80 FR 73810 - Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Receipt of Application for an Incidental Take Permit; Availability of Low-Effect Habitat Conservation Plan and Associated Documents; Polk County, FL
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 227 (November 25, 2015)
Fish and Wildlife Service
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 227 (November 25, 2015)
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| FR Document | 2015-29995 |
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 227 (Wednesday, November 25, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 73810-73811] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-29995] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service [FWS-R4-ES-2015-N214; FXES11120400000-167-FF04EF2000] Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Receipt of Application for an Incidental Take Permit; Availability of Low-Effect Habitat Conservation Plan and Associated Documents; Polk County, FL AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comment/information. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the availability of an incidental take permit (ITP) and a Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP). Verano Land Investment, LLC (applicant) requests ITP TE67461B-0 under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). The applicant anticipates taking about 4 acres of feeding, breeding, and sheltering habitat used by the sand skink (Neoseps reynoldsi) and blue-tailed mole skink (Eumeces egregius lividus) (skinks) incidental to land preparation and construction in Polk County, Florida. The applicant's HCP describes proposed minimization measures and mitigation measures to address the effects of development on the covered species. DATES: We must receive your written comments on the ITP application and HCP on or before December 28, 2015. ADDRESSES: See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below for information on how to submit your comments on the ITP application and HCP. You may obtain a copy of the ITP application and HCP by writing the South Florida Ecological Services Office, Attn: Permit number TE67461B-0, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1339 20th Street, Vero Beach, FL 32960-3559. In addition, we will make the ITP application and HCP available for public inspection by appointment during normal business hours at the above address. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Alfredo Begazo, South Florida Ecological Services Office (see ADDRESSES); telephone: 772-469 -4234. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Submitting Comments If you wish to comment on the ITP application or HCP, you may submit comments by any one of the following methods: Email: [email protected]. Use ``Attn: Permit number ``TE67461B-0'' as your message subject line. Fax: Alfredo Begazo, 772-469-4234, Attn.: Permit number ``TE67461B- 0.'' U.S. mail: Alfredo Begazo, South Florida Ecological Services Field Office, Attn: Permit number ``TE67461B-0,'' U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1339 20th Street, Vero Beach, FL 32960-3559. In-person drop-off: You may drop off comments or request information during regular business hours at the above office address. Public Availability of Comments Before including your address, phone number, email address, or other personal identifying information in your comments, you should be aware that your entire comment--including your personal identifying information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can request in your comments that your personal identifying information be withheld from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. Applicant's Proposed Project We received an application from the applicant for an incidental take permit, along with a proposed habitat conservation plan. The applicant requests an ITP under section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). If we approve the application, the applicant anticipates taking a total of approximately 4 acres of skink breeding, feeding, and sheltering habitat, incidental to land preparation and construction in Section 25, Township 25 South, Range 26 East, Polk County, Florida. The applicant currently has neither a time-frame for development, nor a specific site plan; however, development of this parcel would likely include construction of one or more structures, a parking area, and installation of associated utilities. The applicant proposes to minimize impacts to skinks by preserving a total of 8 acres of skink-occupied habitat off site. The Service listed the skinks as threatened in 1987 (November 6, 1987; 52 FR 20715), effective December 7, 1987. [[Page 73811]] Our Preliminary Determination The Service has made a preliminary determination that the applicant's project, including the mitigation measures, will individually and cumulatively have a minor or negligible effect on the species covered in the HCP. Therefore, issuance of the ITP is a ``low- effect'' action and qualifies as a categorical exclusion under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) (40 CFR 1506.6), as provided by the Department of the Interior Manual (516 DM 2 Appendix 1 and 516 DM 6 Appendix 1). We base our preliminary determination that issuance of the ITP qualifies as a low-effect action on the following three criteria: (1) Implementation of the project would result in minor or negligible effects on federally listed, proposed, and candidate species and their habitats; (2) Implementation of the project would result in minor or negligible effects on other environmental values or resources; and (3) Impacts of the project, 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. This preliminary determination may be revised based on our review of public comments that we receive in response to this notice. Next Steps The Service will evaluate the HCP and comments submitted thereon to determine whether the application meets the requirements of section 10(a) of the Act. The Service will also evaluate whether issuance of the section 10(a)(1)(B) ITP complies with section 7 of the Act by conducting an intra-Service section 7 consultation. The results of this consultation, in combination with the above findings, will be used in the final analysis to determine whether or not to issue the ITP. If it is determined that the requirements of the Act are met, the ITP will be issued. Authority: We provide this notice under Section 10 of the Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and NEPA regulations (40 CFR 1506.6). Dated: November 13, 2015. Roxanna Hinzman, Field Supervisor, South Florida Ecological Services Office. [FR Doc. 2015-29995 Filed 11-24-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-55-P
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Permit Application Number: TE Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Ecological Services Office (see
31057A–1 Tennessee. ADDRESSES); telephone: 772–469 –4234.
