81 FR 21585 - Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Application To Amend Incidental Take Permit; Revised 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 81, Issue 70 (April 12, 2016)
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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 70 (Tuesday, April 12, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 21585-21587] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-08345] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service [FWS-R8-ES-2016-N032; FXES11120800000-167-FF08ECAR00] Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Application To Amend Incidental Take Permit; Revised Diversified Pacific Low-Effect Habitat Conservation Plan and Associated Documents, City of Redlands, San Bernardino County, California ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), have received an application from Diversified Pacific (applicant), to amend a 5-year incidental take permit (permit). The application includes the applicant's revised habitat conservation plan (HCP), as required by the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). If approved, the amended permit would authorize incidental take of the endangered San Bernardino Merriam's kangaroo rat (SBKR) 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 application for a permit amendment and the revised HCP, and on our preliminary determination that the revised HCP continues to qualify as ``low-effect'' for a categorical exclusion under the National Environmental Policy Act. To make this determination we used our low- effect screening form. DATES: To ensure consideration, please send your written comments by May 12, 2016. ADDRESSES: You may request a copy of the amended permit application, the low-effect screening form, and/or the revised 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.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, California 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 Service issued an incidental take permit under section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Act to the applicant, Diversified Pacific, on August 21, 2015. The permit authorizes the applicant to take SBKR as a result of permanent impacts to 7.7 acres of habitat that the species uses for breeding, feeding, and sheltering. Take of SBKR is incidental to the applicant's activities associated with the construction of residential houses in the City of Redlands, San Bernardino County, California. 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. The original permit required the applicant to mitigate impacts to the [[Page 21586]] SBKR by translocating HCP individuals (up to approximately 38 individuals) to a conserved property within the Santa Ana River watershed, monitoring those translocated individuals for 5 years, and funding the perpetual management of 20.9 acres of high-quality SBKR habitat at the conserved 100-acre Redlands Conservancy property in Redlands, California. The applicant captured 41 SBKR from 4.4 acres before commencement of ground disturbance on the project site and translocated them to an area of the Cajon Creek Conservation Bank in the City of Muscoy, San Bernardino County, California, where they augmented a low-density population of SBKR. These animals will be monitored for 5 years, including annual reporting. The applicant requests a permit amendment to expand the SBKR translocation program permitted in the HCP to allow for additional capture and translocation of SBKR from the project site to a Service- approved receiver site as described in the revised HCP. Upon inspection of the remaining undeveloped areas within the permit area, the SBKR biologist determined that 9.7 acres may still be occupied, for a total of 14.1 acres of occupied SBKR habitat. To minimize impacts associated with the expanded translocation program, the applicant will provide funding for the perpetual management and monitoring of 7.3 acres of additional occupied high-quality SBKR habitat in the City of Redlands, owned and conserved by the Redlands Land Conservancy into perpetuity as part of the revised HCP. This increase in the SBKR population across a larger portion of the permit area was unexpected given the overall poor quality of the conditions onsite and the limited number of SBKR previously trapped. The abnormally wet 2015 summer season allowed for increased seed production of summer annual plants. In turn, the SBKR on the project site experienced high reproductive success, which led to an expansion of distribution of SBKR on the site. Because the project site is within an urban matrix and physically isolated from other areas that support SBKR, the project site still does not provide long-term conservation value for the species. Pursuant to the terms of the original permit, the applicant prepared a management plan for and provided financial assurances for long-term funding of the management of 20.9 acres of high-value SBKR conservation land at the Redlands Conservancy Conservation Area. Under the permit amendment, the applicant would fund an endowment account for management of an additional 7.3 acres of Conservancy lands, for a total of 28.2 acres of Conservancy lands with high-value SBKR land protected and managed in perpetuity. 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 (16 U.S.C. 1531-1544 et seq.) and Federal regulations (50 CFR 17) prohibit the taking of fish and wildlife species listed as endangered or threatened under section 4 of the Act. Take of federally listed fish or wildlife is defined under the Act as to harass, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, or collect listed species, or attempt to engage in such conduct. The term ``harass'' is defined in the regulations as to carry out actions that create the likelihood of injury to listed species to such an extent as to significantly disrupt normal behavioral patterns, which include, but are not limited to, breeding, feeding, or sheltering (50 CFR 17.3). The term ``harm'' is defined in the regulations as significant habitat modification or degradation that results in death or injury of listed species by significantly impairing essential behavioral patterns, including breeding, feeding, or sheltering (50 CFR 17.3). However, under specified circumstances, the Service may issue permits that allow the take of federally listed species, provided that the take that occurs is incidental to, but not the purpose of, an otherwise lawful activity. 