Receipt of an Application for an Incidental Take Permit for Construction of a Single-Family Home in Sarasota County, FL, 21282-21283 [E7-8159]

Download as PDF 21282 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 82 / Monday, April 30, 2007 / Notices FY 2006 INDIAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT AWARDS—Continued Amount funded Name of applicant Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, David Brien, Tribal Chairman, P.O. Box 900, Belcourt, ND 58316, (701) 477–2639. Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, Manuel Heart, Tribal Chairman, P.O. Box 52, Towaoc, CO 81334, (970) 565–3751. [FR Doc. E7–8140 Filed 4–27–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4210–67–P DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT [Docket No. FR–4966–N–04] The Performance Review Board AGENCY: Office of the Deputy Secretary, HUD. ACTION: Notice of appointment. SUMMARY: The Department of Housing and Urban Development announces the appointment of Michael Flynn as a member of the Departmental Performance Review Board. The address is: Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, DC 20410– 3000. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Persons desiring any further information about the Performance Review Board and its members may contact Earnestine Pruitt, Director, Executive Personnel Management Division, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, DC 20410; telephone (202) 708–1381 (this is not a toll-free number). Dated: April 4, 2007. Roy A. Bernardi, Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. E7–8191 Filed 4–27–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4210–67–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service Receipt of an Application for an Incidental Take Permit for Construction of a Single-Family Home in Sarasota County, FL Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice. rwilkins on PROD1PC63 with NOTICES AGENCY: SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the availability of an incidental take permit (ITP) and Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP). Patrick McShane and Martha Dey (Applicants) request an ITP pursuant to VerDate Aug<31>2005 19:01 Apr 27, 2007 Jkt 211001 $900,000 Housing Rehabilitation. $900,000 New Housing Construction. section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). The Applicants anticipate taking about 0.31 acre of Florida scrub-jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens) (scrub-jay) foraging and sheltering habitat incidental to lot preparation for the construction of a single-family home and supporting infrastructure in Sarasota County, Florida (Project). The destruction of 0.31 acre of foraging and sheltering habitat is expected to result in the take of one family of scrub-jays. The Applicants’ HCP describes the mitigation and minimization measures proposed to address the effects of the Project on the Florida scrub-jay. DATES: We must receive your written comments on the ITP application and HCP on or before May 30, 2007. ADDRESSES: See the Public Comments Solicited section below for information on how to submit your comments on the ITP application and HCP. You may obtain a copy of the ITP application and HCP by writing to: South Florida Ecological Services Field Office, Attn: Permit number TE146270–0, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1339 20th Street, Vero Beach, Florida 32960–3559. In addition, we will make the ITP application and HCP available for public inspection by appointment during normal business hours at the South Florida Ecological Services Office at the above address. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Trish Adams, Fish and Wildlife Biologist, South Florida Ecological Services Office (see ADDRESSES), telephone: 772/562–3909, ext. 232. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: If you wish to comment on the ITP application and HCP, you may submit comments by any one of several methods. Please reference permit number TE146270–0 in such comments. You may mail comments to the Service’s South Florida Ecological Services Office (see ADDRESSES). You may also e-mail your comments to trish_adams@fws.gov. If you do not receive a confirmation from us that we have received your e-mail message, contact us directly at the telephone number listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Finally, you may hand deliver comments to the PO 00000 Frm 00081 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Project description South Florida Ecological Service Office (see ADDRESSES). Before including your address, phone number, e-mail address, or other personal identifying information in your comments, you should be aware that your entire comment—including your personal identifying information—may be made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. Residential construction for the McShane and Dey HCP will take place within Section 34, Township 39, Range 22, North Port, Sarasota County, Florida, at Pilgrim Road, Lot 9, Block 2026 of the 44th Addition to Port Charlotte Subdivision, Florida. This lot is within scrub-jay occupied habitat. The lot encompasses about 0.31 acre, and the footprint of the home, infrastructure, and landscaping precludes retention of scrub-jay habitat on this lot. In order to minimize take onsite the Applicants propose to mitigate for the loss of 0.31 acre of scrub-jay habitat by contributing a total of $36,106.98 to the Florida Scrub-jay Conservation 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/or management. The Service has determined that the Applicants’ 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 a ‘‘loweffect’’ 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 E:\FR\FM\30APN1.SGM 30APN1 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 82 / Monday, April 30, 2007 / Notices 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 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and NEPA regulations (40 CFR 1506.6). Dated: April 24, 2007. Paul Souza, Field Supervisor, South Florida Ecological Services Field Office. [FR Doc. E7–8159 Filed 