81 FR 39952 - Proposed Low-Effect Habitat Conservation Plan for the Valley Elderberry Longhorn Beetle and Giant Garter Snake; South River Pump Station, Yolo County, California
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 118 (June 20, 2016)
Fish and Wildlife Service
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 118 (June 20, 2016)
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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 118 (Monday, June 20, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 39952-39954] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-14567] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service [FWS-R8-ES-2016-N091; FXES11120808BYD-167-FF08FBDTOO] Proposed Low-Effect Habitat Conservation Plan for the Valley Elderberry Longhorn Beetle and Giant Garter Snake; South River Pump Station, Yolo County, California AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice of availability; receipt of permit application; proposed low-effect habitat conservation plan; request for comment. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), have received an application from the Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District (applicant) for a 5-year incidental take permit under the endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). The application addresses the potential for ``take'' of two listed animals, the valley elderberry longhorn beetle and giant garter snake, likely to result from the construction of a new flood protection levee and raised all- weather access road around the existing South River Pump Station. The applicant would implement a conservation program to minimize and mitigate the project activities, as described in the applicant's low- effect habitat conservation plan (HCP). We request comments on the application package, which includes the HCP and our preliminary determination that the HCP qualifies as a ``low-effect'' HCP, eligible for a categorical exclusion under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (NEPA). We discuss our basis for this determination in our environmental action statement (EAS), also available for public review. DATES: To ensure consideration, please send your written comments by July 20, 2016. ADDRESSES: Submitting Comments: Please address written comments to Lori Rinek, Section 10 Coordinator, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bay-Delta Fish and Wildlife Office, 650 Capitol Mall, Suite 8-300, Sacramento, CA 95814. Alternatively, you may send comments by facsimile to (916) 930- 5654. Reviewing Documents: You may obtain copies of the HCP and EAS from the individuals in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, or from the Bay- Delta Fish and Wildlife Office Web site at http://www.fws.gov/sfbaydelta. Copies of these documents are also available for public inspection, by appointment, during regular business hours, at the Bay- Delta Fish and Wildlife Office. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lori Rinek, at the address shown above or at (916) 930-5603. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Introduction We have received an application from the Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District (applicant) for a 5-year incidental take permit under the [[Page 39953]] endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). The application addresses the potential for ``take'' of two listed animals, the valley elderberry longhorn beetle and giant garter snake, likely to result from the construction of a new flood protection levee and raised all- weather access road around the existing South River Pump Station. Below we refer to both species, collectively, as the covered species. The applicant would implement a conservation program to minimize and mitigate the project activities, as described in the applicant's low- effect habitat conservation plan (HCP). We request comments on the application package, which includes the HCP, and our preliminary determination that the HCP qualifies as a ``low-effect'' HCP, eligible for a categorical exclusion under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (NEPA). We discuss our basis for this determination in our environmental action statement (EAS), also available for public review. Background Information Section 9 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531-1544 et seq.) and our regulations in the Code of 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 permits for endangered and threatened species are at 50 CFR 17.22 and 17.32, respectively. Section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Act contains provisions for issuing such incidental take permits to non-Federal entities for the take of endangered and threatened species, provided the following criteria are met: (1) The taking will be incidental; (2) The applicants will, to the maximum extent practicable, minimize and mitigate the impact of such taking; (3) The applicants will develop a proposed HCP and ensure that adequate funding for the HCP will be provided; (4) The taking will not appreciably reduce the likelihood of the survival and recovery of the species in the wild; and (5) The applicants will carry out any other measures that the Service may require as being necessary or appropriate for the purposes of the HCP. Proposed Project The draft HCP addresses potential effects to the covered species that may result from the proposed activities. The applicant seeks incidental take authorization for covered activities within the 136.4- acre South River Pump Station site, located at 30030 South River Road, in Sacramento County, California. The federally threatened valley elderberry longhorn beetle (Desmocerus californicus dimorphus) (VELB) and the federally threatened giant garter snake (Thamnophis gigas) (GGS) are the covered species in the applicant's proposed HCP. The applicant would seek incidental take authorization for these two covered species and would receive assurances under our ``No Surprises'' regulations (50 CFR 17.22(b)(5) and 17.32(b)(5)). Proposed Covered Activities Construction of a new flood protection levee and raised all-weather access road will result in the permanent removal of 23 elderberry shrubs, considered potential habitat for the VELB, and temporary impacts to 