Notice of Availability of an Environmental Assessment and Receipt of an Application for an Incidental Take Permit for the Oakmont Industrial Group Development, City of Ontario, San Bernardino County, CA, 69215-69216 [E6-20284]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Notice of Availability of an
Environmental Assessment and
Receipt of an Application for an
Incidental Take Permit for the Oakmont
Industrial Group Development, City of
Ontario, San Bernardino County, CA
AGENCY:
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
Notice of availability and
receipt of application.
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Oakmont Industrial
Group (Applicant) has applied to the
Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) for
an incidental take permit pursuant to
section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Endangered
Species Act (Act) of 1973, as amended.
The Service is considering issuing a 5year permit to the Applicant that would
authorize take of the federally
endangered Delhi Sands flower-loving
fly (Rhaphiomidas terminatus
abdominalis; DSF). The proposed
permit would authorize the incidental
taking of individual DSF. The permit is
needed by the Applicant because take of
DSF could occur during the proposed
construction of a commercial
development on a 19-acre site in the
City of Ontario, San Bernardino County,
California.
The permit application includes the
proposed Habitat Conservation Plan
(Plan), which describes the proposed
action and the measures that the
Applicant will undertake to minimize
and mitigate the impact of the take of
the DSF.
DATES: We must review any written
comments on or before January 29,
2007.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments to
Mr. Jim Bartel, Field Supervisor, Fish
and Wildlife Service, Carlsbad Fish and
Wildlife Office, 6010 Hidden Valley
Road, Carlsbad, CA 92011. You also
may send comments by facsimile to
(760) 918–0638. To review the permit
application and plan, see ‘‘Availability
of Documents’’ under SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.
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Ms.
Karen Goebel, Assistant Field
Supervisor (see ADDRESSES), (760) 431–
9440.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Availability of Documents
You may obtain copies of these
documents for review by contacting the
office under ADDRESSES. Documents also
will be available for public inspection,
by appointment, during normal business
hours at our Carlsbad office (see
ADDRESSES) and at the San Bernardino
County Libraries. Addresses for the San
Bernardino County Libraries are: (1)
13180 Central Avenue, Chino, CA
91710; (2) 2003 Grand Avenue, Chino
Hills, CA 91709; (3) 16860 Valencia
Avenue, Fontana, CA 92335; and (4) 104
West Fourth Street, San Bernardino, CA
92415.
Background
Section 9 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531
et seq.) and Federal regulations prohibit
the ‘‘take’’ of fish and wildlife species
listed as endangered or threatened. Take
of federally listed fish and wildlife is
defined under the Act to include ‘‘to
harass, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot,
wound, kill, trap, capture, or collect, or
to attempt to engage in any such
conduct.’’ The Service may, under
limited circumstances, issue permits to
authorize incidental take (i.e., take that
is incidental to, and not the purpose of,
the carrying out of an otherwise lawful
activity). Regulations governing
incidental take permits for threatened
and endangered species are found in 50
CFR 17.32 and 17.22.
The Applicant is proposing
development of commercial facilities on
19 acres of land in the City of Ontario,
San Bernardino County, California. The
project site is located south of Greystone
Drive, north of Brentstone Street, and
west of Stanford Avenue. The proposed
project site is bordered by existing
commercial facilities to the east and
west, State Route 60 to the south, and
approximately 13 acres of open space to
the north. Over the past several years,
the site has experienced heavy use by
off-highway vehicles.
Approximately 10 acres of the site are
considered occupied by the DSF. The
Service has determined that the
proposed development would result in
incidental take of the DSF. No other
federally listed species are known to
utilize the site.
To mitigate take of DSF on the project
site, the Applicant proposes to purchase
credits towards conservation in
perpetuity of 10 acres of occupied DSF
habitat at the Colton Dunes
Conservation Bank in eastern San
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Bernardino Valley. The conservation
bank collects fees that fund a
management endowment to ensure the
permanent management and monitoring
of sensitive species and habitats,
including the DSF.
The Service’s Environmental
Assessment considers the
environmental consequences of three
alternatives, including: (1) The
Proposed Project Alternative, which
consists of issuance of the incidental
take permit and implementation of the
Plan; (2) the Alternative Site Layout,
which would consist of DSF
conservation on the project site and no
offsite conservation; and (3) the No
Action Alternative, which would result
in no impacts to DSF and no
conservation.
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National Environmental Policy Act
Proposed permit issuance triggers the
need for compliance with the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
Accordingly, a draft NEPA document
has been prepared. The Service is the
Lead Agency responsible for compliance
under NEPA. As the NEPA lead agency,
the Service is providing notice of the
availability and is making available for
public review the Environmental
Assessment.