4–27–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310–55–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service Draft Safe Harbor Agreement and Application for an Enhancement of Survival Permit for the Attwater’s Prairie Chicken, Northern Aplomado Falcon, Whooping Crane, and Black Lace Cactus for Activities on Private Lands in All or Portions of Aransas, Austin, Colorado, Galveston, Goliad, Refugio, and Victoria Counties, TX (Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative) U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice of availability; receipt of application. rwilkins on PROD1PC63 with NOTICES AGENCY: SUMMARY: The Coastal Prairie Coalition, Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative (GLCI) (Applicant) has applied to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) for an enhancement of survival permit pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Endangered Species Act (Act) of 1973, as amended. The requested permit, which is for a period of 99 years, includes a draft Safe Harbor Agreement (Agreement) for the endangered Attwater’s prairie chicken (Tympanuchus cupido attwateri), the endangered Northern aplomado falcon (Falco femoralis septentrionalis), the endangered Whooping crane (Grus Americana), and the endangered black VerDate Aug<31>2005 18:27 Apr 27, 2007 Jkt 211001 lace cactus (Echinocereus reichenbachii var. albertii) in all or portions of Aransas, Austin, Colorado, Galveston, Goliad, Refugio, and Victoria counties, Texas. We invite public comment. DATES: To ensure consideration, written comments must be received on or before May 30, 2007. ADDRESSES: Persons wishing to review the application may obtain a copy by writing to the Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, P.O. Box 1306, Room 4102, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87103. Persons wishing to review the draft Agreement or other related documents may obtain a copy by written or telephone request to the Field Supervisor, Corpus Christi Ecological Services Field Office, c/o Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi, 6300 Ocean Drive, Unit 5837, Corpus Christi, Texas 78412–5837, (361) 994–9005. The documents will also be available for public inspection, by appointment only, during normal business hours (8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.) at the Service’s Corpus Christi office. Comments concerning the draft Agreement or other related documents should be submitted in writing to the Field Supervisor at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Corpus Christi Ecological Services Field Office, c/o Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi, 6300 Ocean Drive, Unit 5837, Corpus Christi, Texas 78412–5837. Please refer to permit number TE– 151746–0 when submitting comments. All comments received, including names and addresses, will become a part of the official administrative record and may be made available to the public. Public Availability of Comments Before including your address, phone number, e-mail address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment—including your personal identifying information—may be made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Orms at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Corpus Christi Ecological Services Field Office, c/o Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi, 6300 Ocean Drive, Unit 5837, Corpus Christi, Texas 78412–5837 (361–994–9005; Fax 361–994–8262, or Mary_Orms@fws.gov) SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Applicant has applied to the Service for a section 10(a)(1)(A) enhancement of survival permit for the endangered PO 00000 Frm 00082 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 21283 Attwater’s prairie chicken, the endangered Northern aplomado falcon, the endangered Whooping crane, and the endangered black lace cactus in all or portions of Aransas, Austin, Colorado, Galveston, Goliad, Refugio, and Victoria counties, Texas for a period of 99 years. Background The Applicant plans to implement conservation measures designed to promote the recovery of covered species on enrolled private lands located in the counties listed above. The conservation measures will improve and maintain healthy productive grasslands, reduce brush canopy, modify plant composition, promote growth of or enhance the detection and/or palatability of desired foods, increase prey base, facilitate the accumulation of fine fuels for prescription burning, provide additional habitat, provide upland freshwater supplies, and aid in dispersal of covered species among various protected habitats, providing a measure of insurance against losses due to demographic or genetic factors and catastrophic events. The Agreement is expected to provide a net conservation benefit for the Attwater’s prairie chicken, Northern aplomado falcon, Whooping crane, and black lace cactus. Due to the programmatic nature of this Agreement, baseline conditions will be determined at the time of enrollment. Baseline conditions for most properties enrolled under the Agreement are anticipated to be zero. Where participating properties are determined to have an environmental baseline greater than zero, these areas shall be described in the Certificate of Inclusion (CI) and Prairie Management Agreement, with detailed descriptions and/or maps showing the locations of existing habitat or populations attached to the CI and Prairie Management Agreement. The Agreement will provide certainty to the Applicant relative to future property-use restrictions in the event that any of the covered species should be taken on their land as a result of implementation of the proposed conservation measures. Under a Safe Harbor Agreement, participating property owners voluntarily undertake management activities on their property to enhance, restore, or maintain habitat benefiting species listed under the Act. Safe Harbor Agreements encourage private and other non-Federal property owners to implement conservation efforts for listed species by assuring property owners they will not be subject to increased property use restrictions if E:\FR\FM\30APN1.SGM 30APN1