10.775 acres of riparian scrub, ruderal, annual grassland, agricultural crop, and urban vegetation communities considered upland habitat for GGS. The following actions are proposed as the ``covered activities'' under the HCP: Site preparation; tree removal; transplanting elderberry shrubs, embankment degrade; excavation of inspection trench and borrow material; construction of the levee; construction and removal of temporary access road (if needed); construction of access roads, maintenance roads, and a permanent access road for the borrow site; and site restoration. The applicant seeks a 5-year permit to cover the activities associated with this proposed construction within the 136.4-acre project site. Proposed Mitigation Measures The applicant proposes to avoid, minimize, and mitigate the effects to the covered species associated with the covered activities by fully implementing the HCP. The applicant will satisfy the mitigation requirements by purchasing 55 VELB credits from a USFWS-approved conservation bank and transplanting the removed elderberry shrubs to the conservation bank, and by restoring temporarily impacted upland GGS habitat to pre-project conditions within the same calendar year (Option 1). If final restoration of a portion of the temporarily impacted upland GGS habitat occurs the calendar year following the initial impact, then the applicant will satisfy additional mitigation requirements by dedicating 0.780 acre of created GGS habitat at the South Stone Lake Giant Garter Snake Mitigation Preserve or through the purchase of mitigation credits from a USFWS-approved conservation/ mitigation bank (Option 2). To minimize effects to VELB, the applicant is proposing to implement the avoidance and minimization measures outlined in the Formal Programmatic Consultation for Projects with Relatively Small Effects on the VELB (USFWS 1996a) and the Conservation Guidelines for the VELB (USFWS 1999a). To minimize effects to GGS, the applicant is proposing to implement the avoidance, minimization, and conservation measures as specified in Appendix C of the Programmatic Formal Consultation for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 404 Permitted Projects with Relatively Small Effects on the Giant Garter Snake within Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Fresno, Merced, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Solano, Stanislaus, Sutter and Yolo Counties, California (USFWS 1997). Proposed Action and Alternatives Our proposed action (see below) is approving the applicant's HCP and issuance of an incidental take permit for take resulting from implementation of the covered activities. As required by the Act, the applicant's HCP considers alternatives to the take under the proposed action. The HCP considers the environmental consequences of two alternatives to the proposed action: (1) The No Action Alternative; and (2) the West Borrow Site Alternative. No Action Alternative Under the No-Action Alternative, we would not issue an incidental take permit, the applicant would not build the flood protection levee and access road, the elderberry shrubs and upland GGS habitat would not be disturbed, and the applicant would not implement proposed mitigation measures. While this No-Action Alternative would avoid take of the covered species, it is considered infeasible because should a [[Page 39954]] significant flood event occur along the Sacramento River, sewer service could be impacted for thousands of customers in the communities that Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District serves. For this reason, the No-Action Alternative has been rejected. West Borrow Site Alternative Under the West Borrow Site Alternative, the borrow material necessary to construct the flood protection levee would be procured from an agricultural field located to the west of the project site, and an alternative haul road would need to be constructed. The West Borrow Site Alternative would impact the same number of elderberry shrubs and acreage of GGS upland habitat as the Proposed Action Alternative. In addition to those impacts, there would be 0.422 acre of GGS aquatic habitat impacts associated with construction of the alternative haul road, as well as an additional 19.58 acres of GGS upland habitat impacts. For this reason, the West Borrow Site Alternative has been rejected. Proposed Action Under the Proposed Action Alternative, we would issue an incidental take permit for the applicant's proposed project, which includes the activities described above. The Proposed Action Alternative would result in the permanent removal of 23 elderberry shrubs, considered potential habitat for the VELB and temporary impacts to 10.775 acres of upland habitat for GGS. To mitigate for these effects, the applicant proposes to purchase 55 VELB credits from a USFWS-approved conservation bank and transplant the removed elderberry shrubs to the conservation bank, and restore temporarily impacted upland GGS habitat to pre- project conditions within the same calendar year (Option 1). If final restoration of a portion of the temporarily impacted upland GGS habitat occurs the calendar year following the initial impact, then the applicant will satisfy additional mitigation requirements, in addition to what is proposed in Option 1, by dedicating 0.780 acre of created GGS habitat at the South Stone Lake Giant Garter Snake Mitigation Preserve or through the purchase of mitigation credits from a USFWS- approved conservation/mitigation bank (Option 2). National Environmental Policy Act We made a preliminary determination that the applicants' 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). Determination of whether a habitat conservation plan qualifies as a low effect is based on the following three criteria: (1) Implementation of the proposed HCP would result in minor or negligible effects on federally listed, proposed, and candidate species and their habitats; (2) implementation of the proposed HCP would result in minor or negligible effects on other environmental values or resources; and (3) impacts of the HCP, considered together with the other past, present, and reasonably foreseeable projects, would not result, over time, in cumulative effects to environmental values or resources that would be considered