Applicant: North Carolina Wildlife Dated: November 17, 2015. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Resources Commission Franklin J. Arnold III,
Submitting Comments
The applicant requests to amend their Acting Assistant Regional Director—
current permit to take (collect, handle, Ecological Services, Southeast Region. If you wish to comment on the ITP
maintain in captivity, propagate, [FR Doc. 2015–30002 Filed 11–24–15; 8:45 am] application or HCP, you may submit
release, and translocate) individuals BILLING CODE 4310–55–P comments by any one of the following
from 10 federally listed mussel species methods:
for the purpose of restoring and Email: alfredo_begazo@fws.gov. Use
augmenting wild populations in the DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ‘‘Attn: Permit number ‘‘TE67461B–0’’ as
state of North Carolina. your message subject line.
Fish and Wildlife Service
Permit Application Number: TE Fax: Alfredo Begazo, 772–469–4234,
86220A–2 [FWS–R4–ES–2015–N214; Attn.: Permit number ‘‘TE67461B–0.’’
Applicant: Jaret Daniels, University of FXES11120400000–167–FF04EF2000] U.S. mail: Alfredo Begazo, South
Florida, Museum of Natural History, Florida Ecological Services Field Office,
Gainesville, Florida Endangered and Threatened Wildlife Attn: Permit number ‘‘TE67461B–0,’’
The applicant requests to amend their and Plants; Receipt of Application for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1339
current permit to take (capture, hold, an Incidental Take Permit; Availability 20th Street, Vero Beach, FL 32960–3559.
propagate in captivity, collect body of Low-Effect Habitat Conservation
Plan and Associated Documents; Polk In-person drop-off: You may drop off
parts or tissues, attach markers and comments or request information during
release) Schaus swallowtail butterfly County, FL
regular business hours at the above
(Heraclides aristodemus ponceanus) AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, office address.
and Miami blue butterflies (Cyclargus Interior.
thomasi bethunebakeri) for Public Availability of Comments
ACTION: Notice of availability; request
enhancement of propagation and Before including your address, phone
for comment/information.
survival of the species. number, email address, or other
Permit Application Number: TE SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife personal identifying information in your
021030–3 Service (Service), announce the comments, you should be aware that
availability of an incidental take permit your entire comment—including your
Applicant: Stanley Rudzinski, Mt. Juliet, (ITP) and a Habitat Conservation Plan
Tennessee personal identifying information—may
(HCP). Verano Land Investment, LLC be made publicly available at any time.
The applicant requests a permit to (applicant) requests ITP TE67461B–0 While you can request in your
take (capture, identify, release) under the Endangered Species Act of comments that your personal
Nashville crayfish (Orconectes shoupi) 1973, as amended (Act). The applicant identifying information be withheld
for the purpose of conducting presence/ anticipates taking about 4 acres of from public review, we cannot
absence surveys in Tennessee. feeding, breeding, and sheltering habitat guarantee that we will be able to do so.
