SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce receipt of nine applications under the approved GCP for the ABM ( Peromyscus polionotus ammobates) from Chris Prantl, Dan Higdon, Elite South Alabama Vacation Rental Series LLC, John Davidson Properties LLC, Johnathon Lazzarino, Phouc Nguyen, RBM Homes LLC, Silver Davis LLC, and Willie and Sheri Payne for nine separate ITPs—also known as a section 10(a)(1)(B) permit—under the Endangered Species Act, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). The ABM GCP was approved March 28, 2012. An environmental impact statement and record of decision for the GCP was approved at the same time.

A GCP is a mechanism that meets the definition of a conservation plan in section 10(a)(1)(B) of the ESA and enables the construct of a programmatic permitting and conservation process to address a defined suite of proposed activities over a defined planning area.

We certify that each application is statutorily complete and includes the necessary information to enroll in the GCP. We have no evidence that the applicant would be disqualified pursuant to 50 CFR 13.21.

Each applicant requests an ITP to take ABM, incidental to construction in Baldwin County, Alabama. We request comment from the public and local, State, Tribal, and Federal agencies on each application, which includes the applicants' HCPs, and on the Service's preliminary determination that the proposed ITP qualifies under the ABM GCP and Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) published on March 28, 2012 (77 FR 18857).

Proposed Projects

Permit Number: PER28008529

Chris Prantl, applicant, requests a 50-year ITP to take ABM via the conversion of 0.08 acre (ac) of occupied nesting, foraging, and sheltering ABM habitat incidental to the construction of a single-family home on a 0.145-ac parcel located on Buchanan Court East, Gulf Shores, Baldwin County, Alabama. The applicant proposes to mitigate for the take of ABM through an in-lieu fee of $7,902.80 to the Alabama Coastal Heritage Trust's Alabama beach mouse conservation fund.

Permit Number: PER26823969

Dan Higdon, applicant, requests a 50-year ITP to take ABM via the conversion of 0.11 ac of occupied nesting, foraging, and sheltering ABM habitat incidental to the construction of a long driveway and single-family home on a 1.04-ac parcel located at 2509 West Beach Blvd., Gulf Shores, Baldwin County, Alabama. The applicant proposes to mitigate for the take of ABM through an in-lieu fee of $11,049.20 to the Alabama Coastal Heritage Trust's Alabama beach mouse conservation fund.

Permit Number: PER26823534

Elite South Alabama Vacation Series LLC, applicant, requests a 50-year ITP to take ABM via the conversion of 0.017 ac of occupied nesting, foraging, and sheltering habitat incidental to the construction of a pool with deck to an existing house on a 0.464-ac parcel located at 6897 Driftwood Drive, Gulf Shores, Baldwin County, Alabama. The applicant proposes to mitigate for the take of ABM through an in-lieu fee of $1,656.00 to the Alabama Coastal Heritage Trust's ABM conservation fund.

Permit Number: PER27847814

John Davidson Properties LLC, applicant, requests a 50-year ITP to take ABM via the conversion of 0.204 ac of occupied nesting, foraging, and sheltering ABM habitat incidental to the construction of a long driveway; a single-family home with decks and a pool; and a recreational vehicle storage area on a 0.784 ac lot located at 9195 Gulf Crest Drive, Gulf Shores, Baldwin County, Alabama. The applicant sought a long driveway option under the GCP to reach his lot. The applicant proposes to mitigate for the take of ABM through an in-lieu fee of $20,488.40 to the Alabama Coastal Heritage Trust's Alabama beach mouse conservation fund.

Permit Number: PER27582682

Jonathon Lazzarino, applicant, requests a 50-year ITP to take ABM via the conversion of 0.006 ac of occupied nesting, foraging, and sheltering ABM habitat incidental to the construction of a pool and deck addition to a single-family home on a 0.706-ac parcel located at 3730 Ponce de Leon Court, Gulf Shores, Baldwin County, Alabama. The applicant proposes to mitigate for the take of ABM through an in-lieu fee of $616.40 to the Alabama Coastal Heritage Trust's Alabama beach mouse conservation fund.