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[FR Doc No: E7-8159]


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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 Single-Family Home in Sarasota County, FL

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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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). Patrick McShane and Martha Dey (Applicants) 
request an ITP pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Endangered 
Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). The Applicants anticipate taking 
about 0.31 acre of Florida scrub-jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens) (scrub-
jay) foraging and sheltering habitat incidental to lot preparation for 
the construction of a single-family home and supporting infrastructure 
in Sarasota County, Florida (Project). The destruction of 0.31 acre of 
foraging and sheltering habitat is expected to result in the take of 
one family of scrub-jays. The Applicants' HCP describes the mitigation 
and minimization measures proposed to address the effects of the 
Project on the Florida scrub-jay.

DATES: We must receive your written comments on the ITP application and 
HCP on or before May 30, 2007.

ADDRESSES: See the Public Comments Solicited section below for 
information on how to submit your comments on the ITP application and 
HCP. You may obtain a copy of the ITP application and HCP by writing 
to: South Florida Ecological Services Field Office, Attn: Permit number 
TE146270-0, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1339 20th Street, Vero 
Beach, Florida 32960-3559. In addition, we will make the ITP 
application and HCP available for public inspection by appointment 
during normal business hours at the South Florida Ecological Services 
Office at the above address.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: If you wish to comment on the ITP 
application and HCP, you may submit comments by any one of several 
methods. Please reference permit number TE146270-0 in such comments. 
You may mail comments to the Service's South Florida Ecological 
Services Office (see ADDRESSES). You may also e-mail your comments to 
trish_adams@fws.gov. If you do not receive a confirmation from us that 
we have received your e-mail message, contact us directly at the 
telephone number listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Finally, 
you may hand deliver comments to the South Florida Ecological Service 
Office (see ADDRESSES).
    Before including your address, phone number, e-mail address, or 
other personal identifying information in your comments, you should be 
aware that your entire comment--including your personal identifying 
information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can 
ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying 
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be 
able to do so.
    Residential construction for the McShane and Dey HCP will take 
place within Section 34, Township 39, Range 22, North Port, Sarasota 
County, Florida, at Pilgrim Road, Lot 9, Block 2026 of the 44th 
Addition to Port Charlotte Subdivision, Florida. This lot is within 
scrub-jay occupied habitat.
    The lot encompasses about 0.31 acre, and the footprint of the home, 
infrastructure, and landscaping precludes retention of scrub-jay 
habitat on this lot. In order to minimize take onsite the Applicants 
propose to mitigate for the loss of 0.31 acre of scrub-jay habitat by 
contributing a total of $36,106.98 to the Florida Scrub-jay 
Conservation 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/or 
management.
    The Service has determined that the Applicants' 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 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

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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 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and NEPA regulations 
(40 CFR 1506.6).

    Dated: April 24, 2007.
Paul Souza,
Field Supervisor, South Florida Ecological Services Field Office.
 [FR Doc. E7-8159 Filed 4-27-07; 8:45 am]
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