Permit Application Number: TE used by the sand skink (Neoseps
reynoldsi) and blue-tailed mole skink Applicant’s Proposed Project
81587B–0
(Eumeces egregius lividus) (skinks) We received an application from the
Applicant: Alexander Silvis, Virginia
incidental to land preparation and applicant for an incidental take permit,
Tech, Blacksburg, VA
construction in Polk County, Florida. along with a proposed habitat
The applicant requests a permit to The applicant’s HCP describes proposed
take (mist-net, harp trap, handle, wing- conservation plan. The applicant
minimization measures and mitigation requests an ITP under section
punch, band, and radio tag) Indiana bat measures to address the effects of
(Myotis sodalis), northern long-eared bat 10(a)(1)(B) of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et
development on the covered species. seq.). If we approve the application, the
(Myotis septentrionalis), gray bat (Myotis
DATES: We must receive your written applicant anticipates taking a total of
grisescens), Ozark big-eared bat
comments on the ITP application and approximately 4 acres of skink breeding,
(Corynorhinus townsendii ingens), and
HCP on or before December 28, 2015. feeding, and sheltering habitat,
the Virginia big-eared bat (Corynorhinus
townsendii virginianus) for migration, ADDRESSES: See the SUPPLEMENTARY incidental to land preparation and
day-roost, and foraging ecology research INFORMATION section below for construction in Section 25, Township
in the eastern United States and central information on how to submit your 25 South, Range 26 East, Polk County,
and southern Appalachians. comments on the ITP application and Florida. The applicant currently has
HCP. You may obtain a copy of the ITP neither a time-frame for development,
Permit Application Number: TE 121073 application and HCP by writing the nor a specific site plan; however,
Applicant: Christopher Skelton, Little South Florida Ecological Services development of this parcel would likely
Rock, Arkansas Office, Attn: Permit number TE67461B– include construction of one or more
The applicant requests to amend their 0, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1339 structures, a parking area, and
current permit to take (capture, identify, 20th Street, Vero Beach, FL 32960–3559. installation of associated utilities.
In addition, we will make the ITP
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release) an additional eighteen species The applicant proposes to minimize
of federally listed fish, nineteen species application and HCP available for impacts to skinks by preserving a total
of federally listed mussels, the Nashville public inspection by appointment of 8 acres of skink-occupied habitat off
crayfish (Orconectes shoupi), and the during normal business hours at the site. The Service listed the skinks as
interrupted rocksnail (Leptoxis above address. threatened in 1987 (November 6, 1987;
foremani) for the purpose of conducting FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 52 FR 20715), effective December 7,
presence/absence surveys in Tennessee, Alfredo Begazo, South Florida 1987.
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Our Preliminary Determination DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Act is required by Public Law 95–471
Sec.107(c)(1) and 25 CFR 41 to provide
The Service has made a preliminary Bureau of Indian Affairs a report on the use of funds received.
determination that the applicant’s
[167A2100DD/AAKC001030/ II. Request for Comments
project, including the mitigation A0A501010.999900 253G]
measures, will individually and The Bureau of Indian Education
cumulatively have a minor or negligible Renewal of Agency Information requests your comments on these
effect on the species covered in the Collection for Bureau of Indian collections concerning: (a) The necessity
HCP. Therefore, issuance of the ITP is Education Tribal Colleges and of this information collection for the
a ‘‘low-effect’’ action and qualifies as a Universities; Application for Grants proper performance of the functions of
categorical exclusion under the National and Annual Report Form the agency, including whether the
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) (40 information will have practical utility;
AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, (b) The accuracy of the agency’s
CFR 1506.6), as provided by the
Interior. estimate of the burden (hours and cost)
Department of the Interior Manual (516
ACTION: Notice of submission to OMB. of the collection of information,
DM 2 Appendix 1 and 516 DM 6
Appendix 1). We base our preliminary including the validity of the
SUMMARY: In compliance with the methodology and assumptions used; (c)
determination that issuance of the ITP Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Ways we could enhance the quality,
qualifies as a low-effect action on the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is utility, and clarity of the information to
following three criteria: (1) submitting to the Office of Management be collected; and (d) Ways we could
Implementation of the project would and Budget (OMB) a request for renewal minimize the burden of the collection of
result in minor or negligible effects on for the collection of information for the the information on the respondents,
federally listed, proposed, and Tribal Colleges and Universities such as through the use of automated
candidate species and their habitats; (2) Application for Grants, authorized by collection techniques or other forms of
Implementation of the project would OMB Control Number 1076–0018, and information technology.
