
                                                    will be based upon the suitability of                    Applicant’s proposed HCP qualifies as a               with section 7 of the Act by conducting
                                                    conserved site to receive the                            low-effect HCP for the following                      an intra-Service consultation. We will
                                                    translocated population. This decision                   reasons:                                              use the results of this consultation, in
                                                    will be made by the Service prior to the                    • The project is small in size and                 combination with the above findings, in
                                                    initiation of ground disturbance on the                  does not jeopardize the continued                     our final analysis to determine whether
                                                    project site.                                            existence of the SBKR.                                or not to issue a permit. If the
                                                                                                                • The Applicant will mitigate impacts              requirements and issuance criteria
                                                    Proposed Habitat Conservation Plan                       to the SBKR by translocating HCP
                                                    Alternatives                                                                                                   under section 10(a) are met, we will
                                                                                                             individuals to a conserved property,                  issue the permit to the Applicant for
                                                       In the proposed HCP, the Applicant                    monitoring those translocated                         incidental take of SBKR.
                                                    considers alternatives to the taking                     individuals for 5 years, and funding the
                                                    SBKR under the proposed action. Our                      perpetual management of up to 23.1                    G. Mendel Stewart,
                                                    proposed action is to issue an incidental                acres of high-quality SBKR habitat at the             Field Supervisor, Carlsbad Fish and Wildlife
                                                    take permit to the Applicant, who                        conserved 100-acre Redlands                           Office, Carlsbad, California.
                                                    would implement the HCP. If we                           Conservancy property in Redlands,                     [FR Doc. 2015–17209 Filed 7–13–15; 8:45 am]
                                                    approve the permit, take of SBKR would                   California.                                           BILLING CODE 4310–55–P
                                                    be authorized for the Applicant’s                           • This project proposes to increase
                                                    routine construction activities                          the genetic diversity of SBKR at the
                                                    associated with the development of                       translocation receiver site, fund the                 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
                                                    residential houses, in the City of                       long-term management of conserved and
                                                    Redlands. The Applicant’s proposed                       occupied habitat, and increase the                    Geological Survey
                                                    HCP does identify a no-build alternative                 quality of habitat, in areas found outside
                                                    that would not result in incidental take                 of the 100-year floodplain, in two of the             [GX15AE6000C1000]
                                                    of SBKR, but it is infeasible for the                    three designated critical habitat units for
                                                    Applicant to accept this alternative as it               the species.                                          Notice of Intent To Grant an Exclusive
                                                    would result in no development of the                       Therefore, our proposed issuance of                License
                                                    land or associated infrastructure                        the requested incidental take permit
                                                                                                                                                                   AGENCY:   Geological Survey, Department
                                                    improvements necessary to the City of                    qualifies as a categorical exclusion
                                                                                                                                                                   of the Interior.
                                                    Redlands and surrounding community.                      under the National Environmental
                                                    The proposed HCP also examined                           Policy Act, as provided by the                        ACTION: Notice of intent to grant an
                                                    participation in a regional HCP as an                    Department of the Interior Manual (516                exclusive license.
                                                    alternative to an individual HCP. This                   DM 2 Appendix 1, 516 DM 6 Appendix                    SUMMARY:   The Notice is hereby given
                                                    alternative plan is infeasible because                   1, and 516 DM 8.5(C)(2)). Based on our                that the U.S. Geological Survey intends
                                                    there is currently no completed regional                 review of public comments we receive                  to grant to Glosten Associates, 1201
                                                    plan, and the timing for completion of                   in response to this notice, we may revise             Western Avenue, Suite 200, Seattle, WA
                                                    a regional plan is unknown.                              this preliminary determination.                       98101, an exclusive license to practice
                                                    Our Preliminary Determination                            Public Review                                         the following: A system, method, and
                                                      We invite comments on our                                The Service invites the public to                   apparatus for treating ship ballast water.
                                                    preliminary determination that our                       comment on the permit application,                    DATES: Comments must be received
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                                                    proposed action, based on the                            including the proposed HCP, during the                fifteen (15) days from the effective date
                                                    Applicant’s proposed activities,                         public comment period. Copies of the                  of this notice.
                                                    including the proposed minimization                      documents will be available during a                  FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                    and mitigation measures, would have a                    30-day public comment period (see                     Benjamin Henry, Technology Enterprise
                                                    minor or negligible effect on SBKR, and                  DATES). If you wish to comment, you                   Specialist, Office of Policy & Analysis,
                                                    that the HCP qualifies as ‘‘low effect’’ as              may submit your comments to the                       U.S. Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise
                                                    defined by our Habitat Conservation                      address listed in ADDRESSES. Before                   Valley Dr., MS 153, Reston, VA 20192,
                                                    Planning Handbook (November 1996).                       including your address, phone number,                 703–648–4344.


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ActionNotice of availability; request for comments.
DatesTo ensure consideration, please send your written comments by August 13, 2015.
ContactKarin Cleary-Rose, Inland Division Chief, Palm Springs Fish and Wildlife Office; telephone 760-332-2070 extension 206. If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), please call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 800- 877-8339.
FR Citation80 FR 41052 

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