Public Review
The Service invites the public to
review the Plan and Environmental
Assessment during a 60-day public
comment period (see DATES). Any
comments received, including names
and addresses, will become part of the
official administrative record and may
be made available to the public. Our
practice is to make comments, including
names, home addresses, home phone
numbers, and email addresses of
respondents, available for public
review. Individual respondents may
request that we withhold their names
and /or homes addresses, etc., but if you
wish us to consider withholding this
information you must state this
prominently at the beginning of your
comments. In addition, you must
present a rationale for withholding this
information. This rationale must
demonstrate that disclosure would
constitute a clearly unwarranted
invasion of privacy. Unsupported
assertions will not meet this burden. In
the absence of exceptional,
documentable circumstances, this
information will be released. We will
always make submissions from
organization or businesses, and from
individuals identifying themselves as
representatives of or officials of
organizations or businesses, available
for public inspection in their entirety.
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This notice is provided pursuant to
section 10(a) of the Act and the
regulations for implementing NEPA, as
amended (40 CFR 1506.6). We will
evaluate the application, associated
documents, and comments submitted
thereon to determine whether the
application meets the requirements of
NEPA regulations and section 10(a) of
the Act. If we determine that those
requirements are met, we will issue a
permit to the Applicant for the
incidental take of the DSF. We will
make our final permit decision no
sooner than 60 days after the date of this
notice.
Dated: November 23, 2006.
Ken McDermond,
Deputy Manager, California/Nevada
Operations Office, Sacramento, California.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Scoping for Commercial
Services Plan; Haleakala National Park,
Maui, HI
Summary: Pursuant to requirements
of the National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969 (Pub. L. 91–190), the
National Park Service is initiating the
conservation planning and
environmental impact analysis process
regarding a commercial services plan
proposed for Haleakala National Park.
This Notice initiates scoping for the
process that is expected to result in
changes to the types of commercial
services offered in the park and the way
they are managed by the park. Haleakala
National Park proposes to develop a
long-term Commercial Services Plan
(CSP) so that increasing visitor use may
be accommodated in a manner
compatible with the park’s mission; and
to assure that a full range of necessary
and appropriate commercial services are
developed and managed so that
potential impacts to cultural and natural
resources and visitor experience would
be minimized. The CSP will be
consistent with the park’s mission and
purpose statements and management
goals as specified in legislation and as
outlined in the Strategic Plan for
Haleakala National Park (fiscal year
2005–2008).
Background and Preliminary Issues:
Thus far, topics considered necessary to
address in developing the CSP include:
Assessing if, or the degree to which,
commercial service uses of the park and
overcrowding are contributing to the
degradation of natural and cultural
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resources, as well as adversely affecting
visitor use and appreciation of the park;
determining whether public health and
safety are being compromised through
uncontrolled uses of the park; and
evaluating whether commercial services
are operated in a manner that is
consistent with the mission of the park
and/or whether there is a consistent
portrayal by commercial service
operators of the park message.
Information from the public and
interested groups is desired so that all
pertinent issues and concerns which
should be addressed in the conservation
planning and environmental impact
analysis for the CSP may be identified.
At this time, the preliminary range of
issues and public concerns deemed
necessary to consider include the
following:
Sunrise atop Haleakala is one of the
most promoted tourist activities offered
by the visitor industry on Maui. The
Summit area of the park frequently
receives over 1,300 visitors at sunrise.
The concentration of visitor use has
resulted in trampling of threatened and
endangered plant species, increased
social trailing resulting in accelerated
erosion, and introduction of non-native
species. Sunrise visitation has increased
over the past decade to a point that
visitors in private vehicles are turned
away from parking areas filled beyond
capacity on a regular basis by
commercial vehicles. Members of the
park’s Kipuna Groups on Maui
indicated that the sacredness of the
Haleakala Summit area is diminished by
too many people visiting the site, and
opportunities to conduct cultural
practices in peace are limited. More
than one in five visitors to the Haleakala
Visitor Center before 8 a.m. felt
moderately or more crowded; more than
one third of the visitors surveyed before
8 a.m. saw more people than they think
the park should allow.
Throughout the day, there are other
significant peaks of visitation that result
in facilities at many park destinations
being filled beyond capacity by visitors
arriving in private vehicles or on
commercial tours (often with
simultaneous arrival of several
commercial operators). When the
parking areas are filled, health and
safety concerns result due to inability of
emergency vehicles (ambulance, law
enforcement, and fire apparatus) to
rapidly access these areas.
Other NPS concerns include
degradation of various park trails
resulting partially from commercial
horse tour activities. In the Summit
Area, trails are used jointly by hikers
and by horse riders. The trails are
located in fragile ecosystems where the
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Notice of Availability of an Environmental Assessment and Receipt
of an Application for an Incidental Take Permit for the Oakmont
Industrial Group Development, City of Ontario, San Bernardino County,
CA
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability and receipt of application.
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SUMMARY: The Oakmont Industrial Group (Applicant) has applied to the
Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) for an incidental take permit
pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Endangered Species Act (Act) of
1973, as amended. The Service is considering issuing a 5-year permit to
the Applicant that would authorize take of the federally endangered
Delhi Sands flower-loving fly (Rhaphiomidas terminatus abdominalis;
DSF). The proposed permit would authorize the incidental taking of
individual DSF. The permit is needed by the Applicant because take of
DSF could occur during the proposed construction of a commercial
development on a 19-acre site in the City of Ontario, San Bernardino
County, California.