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 an amendment to the 5-year permit under section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Act to allow for expanded translocation of SBKR from the project site to high-quality habitat receiver sites. Upon issuance of the current permit, and as a condition of construction within the project area, the SBKR biologist trapped 4.4 acres of the estimated 7.7 acres of occupied habitat and discontinued trapping as the maximum take of SBKR had occurred. Upon further inspection, the SBKR biologist determined that 9.7 acres of undeveloped portions of the project area remained occupied by SBKR, for a total of 14.1 acres of occupied SBKR habitat. We think that the abnormally wet 2015 summer season allowed for increased seed production of summer annual plants. In turn, the SBKR on the project site experienced high reproductive success and recruitment of juveniles, which increased the total numbers of individuals on the site and led to an expansion of distribution of SBKR on the site. Because the project site is within an urban matrix and physically isolated from other areas that support SBKR, we still believe that the project site does not provide long-term conservation value for the species. If we approve the permit, the applicant would translocate all remaining SBKR to other Service-approved receiver sites from the remaining undeveloped portion of property as identified in the revised HCP. Translocation of SBKR from the project site is a requirement under the current permit as mitigation for impacts to SBKR, and it is recognized that moving the species off of the project site, which provides no connectivity to other SBKR populations, to approved receiver sites is a conservation benefit to the species. To mitigate take of SBKR at the project site, the applicant proposes the following mitigation strategy: 1. All SBKR captured prior to ground disturbance on the project site will be translocated to one or more Service-approved receiver sites in the Santa Ana River Watershed. These animals will be monitored for 5 years, including annual reporting. 2. The applicant will provide funding for the perpetual management and monitoring of 7.3 acres of additional high-quality occupied SBKR habitat in the City of Redlands, owned and conserved by the Redlands Land Conservancy into perpetuity as part of the revised HCP. In total for both the original HCP and the revised HCP, the applicant will fund the perpetual management and monitoring of 28.2 acres of SBKR habitat. Proposed Habitat Conservation Plan Alternatives In the revised HCP, the applicant considers alternatives to the taking of SBKR under the proposed action. Our proposed action is to issue an amended permit to the applicant, who would implement the revised HCP. If we approve the amended permit, additional take of SBKR would be authorized for [[Page 21587]] the applicant's construction activities associated with the development of residential houses in the City of Redlands. The applicant's revised HCP identifies a no-build alternative that would not result in additional incidental take of SBKR; however, it is infeasible for the applicant to accept this alternative, as it would result in no development of the land and associated infrastructure improvements necessary to the City of Redlands and surrounding community. The revised 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 to expand SBKR translocation minimization and mitigation measures, would have a minor or negligible effect on SBKR, and that the revised HCP qualifies as ``low effect'' as defined by our Habitat Conservation Planning Handbook (November 1996). We base our determination that this 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 associated low-effect screening form, the applicant's revised HCP qualifies as a low-effect HCP for the following reasons: 1. The project is small in size and the loss of this habitat would not jeopardize the continued existence of the SBKR. 2. The project site is not in designated critical habitat for the SBKR. 3. The translocation of additional SBKR off of the project site to conserved receiver sites would increase the local genetic diversity of SBKR at multiple locations in the Santa Ana River watershed, contributing to species recovery. Therefore, our proposed issuance of the requested incidental take permit qualifies as a categorical exclusion under the National Environmental Policy Act, as provided by Department of the Interior implementing regulations in part 46 of title 43 of the Code of Federal Regulations (43 CFR 46.205, 46.210, and 46.215). 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 application to amend the permit, including the revised 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 revised HCP and comments we receive to determine whether the application for a permit amendment 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 an amended section 10(a)(1)(B) incidental take permit would comply with section 7 of the Act by reinitiating intra-Service consultation. We will use the results of the reinitiation, in combination with the above findings, in our final analysis to determine whether or not to issue a permit amendment. If the requirements and issuance criteria under section 10(a) are met, we will issue the permit amendment to the applicant for incidental take of SBKR associated with expanded translocation activities. Scott A. Sobiech, Acting Field Supervisor, Carlsbad Fish and Wildlife Office, Carlsbad, California. [FR Doc. 2016-08345 Filed 4-11-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4333-15-P
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property such as patentable material, Scientific Review, National Institutes of low-effect screening form, and/or the
and personal information concerning Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 5216, revised HCP by email, telephone, fax, or
individuals associated with the grant MSC 7852, Bethesda, MD 20892, 301–435– U.S. mail (see below). These documents
1050, freundr@csr.nih.gov.