result in minor or negligible effects on the Tribal Colleges and Universities Please note that an agency may not
other environmental values or Annual Report Form, authorized by conduct or sponsor, and an individual
resources; and (3) Impacts of the project, OMB Control Number 1076–0105. Both need not respond to, a collection of
considered together with the impacts of of these information collections expire information unless it has a valid OMB
other past, present, and reasonably November 30, 2015. Control Number.
foreseeable similarly situated projects, DATES: Interested persons are invited to It is our policy to make all comments
would not result, over time, in submit comments on or before available to the public for review at the
cumulative effects to environmental December 28, 2015. location listed in the ADDRESSES section.
values or resources that would be ADDRESSES: You may submit comments Before including your address, phone
considered significant. This preliminary on the information collection to the number, email address or other personal
determination may be revised based on Desk Officer for the Department of the identifying information in your
our review of public comments that we Interior at the Office of Management and comment, you should be aware that
receive in response to this notice. Budget, by facsimile to (202) 395–5806 your entire comment—including your
or you may send an email to: OIRA_ personal identifying information—may
Next Steps DOCKET@omb.eop.gov. Please send a be made publicly available at any time.
copy of your comments to Juanita While you can ask us in your comment
The Service will evaluate the HCP Mendoza, Acting Chief of Staff, Bureau to withhold your personal identifying
and comments submitted thereon to of Indian Education, 1849 C Street NW., information from public review, we
determine whether the application MIB—Mail Stop 4657, Washington, DC cannot guarantee that we will be able to
meets the requirements of section 10(a) 20240; email Juanita.Mendoza@bie.edu. do so.
of the Act. The Service will also FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
evaluate whether issuance of the section III. Data
Juanita Mendoza, (202) 208–3559. You
10(a)(1)(B) ITP complies with section 7 may review the information collection OMB Control Number: 1076–0018.
of the Act by conducting an intra- requests online at http:// Title: Tribal Colleges and Universities
Service section 7 consultation. The www.reginfo.gov. Follow the Application for Grants Form.
results of this consultation, in Brief Description of Collection:
instructions to review Department of the
combination with the above findings, Collection of the information is required
Interior collections under review by
will be used in the final analysis to under the Tribally Controlled Colleges
OMB.
determine whether or not to issue the and Universities Assistance Act of 1978,
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public Law 95–471, as amended, for the
ITP. If it is determined that the
requirements of the Act are met, the ITP I. Abstract respondent to receive or maintain a
will be issued. benefit.
Each Tribally-controlled college or Type of Review: Extension without
Authority: We provide this notice under university requesting financial change of a currently approved
Section 10 of the Endangered Species Act (16 assistance under the Tribally Controlled collection.
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and NEPA regulations Colleges and Universities Assistance Respondents: Tribal college and
(40 CFR 1506.6). Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95–471), which university administrators.
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Dated: November 13, 2015.
provides grants to Tribally Controlled Number of Respondents: 28 per year,
Colleges or Universities for the purpose on average.
Roxanna Hinzman, of ensuring continued and expanded Total Number of Responses: 28 per
Field Supervisor, South Florida Ecological educational opportunities for Indian year, on average.
Services Office. students. Similarly, each Tribally Frequency of Response: Annually.
[FR Doc. 2015–29995 Filed 11–24–15; 8:45 am] Controlled College or University that Obligation to Respond: Response
BILLING CODE 4310–55–P receives financial assistance under the required to obtain a benefit.
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| Contact | Mr. Alfredo Begazo, South Florida | |
| FR Citation | 80 FR 73810 |
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