Permit Number: PER27003784

Phouc Nguyen, applicant, requests a 50-year ITP to take ABM via the conversion of 0.10 ac of occupied nesting, foraging, and sheltering ABM habitat incidental to the construction of a single-family home on a 0.446-ac parcel located at 8920 Dolphin Lane, Gulf Shores, Baldwin County, Alabama. The applicant proposes to mitigate for the take of ABM through an in-lieu fee of $10,011.90 to the Alabama Coastal Heritage Trust's Alabama beach mouse conservation fund.

Permit Number: PER25662935

RBM Homes LLC, applicant, requests a 50-year ITP to take Alabama beach mice via the conversion of 0.082 ac of occupied nesting, foraging, and sheltering ABM habitat incidental to the construction of a single-family home on a 0.465-ac parcel located at 828 Gulf Way Drive, Gulf Shores, Baldwin County, Alabama. The applicant proposes to mitigate for the take of ABM through an in-lieu fee of $8227.10 to the Alabama Coastal Heritage Trust's Alabama beach mouse conservation fund.

Permit Number: PER26824147

Silver Davis LLC, applicant, requests a 50-year ITP to take ABM via the conversion of 0.125 ac of occupied nesting, foraging, and sheltering ABM habitat incidental to the construction of a long driveway and single-family home on a 0.8-ac parcel located at 2881 West Beach Blvd., Gulf Shores, Baldwin County, Alabama. The applicant proposes to mitigate for the take of ABM through an in-lieu fee of $12,507.40 to the Alabama Coastal Heritage Trust's Alabama beach mouse conservation fund.

Permit Number: PER24494290

Willie and Sheri Payne, applicants, request a 50-year ITP to take ABM via the conversion of 0.06 ac of occupied nesting, foraging, and sheltering ABM habitat incidental to the construction of a single-family home on a 0.168-ac parcel located at 3188 State Highway 180, Gulf Shores, Baldwin County, Alabama. The applicants propose to mitigate for the take of ABM through an in-lieu fee of $6,556.15 to the Alabama Coastal Heritage Trust's Alabama beach mouse conservation fund.

Our Preliminary Determination

The Service has made a preliminary determination that reasonably foreseeable effects of the applicants' proposed projects, including the construction of the residential development and associated ( printed page 34639) infrastructure ( e.g., electric, water, sewer lines, driveways), would individually and cumulatively have a minor effect on ABM and the human environment. Reasonably foreseeable effects encompass effects of implementation of the action along with other past, present, and reasonably foreseeable future effects. Therefore, we have then made a preliminary determination that each proposed ESA section 10(a)(1)(B) permit would meet the requirements of the GCP and FEIS.

Next Steps

The Service will evaluate each application and any comments received as a result of this notice to determine whether to issue the requested ITPs. We will also conduct an intra-Service consultation pursuant to section 7 of the ESA to evaluate the effects of the proposed take. After considering the preceding and other matters, we will determine whether the permit issuance criteria of section 10(a)(1)(B) of the ESA have been met. If met, the Service will issue:

• ITP number PER28008529 to Chris Prantl,
• ITP number PER26823969 to Dan Higdon,
• ITP number PER26823534 to Elite South Alabama Vacation Series LLC,
• ITP number PER27847814 to John Davidson Properties LLC,
• ITP number PER27582682 to Jonathon Lazzarino,
• ITP number PER27003784 to Phouc Nguyen,
• ITP number PER25662935 to RBM Homes LLC,
• ITP number PER26824147 to Silver Davis LLC, and
• ITP number PER24494290 to Willie and Sheri Payne.

Public Availability of Comments

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Authority

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service provides this notice under the ESA section 10(c) and its implementing regulations (50 CFR 17.32), the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), and the Department of the Interior's implementing regulations (43 CFR part 46).

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