applications, the disclosure of which are also available for public inspection
This notice is being published less than 15
would constitute a clearly unwarranted days prior to the meeting due to the timing by appointment during normal business
invasion of personal privacy. limitations imposed by the review and hours at the office below. Please send
Name of Committee: National Institute on funding cycle. your requests or comments by any one
Aging Special Emphasis Panel; Biomarkers (Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance of the following methods, and specify
for AD: The Adult Children Study II. Program Nos. 93.306, Comparative Medicine; ‘‘Diversified Pacific Low-Effect HCP’’ in
Date: May 3, 2016. 93.333, Clinical Research, 93.306, 93.333, your request or comment.
Time: 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. 93.337, 93.393–93.396, 93.837–93.844, • Email: karin_cleary-rose@fws.gov.
Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 93.846–93.878, 93.892, 93.893, National Include ‘‘Diversified Pacific Low-Effect
applications. Institutes of Health, HHS) HCP’’ in the subject line of your
Place: National Institute on Aging,
Dated: April 6, 2016. message.
Gateway Building, Suite 2C212, 7201
Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20892
• Telephone: Karin Cleary-Rose, Palm
Natasha M. Copeland, Springs Fish and Wildlife Office, 760–
(Telephone Conference Call).
Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory 322–2070 extension 206.
Contact Person: Maurizio Grimaldi, MD,
Ph.D., Scientific Review Officer, National
Committee Policy. • Fax: Karin Cleary-Rose, Palm
Institute on Aging, National Institutes of [FR Doc. 2016–08291 Filed 4–11–16; 8:45 am] Springs Fish and Wildlife Office, 760–
Health, 7201 Wisconsin Avenue, Room BILLING CODE 4140–01–P 322–4648, Attn.: Diversified Pacific
2C218, Bethesda, MD 20892, 301–496–9374, Low-Effect HCP.
grimaldim2@mail.nih.gov. • U.S. Mail: Karin Cleary-Rose, Palm
(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Springs Fish and Wildlife Office, Attn.:
Program Nos. 93.866, Aging Research, Diversified Pacific Low-Effect HCP, U.S.
National Institutes of Health, HHS) Fish and Wildlife Service Fish and Wildlife Service, 777 East
Dated: April 6, 2016.
[FWS–R8–ES–2016–N032;
Tahquitz Canyon Way, Suite 208, Palm
Melanie J. Gray, FXES11120800000–167–FF08ECAR00] Springs, California 92262.
Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory • In-Person Viewing or Pickup of
Committee Policy. Endangered and Threatened Wildlife Documents, or Delivery of Comments:
[FR Doc. 2016–08293 Filed 4–11–16; 8:45 am] and Plants; Application To Amend Call 760–322–2070 to make an
BILLING CODE 4140–01–P Incidental Take Permit; Revised appointment during regular business
Diversified Pacific Low-Effect Habitat hours at the above address.