significant. Based upon the preliminary determinations in the EAS, we do not intend to prepare further NEPA documentation. We will consider public comments when making the final determination on whether to prepare an additional NEPA document on the proposed action. Public Comments We request data, comments, new information, or suggestions from the public, other concerned governmental agencies, the scientific community, Tribes, industry, or any other interested party on this notice. We particularly seek comments on the following: (1) Our preliminary determination that the applicant's proposal will have a minor or negligible effect on the valley elderberry longhorn beetle and giant garter snake and the HCP qualifies as a low- effect HCP. (2) Biological information concerning the species; (3) Relevant data concerning the species; (4) Additional information concerning the range, distribution, population size, and population trends of the species; (5) Current or planned activities in the subject area and their possible impacts on the species; and (6) Identification of any other environmental issues that should be considered with regard to the proposed project and permit action. You may submit your comments and materials by one of the methods listed above in ADDRESSES. Comments and materials we receive, as well as supporting documentation we used in preparing the EAS, will be available for public inspection by appointment, during normal business hours, at our office (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). Public Availability of Comments Before including your address, phone number, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment--including your personal identifying information--might be made publicly available at any time. While you can 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 permit application, including the HCP and comments we receive, to determine whether the application meets the requirements of section 10(a) of the Act. We will also evaluate whether issuance of the incidental take permit would comply with section 7(a)(2) of the Act by conducting an intra-Service consultation pursuant to section 7(a)(2) of the Act. If the requirements are met, we will issue a permit to the applicant for the incidental take of the valley elderberry longhorn beetle and giant garter snake from the implementation of the covered activities described in the low-effect Habitat Conservation Plan for the valley elderberry longhorn beetle and giant garter snake, South River Pump Station, Sacramento, California. We will make the final permit decision no sooner than 30 days after publication of this notice in the Federal Register. Authority We publish this notice under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321-4347 et seq.; NEPA), and its implementing regulations in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at 40 CFR 1500-1508, as well as in compliance with section 10(c) of the Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531-1544 et seq.; Act). Kaylee Allen, Field Supervisor, Bay-Delta Fish and Wildlife Office, Sacramento, California. [FR Doc. 2016-14567 Filed 6-17-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4333-15-P
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clapper r.) (Rallus obsoletus obsoletus) Permit No. TE–036550 ACTION: Notice of availability; receipt of
(R. longirostris o.) in conjunction with permit application; proposed low-effect
Applicant: Nina Jimerson-Kidd,
survey activities in Marin, Sonoma, habitat conservation plan; request for
Murrieta, California
Napa, Solano, Contra Costa, Alameda, comment.
Santa Clara, San Mateo, and San The applicant requests a permit
Francisco Counties, California, for the renewal to take (survey by pursuit) the SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and
purpose of enhancing the species’ Quino checkerspot butterfly Wildlife Service (Service), have received
survival. (Euphydryas editha quino) in an application from the Sacramento
conjunction with survey activities Regional County Sanitation District
Permit No. TE–174305 throughout the range of the species in (applicant) for a 5-year incidental take
Applicant: Vandenberg Air Force Base, California for the purpose of enhancing permit under the endangered Species
Vandenberg AFB, California the species’ survival. Act of 1973, as amended (Act). The
application addresses the potential for
The applicant requests a permit Permit No. TE–157199 ‘‘take’’ of two listed animals, the valley
renewal to take (harass by survey, and elderberry longhorn beetle and giant
Applicant: Julie Stout, San Diego,
locate and monitor nests) the California garter snake, likely to result from the
California
least tern (Sternula antillarum browni) construction of a new flood protection
(Sterna a. browni); take (harass by The applicant requests a permit levee and raised all-weather access road
survey, locate and monitor nests, and renewal to take (harass by survey, and around the existing South River Pump
remove brown-headed cowbird locate and monitor nests) the California Station. The applicant would
(Molothrus ater) eggs and chicks from least tern (Sternula antillarum browni) implement a conservation program to
parasitized nests) the southwestern (Sterna a. browni) in conjunction with minimize and mitigate the project
willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii survey activities throughout the range of activities, as described in the applicant’s
extimus) in Santa Barbara County, the species in California for the purpose low-effect habitat conservation plan
California; and remove/reduce to of enhancing the species’ survival. (HCP). We request comments on the
possession Nasturtium gambelii application package, which includes the
Public Comments
(Rorippa g.) (Gambel’s watercress), HCP and our preliminary determination
Deinandra increscens subsp. villosa We invite public review and comment that the HCP qualifies as a ‘‘low-effect’’
(Gaviota tarplant), Layia carnosa (beach on each of these recovery permit HCP, eligible for a categorical exclusion
layia), Eriodictyon capitatum (Lompoc applications. Comments and materials under the National Environmental
yerba santa), Cirsium loncholepis (La we receive will be available for public Policy Act of 1969, as amended (NEPA).
