Receipt of an Application for an Incidental Take Permit for Construction of a Combination of Commercial Buildings and Residential Units in Palm Beach County, FL, 12631-12632 [E7-4853]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 51 / Friday, March 16, 2007 / Notices To request additional information about this IC, contact Hope Grey by mail, fax, or e-mail (see ADDRESSES) or by telephone at (703) 358–2482. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Abstract The Division of International Conservation awards grants funded under the: (1) African Elephant Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4201-4245). (2) Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 4261). (3) Great Apes Conservation Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106-411). (4) Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 5306). (5) Marine Turtle Conservation Act (Pub. L. 108-266). (6) Wildlife Without Borders Programs - Mexico, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Russia. The information that we collect for grants awarded under the Marine Turtle Conservation Act is approved under OMB Control No. 1018-0128, which expires March 31, 2009. We are proposing to include that information collection with the others in this approval request, all under OMB Control Number 1018-0123. Applicants submit proposals for funding in response to Notices of Funding Availability that we publish on FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Grants.gov. We collect the following information under each Notice of Funding Availability: (1) Cover page with basic project details (FWS Form 3-2338). This is a new form that we propose to replace the six forms currently approved under OMB Control No. 1018-0123. (2) Project summary and narrative. (3) Letter of appropriate government endorsement. (4) Brief curricula vitae for key project personnel. (5) Complete Standard Forms 424, 424a and 424b (nondomestic applicants do not submit the standard forms). Proposals may also include, as appropriate, a copy of the organization’s Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate Agreement (NIRCA) and any additional documentation supporting the proposed project. 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As all Federal entities must honor the indirect cost rates an organization has negotiated with its cognizant agency, we require all organizations with a NICRA to submit the agreement paperwork with their proposals to verify how their rate is applied in their proposed budget. Applicants may provide any additional documentation that they believe best supports their proposal. II. Data OMB Control Number: 1018-0123. Title: International Conservation Grant Programs. Service Form Number(s): 3-2338. Type of Request: Revision of currently approved collection. Affected Public: Domestic and nondomestic Federal, State, and local governments; nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations; public and private institutions of higher education; and any other organization or individual with demonstrated perience deemed necessary to carry out the proposed project.. Respondent’s Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit. Frequency of Collection: Annually. Number of annual responses Completion time per response Annual burden hours 489 489 231 489 489 231 1 hour .............. 11 hours .......... 30 hours .......... 489 5,379 6,930 Totals ................................................................................ sroberts on PROD1PC70 with NOTICES Cover page (FWS Form 3-2338) ............................................. Narratives ................................................................................. Reports (mid-term and final) .................................................... 1,209 1,209 ..................... 12,798 III. Request for Comments We invite comments concerning this IC on: (1) whether or not the collection of information is necessary, including whether or not the information will have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of our estimate of the burden for this collection of information; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents. Comments submitted in response to this notice are a matter of public record. We will include and/or summarize each comment in our request to OMB to approve this IC. VerDate Aug<31>2005 16:17 Mar 15, 2007 Jkt 211001 Dated: March 1, 2007 Hope Grey, Information Collection Clearance Officer, Fish and Wildlife Service. FR Doc. E7–4844 Filed 3–15–07; 8:45 am BILLING CODE 4310–55–S DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service Receipt of an Application for an Incidental Take Permit for Construction of a Combination of Commercial Buildings and Residential Units in Palm Beach County, FL Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice; request for comments. AGENCY: SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the PO 00000 Frm 00042 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 availability of an incidental take permit (ITP) and Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP). Royal Tequesta LLC (Applicant) requests an ITP pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). The Applicant anticipates taking about 2.24 acres of Florida scrub-jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens) (scrub-jay) foraging and sheltering habitat incidental to partial land clearing of their 6-acre lot and subsequent commercial and residential construction and supporting infrastructure in Palm Beach County, Florida (Project). The destruction of 2.24 acre of foraging and sheltering habitat is expected to result in the take of one family of scrub-jays. The Applicant’s Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) describes the mitigation and minimization measures proposed to address the effects of the Project to the Florida scrub-jay. E:\FR\FM\16MRN1.SGM 16MRN1 12632 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 51 / Friday, March 16, 2007 / Notices Written comments on the ITP applications and HCPs should be sent to the South Florida Ecological Services Office (see ADDRESSES) and should be received on or before April 16, 2007. ADDRESSES: Persons wishing to review the application and HCP may obtain a copy by writing the Service’s South Florida Ecological Services Office. Please reference permit number TE 136147–0 in such requests. Documents will also be available for public inspection by appointment during normal business hours at the South Florida Ecological Services Office, 1339 20th Street, Vero Beach, Florida 32960– 3559. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Trish Adams, Fish and Wildlife Biologist, South Florida Ecological Services Office, Vero Beach, Florida (see ADDRESSES), telephone: 772/562–3909, ext. 232. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: If you wish to comment, you may submit comments by any one of several methods. Please reference permit number TE 136147–0 in such requests. You may mail comments to the Service’s South Florida Ecological Services Office (see ADDRESSES). You may also comment via the Internet to trish_adams@fws.gov. 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 the telephone number listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Finally, you may hand deliver comments to the Service office listed under 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. Construction of the Project will take place within Section 30, Township 40 South, Range 43 East, Tequesta, Palm sroberts on PROD1PC70 with NOTICES DATES: VerDate Aug<31>2005 15:24 Mar 15, 2007 Jkt 211001 Beach County, Florida. The Project site is bounded by the Casa del Sol development project on the north, County Line Plaza on the south, U.S. Highway 1 on the east, and by the Village of Tequesta water treatment plant on the west. Scrub-jays occupy 3.58 acres of the 6-acre site. The Applicant proposes to minimize take of scrub-jays by avoiding land clearing activities during the breeding or nesting season (March through June) and by preserving, restoring, and maintaining 1.34 acres of scrub-jay habitat on their 6-acre lot in perpetuity. The Applicants propose to mitigate for the loss of 2.24 acres of occupied scrubjay habitat by contributing a total of $384,017.78 to the Florida Scrub-jay Conservation Program Fund administered by The Nature Conservancy. Funds in this account are ear-marked for use in the conservation and recovery of scrub-jays and may include habitat acquisition, restoration, and management. The Service has determined that the Applicant’s proposal, including the proposed mitigation and minimization measures, will have a minor or negligible effect on the species covered in the HCP. Therefore, the ITP is for a ‘‘low-effect’’ project and qualifies as a categorical exclusion under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), as provided by the Department of the Interior Manual (516 DM 2, Appendix 1 and 516 DM 6, Appendix 1). This preliminary information may be revised based on our review of public comments that we receive in response to this notice. Low-effect HCPs are those involving (1) minor or negligible effects on federally listed or candidate species and their habitats, and (2) minor or negligible effects on other environmental values or resources. The Service will evaluate the HCP and comments submitted thereon to determine whether the application meets the requirements of section 10(a) of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et. seq.). If it is determined that those requirements are met, the ITP will be issued for the incidental take of the Florida scrub-jay. The Service will also evaluate whether issuance of the section 10(a)(1)(B) ITP complies with section 7 of the Act by conducting an intra-Service section 7 consultation. 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. Authority: This notice is provided pursuant to Section 10 of the Endangered Species Act and NEPA regulations (40 CFR 1506.6). PO 00000 Frm 00043 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Dated: March 9, 2007. Paul Souza, Field Supervisor, South Florida Ecological Services Office. [FR Doc. E7–4853 Filed 3–15–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310–55–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Assessment for Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior. ACTION: Notice of availability. AGENCY: SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announces the availability of the Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan (CCP) and Environmental Assessment (EA). It describes how we intend to manage Missisquoi NWR during the next 15 years. We prepared this Draft CCP/EA in conformance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act, as amended. The Draft CCP/EA will be available for public review and comment for a 30-day period starting with the publication of this notice. ADDRESSES: You may obtain copies of the draft CCP/EA on compact diskette or in print by writing to Carl Melberg, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Northeast Regional Office, 300 Westgate Center Drive, Hadley, Massachusetts 01035– 9589, or by electronic mail at northeastplanning@fws.gov, noting in the subject line ‘‘Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge.’’ You may also view the draft on the Web at https:// library.fws.gov/ccps.htm. During the 30day comment period, we plan to host public meetings in the local area. We will post the details of each meeting at least 2 weeks in advance to our project mailing list in local papers, at the refuge and at our Web site, https:// www.fws.gov/northeast/ missisquoirefuge/. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carl Melberg, 413–253–8521. DATES: The National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966, as amended by the National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997, requires the Service to develop a CCP for each refuge. The purpose of developing a CCP is to provide refuge managers with SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: E:\FR\FM\16MRN1.SGM 16MRN1