Conservation Plan and Associated FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND Documents, City of Redlands, San Karin Cleary-Rose, Inland Division
HUMAN SERVICES Bernardino County, California Chief, Palm Springs Fish and Wildlife
Office; telephone 760–332–2070
National Institutes of Health ACTION:Notice of availability; request extension 206. If you use a
for comments. telecommunications device for the deaf
Center for Scientific Review; Notice of (TDD), please call the Federal
Closed Meeting SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Information Relay Service (FIRS) at
Wildlife Service (Service), have received 800–877–8339.
Pursuant to section 10(d) of the an application from Diversified Pacific
Federal Advisory Committee Act, as (applicant), to amend a 5-year incidental
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
amended (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is take permit (permit). The application Introduction
hereby given of the following meeting.
includes the applicant’s revised habitat The Service issued an incidental take
The meeting will be closed to the
conservation plan (HCP), as required by permit under section 10(a)(1)(B) of the
public in accordance with the
provisions set forth in sections the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as Act to the applicant, Diversified Pacific,
552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), title 5 U.S.C., amended (Act). If approved, the on August 21, 2015. The permit
as amended. The grant applications and amended permit would authorize authorizes the applicant to take SBKR as
the discussions could disclose incidental take of the endangered San a result of permanent impacts to 7.7
confidential trade secrets or commercial Bernardino Merriam’s kangaroo rat acres of habitat that the species uses for
property such as patentable material, (SBKR) in the course of routine breeding, feeding, and sheltering. Take
and personal information concerning construction activities associated with of SBKR is incidental to the applicant’s
individuals associated with the grant the development of residential houses activities associated with the
applications, the disclosure of which in the City of Redlands. We invite construction of residential houses in the
would constitute a clearly unwarranted public comment on the application for City of Redlands, San Bernardino
invasion of personal privacy. a permit amendment and the revised County, California. The site is located
HCP, and on our preliminary southwest and southeast of the
Name of Committee: Center for Scientific determination that the revised HCP
Review Special Emphasis Panel; AIDS and intersection of Pioneer Avenue and
Related Research: Clinical Applications
continues to qualify as ‘‘low-effect’’ for Judson Street in the City of Redlands,
a categorical exclusion under the San Bernardino County, California. The
asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
Member Conflicts.
Date: April 20–21, 2016. National Environmental Policy Act. To proposed project site is surrounded by
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. make this determination we used our residential development and a mix of
Agenda: To review and evaluate grant low-effect screening form. active and abandoned citrus orchards.
applications. DATES: To ensure consideration, please
Place: National Institutes of Health, 6701
An active municipal airport is located
send your written comments by May 12, approximately 0.25 mile northeast of the
Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892
(Virtual Meeting). 2016. project site.
Contact Person: Robert Freund, Ph.D., ADDRESSES: You may request a copy of The original permit required the
Scientific Review Officer, Center for the amended permit application, the applicant to mitigate impacts to the
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the applicant’s construction activities Therefore, our proposed issuance of DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
associated with the development of the requested incidental take permit
residential houses in the City of qualifies as a categorical exclusion Fish and Wildlife Service
Redlands. The applicant’s revised HCP under the National Environmental
identifies a no-build alternative that Policy Act, as provided by Department [FWS–R8–ES–2016–N049;
would not result in additional of the Interior implementing regulations FXES11130800000–167–FF08ENVS00]
incidental take of SBKR; however, it is in part 46 of title 43 of the Code of
infeasible for the applicant to accept Application for an Enhancement of
Federal Regulations (43 CFR 46.205, Survival Permit for the Proposed
this alternative, as it would result in no 46.210, and 46.215). Based on our
development of the land and associated Springs Preserve Safe Harbor
review of public comments we receive Agreement, Las Vegas, Clark County,
infrastructure improvements necessary in response to this notice, we may revise
to the City of Redlands and surrounding Nevada
this preliminary determination.
community. The revised HCP also AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,
examined participation in a regional Public Review Interior.
