New Mexico; Amendment No. 2 to Notice of a Major Disaster Declaration, 55800 [06-8184]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
[FEMA–1659–DR]
New Mexico; Amendment No. 2 to
Notice of a Major Disaster Declaration
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, Department of
Homeland Security.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice
of a major disaster for the State of New
Mexico (FEMA–1659–DR), dated August
30, 2006, and related determinations.
DATES: Effective Date: September 18,
2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Magda Ruiz, Recovery Division, Federal
Emergency Management Agency,
Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–2705.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
hereby given that the incident period for
this disaster is closed effective
September 18, 2006.
(The following Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance Numbers (CFDA) are to be used
for reporting and drawing funds: 97.030,
Community Disaster Loans; 97.031, Cora
Brown Fund Program; 97.032, Crisis
Counseling; 97.033, Disaster Legal Services
Program; 97.034, Disaster Unemployment
Assistance (DUA); 97.046, Fire Management
Assistance; 97.048, Individuals and
Households Housing; 97.049, Individuals and
Households Disaster Housing Operations;
97.050 Individuals and Households
Program—Other Needs; 97.036, Public
Assistance Grants; 97.039, Hazard Mitigation
Grant Program.)
R. David Paulison,
Under Secretary for Federal Emergency
Management and Director of FEMA.
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Availability of Documents
Copies of the permit application,
Plan, and EAS can be obtained from the
individuals named above (see FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). Copies
of these documents are available for
public inspection, by appointment,
during regular business hours, at the
Sacramento Fish and Wildlife Office
(see ADDRESSES).
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Proposed Low-Effect Habitat
Conservation Plan for the Offices at
Parkshore, Folsom, Sacramento
County, CA
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability and
receipt of an application.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Mark III Engineering
Contractors of Sacramento, California
(the Applicant), has applied to the Fish
and Wildlife Service (Service) for a 5-
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year incidental take permit for one
covered species pursuant to section
10(a)(1)(B) of the Endangered Species
Act of 1973, as amended (Act). The
application addresses the potential for
‘‘take’’ of the threatened valley
elderberry longhorn beetle (Desmocerus
californicus dimorphus) associated with
grading a 6.48-acre project site and
construction of the Offices at Parkshore,
a 9-building office complex off
Parkshore Drive in the Lake Forest
Technical Center, Folsom, Sacramento
County, California. The Applicant
would implement a conservation
program to minimize and mitigate for
the project activities, as described in the
Low-Effect Habitat Conservation Plan
for the Offices at Parkshore (Plan).
We request comments on the permit
application and Plan, and on the
Service’s preliminary determination that
the Plan qualifies as a ‘‘low-effect’’
habitat conservation plan, eligible for a
Categorical Exclusion under the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969, as amended (NEPA). The basis for
the Categorical Exclusion determination
is discussed in the Service’s
Environmental Action Statement (EAS),
which is also available for public
review.
DATES: Written comments should be
received on or before October 25, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Please address written
comments to Lori Rinek, Chief,
Conservation Planning and Recovery
Division, Fish and Wildlife Service,
Sacramento Fish and Wildlife Office,
2800 Cottage Way, Room W–2605,
Sacramento, California 95825. Written
comments may be sent by facsimile to
(916) 414–6713.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Holly Herod, Chief, Sacramento Valley
Branch, or Nina Bicknese, Senior
Biologist, at the Sacramento Fish and
Wildlife Office; telephone: (916) 414–
6600.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background Information
Section 9 of the Act and its
implementing Federal regulations
prohibit the ‘‘take’’ of fish or wildlife
species listed as endangered or
threatened. Take is defined under the
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Act to include the following activities:
To harass, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot,
wound, kill, trap, capture or collect
listed animal species, or to attempt to
engage in such conduct. However,
under section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Act, the
Service may issue permits to authorize
incidental take of listed species.
‘‘Incidental take’’ is defined by the Act
as take that is incidental to, and not the
purpose of, carrying out an otherwise
lawful activity. Regulations governing
incidental take permits for endangered
and threatened species, respectively, are
found in the Code of Federal
Regulations at 50 CFR 17.22 and 50 CFR
17.32.
The Applicant is seeking a permit for
take of one federally listed species, the
threatened valley elderberry longhorn
beetle, (Desmocerus californicus
dimorphus), which is referred to as the
‘‘covered species’’ in the Plan. The
Applicant would receive ‘‘No
Surprises’’ assurances for this species
under the Service’s ‘‘No Surprises’’
regulations (50 CFR 17.22(b)(5) and
17.32(b)(5)). No other species are
included in the Plan.
The Applicant proposes to construct
eight one-story office buildings and a
single two-story office building, which
would collectively provide 74,435
square feet of new office space. Site
improvements would include two
vehicular driveways, a 377-space
asphalt parking lot, sidewalks,
pedestrian walkways, underground
utilities, and landscaping. The 6.48-acre
project site is the last undeveloped
portion of an established office park.
The project site supports degraded
remnants of scrub and oak woodland
vegetation, including habitat (e.g.,
elderberry shrubs) for the beetle.
Elderberry plants are present in three
locations in the project site. Thirty-nine
of these elderberry plants exhibit stems
with basal diameters equal to or greater
than one inch, which is a sufficient size
to be habitat for the beetle. An inventory
identified a single beetle exit-hole,
indicating that the species is likely
present in the project site. Resident
elderberry plants would be permanently
removed from the project site to
accommodate the proposed project.
The Applicant proposes to avoid and
minimize take and associated adverse
project impacts to the beetle by fully
implementing their Plan. The Applicant
will mitigate the impacts of taking the
beetle by transplanting the 39 elderberry
shrubs from the project site to a Serviceapproved conservation bank, and by
purchasing 11 habitat credits for the
beetle at the same conservation bank.
Each habitat credit includes an
established ratio of elderberry seedlings
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[FEMA-1659-DR]
New Mexico; Amendment No. 2 to Notice of a Major Disaster
Declaration
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the
State of New Mexico (FEMA-1659-DR), dated August 30, 2006, and related
determinations.
DATES: Effective Date: September 18, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Magda Ruiz, Recovery Division, Federal
Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-2705.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that the incident
period for this disaster is closed effective September 18, 2006.
(The following Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Numbers (CFDA)
are to be used for reporting and drawing funds: 97.030, Community
Disaster Loans; 97.031, Cora Brown Fund Program; 97.032, Crisis
Counseling; 97.033, Disaster Legal Services Program; 97.034,
Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA); 97.046, Fire Management
Assistance; 97.048, Individuals and Households Housing; 97.049,
Individuals and Households Disaster Housing Operations; 97.050
Individuals and Households Program--Other Needs; 97.036, Public
Assistance Grants; 97.039, Hazard Mitigation Grant Program.)
R. David Paulison,
Under Secretary for Federal Emergency Management and Director of FEMA.
[FR Doc. 06-8184 Filed 9-22-06; 8:45 am]
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