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[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 51 (Friday, March 16, 2007)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Receipt of an Application for an Incidental Take Permit for 
Construction of a Combination of Commercial Buildings and Residential 
Units in Palm Beach County, FL

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the 
availability of an incidental take permit (ITP) and Habitat 
Conservation Plan (HCP). Royal Tequesta LLC (Applicant) requests an ITP 
pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, 
as amended (Act). The Applicant anticipates taking about 2.24 acres of 
Florida scrub-jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens) (scrub-jay) foraging and 
sheltering habitat incidental to partial land clearing of their 6-acre 
lot and subsequent commercial and residential construction and 
supporting infrastructure in Palm Beach County, Florida (Project). The 
destruction of 2.24 acre of foraging and sheltering habitat is expected 
to result in the take of one family of scrub-jays. The Applicant's 
Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) describes the mitigation and 
minimization measures proposed to address the effects of the Project to 
the Florida scrub-jay.

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DATES: Written comments on the ITP applications and HCPs should be sent 
to the South Florida Ecological Services Office (see ADDRESSES) and 
should be received on or before April 16, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Persons wishing to review the application and HCP may obtain 
a copy by writing the Service's South Florida Ecological Services 
Office. Please reference permit number TE 136147-0 in such requests. 
Documents will also be available for public inspection by appointment 
during normal business hours at the South Florida Ecological Services 
Office, 1339 20th Street, Vero Beach, Florida 32960-3559.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Trish Adams, Fish and Wildlife 
Biologist, South Florida Ecological Services Office, Vero Beach, 
Florida (see ADDRESSES), telephone: 772/562-3909, ext. 232.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: If you wish to comment, you may submit 
comments by any one of several methods. Please reference permit number 
TE 136147-0 in such requests. You may mail comments to the Service's 
South Florida Ecological Services Office (see ADDRESSES). You may also 
comment via the Internet to trish_adams@fws.gov. 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 the telephone number listed under FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Finally, you may hand deliver comments to 
the Service office listed under 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.
    Construction of the Project will take place within Section 30, 
Township 40 South, Range 43 East, Tequesta, Palm Beach County, Florida. 
The Project site is bounded by the Casa del Sol development project on 
the north, County Line Plaza on the south, U.S. Highway 1 on the east, 
and by the Village of Tequesta water treatment plant on the west. 
Scrub-jays occupy 3.58 acres of the 6-acre site.
    The Applicant proposes to minimize take of scrub-jays by avoiding 
land clearing activities during the breeding or nesting season (March 
through June) and by preserving, restoring, and maintaining 1.34 acres 
of scrub-jay habitat on their 6-acre lot in perpetuity. The Applicants 
propose to mitigate for the loss of 2.24 acres of occupied scrub-jay 
habitat by contributing a total of $384,017.78 to the Florida Scrub-jay 
Conservation Program Fund administered by The Nature Conservancy. Funds 
in this account are ear-marked for use in the conservation and recovery 
of scrub-jays and may include habitat acquisition, restoration, and 
management.
    The Service has determined that the Applicant's proposal, including 
the proposed mitigation and minimization measures, will have a minor or 
negligible effect on the species covered in the HCP. Therefore, the ITP 
is for a ``low-effect'' project and qualifies as a categorical 
exclusion under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), as 
provided by the Department of the Interior Manual (516 DM 2, Appendix 1 
and 516 DM 6, Appendix 1). This preliminary information may be revised 
based on our review of public comments that we receive in response to 
this notice. Low-effect HCPs are those involving (1) minor or 
negligible effects on federally listed or candidate species and their 
habitats, and (2) minor or negligible effects on other environmental 
values or resources.
    The Service will evaluate the HCP and comments submitted thereon to 
determine whether the application meets the requirements of section 
10(a) of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et. seq.). If it is determined that 
those requirements are met, the ITP will be issued for the incidental 
take of the Florida scrub-jay. The Service will also evaluate whether 
issuance of the section 10(a)(1)(B) ITP complies with section 7 of the 
Act by conducting an intra-Service section 7 consultation. 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.

    Authority: This notice is provided pursuant to Section 10 of the 
Endangered Species Act and NEPA regulations (40 CFR 1506.6).

    Dated: March 9, 2007.
Paul Souza,
Field Supervisor, South Florida Ecological Services Office.
 [FR Doc. E7-4853 Filed 3-15-07; 8:45 am]
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