The permit application includes the proposed Habitat Conservation
Plan (Plan), which describes the proposed action and the measures that
the Applicant will undertake to minimize and mitigate the impact of the
take of the DSF.
DATES: We must review any written comments on or before January 29,
2007.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments to Mr. Jim Bartel, Field Supervisor,
Fish and Wildlife Service, Carlsbad Fish and Wildlife Office, 6010
Hidden Valley Road, Carlsbad, CA 92011. You also may send comments by
facsimile to (760) 918-0638. To review the permit application and plan,
see ``Availability of Documents'' under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Karen Goebel, Assistant Field
Supervisor (see ADDRESSES), (760) 431-9440.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Availability of Documents
You may obtain copies of these documents for review by contacting
the office under ADDRESSES. Documents also will be available for public
inspection, by appointment, during normal business hours at our
Carlsbad office (see ADDRESSES) and at the San Bernardino County
Libraries. Addresses for the San Bernardino County Libraries are: (1)
13180 Central Avenue, Chino, CA 91710; (2) 2003 Grand Avenue, Chino
Hills, CA 91709; (3) 16860 Valencia Avenue, Fontana, CA 92335; and (4)
104 West Fourth Street, San Bernardino, CA 92415.
Background
Section 9 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and Federal
regulations prohibit the ``take'' of fish and wildlife species listed
as endangered or threatened. Take of federally listed fish and wildlife
is defined under the Act to include ``to harass, harm, pursue, hunt,
shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, or collect, or to attempt to engage
in any such conduct.'' The Service may, under limited circumstances,
issue permits to authorize incidental take (i.e., take that is
incidental to, and not the purpose of, the carrying out of an otherwise
lawful activity). Regulations governing incidental take permits for
threatened and endangered species are found in 50 CFR 17.32 and 17.22.
The Applicant is proposing development of commercial facilities on
19 acres of land in the City of Ontario, San Bernardino County,
California. The project site is located south of Greystone Drive, north
of Brentstone Street, and west of Stanford Avenue. The proposed project
site is bordered by existing commercial facilities to the east and
west, State Route 60 to the south, and approximately 13 acres of open
space to the north. Over the past several years, the site has
experienced heavy use by off-highway vehicles.
Approximately 10 acres of the site are considered occupied by the
DSF. The Service has determined that the proposed development would
result in incidental take of the DSF. No other federally listed species
are known to utilize the site.
To mitigate take of DSF on the project site, the Applicant proposes
to purchase credits towards conservation in perpetuity of 10 acres of
occupied DSF habitat at the Colton Dunes Conservation Bank in eastern
San
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Bernardino Valley. The conservation bank collects fees that fund a
management endowment to ensure the permanent management and monitoring
of sensitive species and habitats, including the DSF.
The Service's Environmental Assessment considers the environmental
consequences of three alternatives, including: (1) The Proposed Project
Alternative, which consists of issuance of the incidental take permit
and implementation of the Plan; (2) the Alternative Site Layout, which
would consist of DSF conservation on the project site and no offsite
conservation; and (3) the No Action Alternative, which would result in
no impacts to DSF and no conservation.
National Environmental Policy Act
Proposed permit issuance triggers the need for compliance with the
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Accordingly, a draft NEPA
document has been prepared. The Service is the Lead Agency responsible
for compliance under NEPA. As the NEPA lead agency, the Service is
providing notice of the availability and is making available for public
review the Environmental Assessment.
Public Review
The Service invites the public to review the Plan and Environmental
Assessment during a 60-day public comment period (see DATES). Any
comments received, including names and addresses, will become part of
the official administrative record and may be made available to the
public. Our practice is to make comments, including names, home
addresses, home phone numbers, and email addresses of respondents,
available for public review. Individual respondents may request that we
withhold their names and /or homes addresses, etc., but if you wish us
to consider withholding this information you must state this
prominently at the beginning of your comments. In addition, you must
present a rationale for withholding this information. This rationale
must demonstrate that disclosure would constitute a clearly unwarranted
invasion of privacy. Unsupported assertions will not meet this burden.
In the absence of exceptional, documentable circumstances, this
information will be released. We will always make submissions from
organization or businesses, and from individuals identifying themselves
as representatives of or officials of organizations or businesses,
available for public inspection in their entirety.
This notice is provided pursuant to section 10(a) of the Act and
the regulations for implementing NEPA, as amended (40 CFR 1506.6). We
will evaluate the application, associated documents, and comments
submitted thereon to determine whether the application meets the
requirements of NEPA regulations and section 10(a) of the Act. If we
determine that those requirements are met, we will issue a permit to
the Applicant for the incidental take of the DSF. We will make our
final permit decision no sooner than 60 days after the date of this
notice.
Dated: November 23, 2006.
Ken McDermond,
Deputy Manager, California/Nevada Operations Office, Sacramento,
California.
[FR Doc. E6-20284 Filed 11-29-06; 8:45 am]
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