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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Receipt of an Application and
Availability of Environmental
Assessment for an Incidental Take
Permit for Commercial Development in
Lake County, FL
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Richard E. Bosserman and
Charles E. Bosserman III (Applicants)
request an incidental take permit (ITP)
for a 10-year term, pursuant to section
10(a)(1)(B) of the Endangered Species
Act of 1973, as amended (Act). The
Applicants anticipate taking sand skinks
(Neoseps reynoldsi) and bluetail mole
skinks (Eumeces egregious)
(cumulatively referred to as skinks)
resulting from land clearing and site
preparation for commercial construction
on about 75 acres near Clermont, Lake
County, Florida.
The Applicants’ HCP describes the
mitigation and minimization measures
proposed to address the effects
commercial construction on the skinks.
These measures are outlined in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section
below. We announce the availability of
the ITP application, HCP, and an
Environmental Assessment (EA).
DATES: Written comments on the ITP
application, EA, and HCP should be
sent to the Service’s Regional Office (see
ADDRESSES) and should be received on
or before April 17, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Persons wishing to review
the application, EA, and HCP may
obtain a copy by writing the Service’s
Southeast Regional Office, Atlanta,
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Georgia. Please reference permit number
TE105732–0 in such requests.
Documents will also be available for
public inspection by appointment
during normal business hours at the
Regional Office, 1875 Century
Boulevard, Suite 200, Atlanta, Georgia
30345 (Attn: Endangered Species
Permits), or Field Supervisor, U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, 6620 Southpoint
Drive South, Suite 310, Jacksonville,
Florida 32216–0912.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
David Dell, Regional HCP Coordinator,
(see ADDRESSES above), telephone: 404/
679–7313, facsimile: 404/679–7081; or
Mr. Michael Jennings, Fish and Wildlife
Biologist, Jacksonville Field Office,
Jacksonville, Florida (see ADDRESSES
above), telephone: 904/232–2580, ext.
113.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: If you
wish to comment, you may submit
comments by any one of several
methods. Please reference permit
number TE105732–0 in such comments.
You may mail comments to the
Service’s Regional Office (see
ADDRESSES). You may also comment via
the internet to david_dell@fws.gov.
Please submit comments over the
internet as an ASCII file avoiding the
use of special characters and any form
of encryption. Please also include your
name and return address in your
internet message. If you do not receive
a confirmation from us that we have
received your internet message, contact
us directly at either telephone number
listed below (see FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT). Finally, you may hand deliver
comments to either Service office listed
below (see ADDRESSES). Our practice is
to make comments, including names
and home addresses of respondents,
available for public review during
regular business hours. Individual
respondents may request that we
withhold their home address from the
administrative record. We will honor
such requests to the extent allowable by
law. There may also be other
circumstances in which we would
withhold from the administrative record
a respondent’s identity, as allowable by
law. If you wish us to withhold your
name and address, you must state this
prominently at the beginning of your
comments. We will not, however,
consider anonymous comments. We
will make all submissions from
organizations or businesses, and from
individuals identifying themselves as
representatives or officials of
organizations or businesses, available
for public inspection in their entirety.
The blue-tailed mole skink is a small,
slender lizard that occupies xeric
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upland habitats in central peninsular
Florida. It requires open, sandy patches
interspersed with vegetation. The bluetailed mole skink is highly adapted for
life in the sand; it spends the majority
of time below the surface where it
moves through loose sand in search of
food, shelter, and mates. Much of the
blue-tailed mole skink’s historic habitat
has been destroyed or degraded because
of fragmentation due to residential,
commercial, and agricultural
development. Habitat protection and
management are essential for the
survival of this species.
The sand skink is a small, semifossorial lizard that occurs on the sandy
ridges of interior central Florida from
Marion County south to Highlands
County. The species is vulnerable
because of habitat loss due to
conversion to residential, commercial,
and agricultural uses and from habitat
degradation due to fire exclusion. The
recovery of sand skinks will require
restoration of habitat and possible
reintroduction of individuals into
successfully restored habitat.
Xeric uplands within the Lake Wales
Ridge have declined in distribution and
ecological quality over the past 100
years. Urban and agricultural
development in this area has resulted in
substantial losses of habitat; by the early
1980’s habitat loss was estimated at 66
percent. Since then additional losses are
attributed to increasing urban growth,
particularly in the northern portions of
the action area. Severe freezes during
the mid-1980’s also resulted in a shift in
citrus production from north central
Florida to south Florida which resulted
in further loss of xeric uplands. Recent
estimates indicate that 70 to 80 percent
of the xeric uplands in Florida have
been lost or degraded. Within the Lake
Wales Ridge, about 85 percent of xeric
uplands have been lost.