Graciosa thistle), and Diplacus inspection, by appointment, during We discuss our basis for this
vandenbergensis (Vandenberg normal business hours at the address determination in our environmental
monkeyflower) from Federal lands in listed in the ADDRESSES section of this action statement (EAS), also available
Santa Barbara County, California, in notice. for public review.
conjunction with survey and research Before including your address, phone
DATES: To ensure consideration, please
activity for the purpose of enhancing the number, email address, or other
personal identifying information in your send your written comments by July 20,
species’ survival.
comment, you should be aware that 2016.
Permit No. TE–789255 your entire comment—including your ADDRESSES:
Applicant: Robert Patton, San Diego, personal identifying information—may Submitting Comments: Please address
California be made publicly available at any time. written comments to Lori Rinek, Section
While you can ask us in your comment 10 Coordinator, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
The applicant requests a permit Service, Bay-Delta Fish and Wildlife
to withhold your personal identifying
renewal to take (harass by survey, locate Office, 650 Capitol Mall, Suite 8–300,
information from public review, we
and monitor nests, handle/mark eggs, Sacramento, CA 95814. Alternatively,
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
capture, band, and release) the you may send comments by facsimile to
do so.
California least tern (Sternula (916) 930–5654.
antillarum browni) (Sterna a. browni) in Angela Picco, Reviewing Documents: You may
conjunction with survey and population Acting Regional Director, Pacific Southwest obtain copies of the HCP and EAS from
monitoring activities in San Diego Region, Sacramento, California. the individuals in FOR FURTHER
County, California, for the purpose of [FR Doc. 2016–14424 Filed 6–17–16; 8:45 am] INFORMATION CONTACT, or from the Bay-
enhancing the species’ survival. BILLING CODE 4333–15–P Delta Fish and Wildlife Office Web site
Permit No. TE–118356 at http://www.fws.gov/sfbaydelta.
Copies of these documents are also
Applicant: Olofson Environmental, Inc., DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR available for public inspection, by
Oakland, California appointment, during regular business
Fish and Wildlife Service hours, at the Bay-Delta Fish and
The applicant requests a permit
renewal to take (harass by survey using Wildlife Office.
taped vocalization callback) the [FWS–R8–ES–2016–N091; FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lori
FXES11120808BYD–167–FF08FBDTOO] Rinek, at the address shown above or at
California Ridgway’s rail (California
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clapper r.) (Rallus obsoletus obsoletus) Proposed Low-Effect Habitat (916) 930–5603.
(R. longirostris o.) in conjunction with Conservation Plan for the Valley SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
survey activities in Marin, Sonoma, Elderberry Longhorn Beetle and Giant
Napa, Solano, Contra Costa, Alameda, Introduction
Garter Snake; South River Pump
Santa Clara, San Mateo, and San Station, Yolo County, California We have received an application from
Francisco Counties, California, for the the Sacramento Regional County
purpose of enhancing the species’ AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Sanitation District (applicant) for a 5-
survival. Interior. year incidental take permit under the
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significant flood event occur along the the mitigation measures, will materials we receive, as well as
Sacramento River, sewer service could individually and cumulatively have a supporting documentation we used in
be impacted for thousands of customers minor or negligible effect on the species preparing the EAS, will be available for
in the communities that Sacramento covered in the HCP. Therefore, issuance public inspection by appointment,
Regional County Sanitation District of the ITP is a ‘‘low-effect’’ action and during normal business hours, at our
serves. For this reason, the No-Action qualifies as a categorical exclusion office (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
Alternative has been rejected. under the National Environmental CONTACT).