HCP as an alternative to an individual
The Service invites the public to ACTION: Notice of availability; receipt of
HCP. This alternative plan is infeasible
comment on the application to amend application and request for comment.
because there is currently no completed
regional plan, and the timing for the permit, including the revised HCP, SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and
completion of a regional plan is during the public comment period. Wildlife Service (Service), have received
unknown. Copies of the documents will be an application from the Las Vegas
available during a 30-day public Valley Water District (applicant) for an
Our Preliminary Determination
comment period (see DATES). If you wish enhancement of survival permit under
We invite comments on our to comment, you may submit your the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as
preliminary determination that our comments to the address listed in amended (Act). The permit application
proposed action, based on the ADDRESSES. Before including your includes a proposed safe harbor
applicant’s proposed activities to address, phone number, email address, agreement (SHA) between the applicant
expand SBKR translocation or other personal identifying and the Service. The SHA provides for
minimization and mitigation measures, information in your comment, you voluntary activities that will contribute
would have a minor or negligible effect should be aware that your entire to the recovery of the Pahrump poolfish.
on SBKR, and that the revised HCP comment—including your personal We have made a preliminary
qualifies as ‘‘low effect’’ as defined by identifying information—may be made determination that the proposed SHA
our Habitat Conservation Planning publicly available at any time. While and permit application are eligible for
Handbook (November 1996). categorical exclusion under the National
you may ask us in your comment to
We base our determination that this Environmental Policy Act of 1969
withhold your personal identifying
HCP qualifies as a low-effect plan on the (NEPA).
information from public review, we
following three criteria:
cannot guarantee that we will be able to DATES: Written comments must be
1. Implementation of the HCP would
result in minor or negligible effects on do so. received on or before May 12, 2016.
federally listed, proposed, and Next Steps ADDRESSES: Comments should be
candidate species and their habitats; addressed to Michael J. Senn, Field
2. Implementation of the HCP would We will evaluate the revised HCP and Supervisor, by U.S. mail at Southern
result in minor or negligible effects on comments we receive to determine Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office, 4701
other environmental values or whether the application for a permit North Torrey Pines Drive, Las Vegas, NV
resources; and amendment meets the requirements and 89130; or by fax to 702–515–5231 (see
3. Impacts of the HCP, considered issuance criteria under section 10(a) of Public Review and Comment under
together with the impacts of other past, the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). We will SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION).
present, and reasonably foreseeable also evaluate whether issuance of an FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
similarly situated projects, would not amended section 10(a)(1)(B) incidental James Harter, Fish Biologist, at the
result, over time, in cumulative effects take permit would comply with section Southern Nevada Fish and Wildlife
to environmental values or resources 7 of the Act by reinitiating intra-Service Office address, or by telephone at 702–
that would be considered significant. consultation. We will use the results of 515–5230.
As more fully explained in our the reinitiation, in combination with the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We have
associated low-effect screening form, the above findings, in our final analysis to received an application from the Las
applicant’s revised HCP qualifies as a determine whether or not to issue a Vegas Valley Water District (applicant)
low-effect HCP for the following permit amendment. If the requirements for an enhancement of survival permit
reasons: and issuance criteria under section 10(a) under the Endangered Species Act of
1. The project is small in size and the are met, we will issue the permit 1973, as amended (Act; 16 U.S.C. 1531
loss of this habitat would not jeopardize amendment to the applicant for et seq.). The permit application includes
the continued existence of the SBKR. a proposed safe harbor agreement (SHA)
incidental take of SBKR associated with
2. The project site is not in designated between the applicant and the Service.
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expanded translocation activities.
critical habitat for the SBKR. The SHA provides for voluntary habitat
3. The translocation of additional Scott A. Sobiech, restoration, maintenance, enhancement,
SBKR off of the project site to conserved Acting Field Supervisor, Carlsbad Fish and or creation activities that will contribute
receiver sites would increase the local Wildlife Office, Carlsbad, California. to the recovery of the Pahrump poolfish
genetic diversity of SBKR at multiple [FR Doc. 2016–08345 Filed 4–11–16; 8:45 am] (Empetrichthys latos). The proposed
locations in the Santa Ana River BILLING CODE 4333–15–P
duration of both the SHA and permit is
watershed, contributing to species for 15 years, with an option to extend
recovery. an additional 15 years.
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