In addition to the direct destruction of
xeric uplands within the Project area,
increasing fragmentation has resulted in
the degradation of many of the
remaining parcels of habitat. These xeric
communities require periodic fire to
maintain their ecological and biological
functions and values. Urban and
agricultural uses now interspersed
between xeric upland habitats do not
allow the natural periodicity or
magnitude of fires that once spread
across this xeric landscape. In most
instances, fire suppression is practiced
to protect human health and the safety
of property. Lacking fire, xeric uplands
tend towards more mesic conditions,
which include denser vegetative
canopies and more heterogeneous
vegetative structure. Under these
conditions, many of the species that
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evolved in presence of periodic fires
and low structural diversity diminish in
abundance and eventually are
extirpated.
The Applicants biological surveys
determined that about 5.5 acres of the
75-acre parcel is occupied by sand
skinks and the Fish and Wildlife Service
believes that bluetail mole skinks also
occupy the same 5.5 acres. The
Applicants’ proposed construction
activities would result in harm to skinks
due to destruction of foraging,
sheltering, and nesting habitat. The
Applicants’ proposed commercial
construction would result in the loss of
5.5 acres of occupied skink habitat that
is isolated due to surrounding urban
development. Avoidance or minimized
impact of the occupied skink habitat
was determined to be too costly to the
Applicant. In addition, conserving skink
habitat on site would only maintain
habitat that would be increasingly
isolated from other skink habitat. The
Applicants’ mitigation proposes to
acquire, perpetually protect, and
manage 10 acres of skink habitat at an
off-site location and donate $20,000 for
use in skink habitat acquisition. Take of
skinks is anticipated due to commercial
development of the Applicants’
property, while the off-site mitigation
proposed by the Applicants will result
in conservation benefits to skinks and
several other species endemic to xeric
scrub.
The Service has made a preliminary
determination that issuance of the
requested ITP is not a major Federal
action significantly affecting the quality
of the human environment within the
meaning of Section 102(2)(C) of
National Environmental Policy Act.
This preliminary information may be
revised due to public comment received
in response to this notice and is based
on information contained in the EA and
HCP. This notice is provided pursuant
to Section 10 of the Endangered Species
Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and NEPA
regulations (40 CFR 1506.6).
The Service will evaluate the HCP
and comments submitted thereon to
determine whether the application
meets the issuance criteria requirements
of section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Act. By
conducting an intra-Service section 7
consultation the Service will also
evaluate whether issuance of the section
10(a)(1)(B) ITP would comply with
section 7 of the Act. 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.
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Dated: January 29, 2006.
Cynthia K. Dohner,
Acting Regional Director, Southeast Region.
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Community Self Determination Act of
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schedule to local counties in lieu of
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The Secure Rural Schools and
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Land management activities in the
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Resource Advisory Committees consist
of 15 local citizens (plus 6 alternates)
representing a wide array of interests.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Additional information concerning the
Salem BLM Resource Advisory
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Official at 503–375–5644 or Trish
Hogervorst, Salem BLM Public Affairs
Officer, 503–375–5657 at 1717 Fabry
Rd. SE., Salem, Oregon 97306.
Dated: February 8, 2006.
Denis Williamson,
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Receipt of an Application and Availability of Environmental
Assessment for an Incidental Take Permit for Commercial Development in
Lake County, FL
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Richard E. Bosserman and Charles E. Bosserman III (Applicants)
request an incidental take permit (ITP) for a 10-year term, pursuant to
section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended
(Act). The Applicants anticipate taking sand skinks (Neoseps reynoldsi)
and bluetail mole skinks (Eumeces egregious) (cumulatively referred to
as skinks) resulting from land clearing and site preparation for
commercial construction on about 75 acres near Clermont, Lake County,
Florida.
The Applicants' HCP describes the mitigation and minimization
measures proposed to address the effects commercial construction on the
skinks. These measures are outlined in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
section below. We announce the availability of the ITP application,
HCP, and an Environmental Assessment (EA).
DATES: Written comments on the ITP application, EA, and HCP should be
sent to the Service's Regional Office (see ADDRESSES) and should be
received on or before April 17, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Persons wishing to review the application, EA, and HCP may
obtain a copy by writing the Service's Southeast Regional Office,
Atlanta, Georgia. Please reference permit number TE105732-0 in such
requests. Documents will also be available for public inspection by
appointment during normal business hours at the Regional Office, 1875
Century Boulevard, Suite 200, Atlanta, Georgia 30345 (Attn: Endangered
Species Permits), or Field Supervisor, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
6620 Southpoint Drive South, Suite 310, Jacksonville, Florida 32216-
0912.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. David Dell, Regional HCP
Coordinator, (see ADDRESSES above), telephone: 404/679-7313, facsimile:
404/679-7081; or Mr. Michael Jennings, Fish and Wildlife Biologist,
Jacksonville Field Office, Jacksonville, Florida (see ADDRESSES above),
telephone: 904/232-2580, ext. 113.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: If you wish to comment, you may submit
comments by any one of several methods. Please reference permit number
TE105732-0 in such comments. You may mail comments to the Service's
Regional Office (see ADDRESSES). You may also comment via the internet
to david_dell@fws.gov. Please submit comments over the internet as an
ASCII file avoiding the use of special characters and any form of
encryption. Please also include your name and return address in your
internet message. If you do not receive a confirmation from us that we
have received your internet message, contact us directly at either
telephone number listed below (see FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).