Policy Act (NEPA) (40 CFR 1506.6), as
West Borrow Site Alternative Public Availability of Comments
provided by the Department of the
Under the West Borrow Site Interior Manual (516 DM 2 Appendix 1
Alternative, the borrow material and 516 DM 6 Appendix 1). Before including your address, phone
necessary to construct the flood Determination of whether a habitat number, or other personal identifying
protection levee would be procured conservation plan qualifies as a low information in your comment, you
from an agricultural field located to the effect is based on the following three should be aware that your entire
west of the project site, and an criteria: (1) Implementation of the comment—including your personal
alternative haul road would need to be proposed HCP would result in minor or identifying information—might be made
constructed. The West Borrow Site negligible effects on federally listed, publicly available at any time. While
Alternative would impact the same proposed, and candidate species and you can ask us in your comment to
number of elderberry shrubs and their habitats; (2) implementation of the withhold your personal identifying
acreage of GGS upland habitat as the proposed HCP would result in minor or information from public review, we
Proposed Action Alternative. In negligible effects on other cannot guarantee that we will be able to
addition to those impacts, there would environmental values or resources; and do so.
be 0.422 acre of GGS aquatic habitat (3) impacts of the HCP, considered
impacts associated with construction of together with the other past, present, Next Steps
the alternative haul road, as well as an and reasonably foreseeable projects,
additional 19.58 acres of GGS upland would not result, over time, in We will evaluate the permit
habitat impacts. For this reason, the cumulative effects to environmental application, including the HCP and
West Borrow Site Alternative has been values or resources that would be comments we receive, to determine
rejected. considered significant. Based upon the whether the application meets the
preliminary determinations in the EAS, requirements of section 10(a) of the Act.
Proposed Action We will also evaluate whether issuance
we do not intend to prepare further
Under the Proposed Action NEPA documentation. We will consider of the incidental take permit would
Alternative, we would issue an public comments when making the final comply with section 7(a)(2) of the Act
incidental take permit for the determination on whether to prepare an by conducting an intra-Service
applicant’s proposed project, which additional NEPA document on the consultation pursuant to section 7(a)(2)
includes the activities described above. proposed action. of the Act. If the requirements are met,
The Proposed Action Alternative would we will issue a permit to the applicant
Public Comments
result in the permanent removal of 23 for the incidental take of the valley
elderberry shrubs, considered potential We request data, comments, new elderberry longhorn beetle and giant
habitat for the VELB and temporary information, or suggestions from the garter snake from the implementation of
impacts to 10.775 acres of upland public, other concerned governmental the covered activities described in the
habitat for GGS. To mitigate for these agencies, the scientific community,
low-effect Habitat Conservation Plan for
effects, the applicant proposes to Tribes, industry, or any other interested
the valley elderberry longhorn beetle
purchase 55 VELB credits from a party on this notice. We particularly
and giant garter snake, South River
USFWS-approved conservation bank seek comments on the following:
(1) Our preliminary determination Pump Station, Sacramento, California.
and transplant the removed elderberry
that the applicant’s proposal will have We will make the final permit decision
shrubs to the conservation bank, and
restore temporarily impacted upland a minor or negligible effect on the valley no sooner than 30 days after publication
GGS habitat to pre-project conditions elderberry longhorn beetle and giant of this notice in the Federal Register.
within the same calendar year (Option garter snake and the HCP qualifies as a Authority
1). If final restoration of a portion of the low-effect HCP.
temporarily impacted upland GGS (2) Biological information concerning We publish this notice under the
habitat occurs the calendar year the species; National Environmental Policy Act of
following the initial impact, then the (3) Relevant data concerning the 1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321–4347
applicant will satisfy additional species; et seq.; NEPA), and its implementing
mitigation requirements, in addition to (4) Additional information concerning regulations in the Code of Federal
what is proposed in Option 1, by the range, distribution, population size, Regulations (CFR) at 40 CFR 1500–1508,
dedicating 0.780 acre of created GGS and population trends of the species; as well as in compliance with section
habitat at the South Stone Lake Giant (5) Current or planned activities in the 10(c) of the Endangered Species Act (16
Garter Snake Mitigation Preserve or subject area and their possible impacts
asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
U.S.C. 1531–1544 et seq.; Act).
through the purchase of mitigation on the species; and
credits from a USFWS-approved (6) Identification of any other Kaylee Allen,
conservation/mitigation bank (Option environmental issues that should be Field Supervisor, Bay-Delta Fish and Wildlife
2). considered with regard to the proposed Office, Sacramento, California.
project and permit action. [FR Doc. 2016–14567 Filed 6–17–16; 8:45 am]
National Environmental Policy Act You may submit your comments and BILLING CODE 4333–15–P
We made a preliminary determination materials by one of the methods listed
that the applicants’ project, including above in ADDRESSES. Comments and
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