Finally, you may hand deliver comments to either Service office listed
below (see ADDRESSES). Our practice is to make comments, including
names and home addresses of respondents, available for public review
during regular business hours. Individual respondents may request that
we withhold their home address from the administrative record. We will
honor such requests to the extent allowable by law. There may also be
other circumstances in which we would withhold from the administrative
record a respondent's identity, as allowable by law. If you wish us to
withhold your name and address, you must state this prominently at the
beginning of your comments. We will not, however, consider anonymous
comments. We will make all submissions from organizations or
businesses, and from individuals identifying themselves as
representatives or officials of organizations or businesses, available
for public inspection in their entirety.
The blue-tailed mole skink is a small, slender lizard that occupies
xeric upland habitats in central peninsular Florida. It requires open,
sandy patches interspersed with vegetation. The blue-tailed mole skink
is highly adapted for life in the sand; it spends the majority of time
below the surface where it moves through loose sand in search of food,
shelter, and mates. Much of the blue-tailed mole skink's historic
habitat has been destroyed or degraded because of fragmentation due to
residential, commercial, and agricultural development. Habitat
protection and management are essential for the survival of this
species.
The sand skink is a small, semi-fossorial lizard that occurs on the
sandy ridges of interior central Florida from Marion County south to
Highlands County. The species is vulnerable because of habitat loss due
to conversion to residential, commercial, and agricultural uses and
from habitat degradation due to fire exclusion. The recovery of sand
skinks will require restoration of habitat and possible reintroduction
of individuals into successfully restored habitat.
Xeric uplands within the Lake Wales Ridge have declined in
distribution and ecological quality over the past 100 years. Urban and
agricultural development in this area has resulted in substantial
losses of habitat; by the early 1980's habitat loss was estimated at 66
percent. Since then additional losses are attributed to increasing
urban growth, particularly in the northern portions of the action area.
Severe freezes during the mid-1980's also resulted in a shift in citrus
production from north central Florida to south Florida which resulted
in further loss of xeric uplands. Recent estimates indicate that 70 to
80 percent of the xeric uplands in Florida have been lost or degraded.
Within the Lake Wales Ridge, about 85 percent of xeric uplands have
been lost.
In addition to the direct destruction of xeric uplands within the
Project area, increasing fragmentation has resulted in the degradation
of many of the remaining parcels of habitat. These xeric communities
require periodic fire to maintain their ecological and biological
functions and values. Urban and agricultural uses now interspersed
between xeric upland habitats do not allow the natural periodicity or
magnitude of fires that once spread across this xeric landscape. In
most instances, fire suppression is practiced to protect human health
and the safety of property. Lacking fire, xeric uplands tend towards
more mesic conditions, which include denser vegetative canopies and
more heterogeneous vegetative structure. Under these conditions, many
of the species that
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evolved in presence of periodic fires and low structural diversity
diminish in abundance and eventually are extirpated.
The Applicants biological surveys determined that about 5.5 acres
of the 75-acre parcel is occupied by sand skinks and the Fish and
Wildlife Service believes that bluetail mole skinks also occupy the
same 5.5 acres. The Applicants' proposed construction activities would
result in harm to skinks due to destruction of foraging, sheltering,
and nesting habitat. The Applicants' proposed commercial construction
would result in the loss of 5.5 acres of occupied skink habitat that is
isolated due to surrounding urban development. Avoidance or minimized
impact of the occupied skink habitat was determined to be too costly to
the Applicant. In addition, conserving skink habitat on site would only
maintain habitat that would be increasingly isolated from other skink
habitat. The Applicants' mitigation proposes to acquire, perpetually
protect, and manage 10 acres of skink habitat at an off-site location
and donate $20,000 for use in skink habitat acquisition. Take of skinks
is anticipated due to commercial development of the Applicants'
property, while the off-site mitigation proposed by the Applicants will
result in conservation benefits to skinks and several other species
endemic to xeric scrub.
The Service has made a preliminary determination that issuance of
the requested ITP is not a major Federal action significantly affecting
the quality of the human environment within the meaning of Section
102(2)(C) of National Environmental Policy Act. This preliminary
information may be revised due to public comment received in response
to this notice and is based on information contained in the EA and HCP.
This notice is provided pursuant to Section 10 of the Endangered
Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and NEPA regulations (40 CFR
1506.6).
The Service will evaluate the HCP and comments submitted thereon to
determine whether the application meets the issuance criteria
requirements of section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Act. By conducting an intra-
Service section 7 consultation the Service will also evaluate whether
issuance of the section 10(a)(1)(B) ITP would comply with section 7 of
the Act. 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.
Dated: January 29, 2006.
Cynthia K. Dohner,
Acting Regional Director, Southeast Region.
[FR Doc. E6-1960 Filed 2-13-06; 8:45 am]
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