Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Permit, St. Lucie County, FL, 4839-4840 [2010-1808]
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obtain copies of the revised forms from
Molly Kubiak, Office of Indian Energy
and Economic Development, U.S.
Department of the Interior, 1951
Constitution Ave., NW., Mail Stop 20–
SIB, Washington, DC 20245; facsimile:
(202) 208–4564; or e-mail:
molly.kubiak@bia.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Molly Kubiak, (202) 208–0121.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. Abstract
IEED is seeking renewal of the
approval for the information collection
conducted under 25 CFR 103,
implementing the Loan Guaranty,
Insurance, and Interest Subsidy
Program, established by 25 U.S.C 1481
et seq. Approval for this collection
expires April 30, 2010. The information
collection allows IEED determine the
eligibility and credit-worthiness of
respondents and loans and otherwise
ensure compliance with Program
requirements. This information
collection includes the use of several
forms to be revised, including: 5–4753
Loan Guaranty Agreement, 5–4754 Loan
Insurance Agreement, 5–4754a Notice of
Insured Loan, 5–4755 Request to BIA for
Loan Guaranty, Loan Insurance, and/or
Interest Subsidy, 5–4749 Interest
Subsidy Report, 5–4759 Assignment of
Loan Documents and Related Rights, 5–
4760a Notice of Default, and 5–4760b
Claim for Loss. The revision will change
these forms to: 5–4753 Loan Guaranty
Agreement, 5–4754 Loan Insurance
Agreement, 5–4754a Notice of Insured
Loan, 5–4755 Request for Indian Affairs
Loan Guaranty, Loan Insurance, and/or
Interest Subsidy, 5–4749 Interest
Subsidy Report, 5–4759 Assignment of
Loan Documents and Related Rights, 5–
4760a Notice of Default, and 5–4760b
Claim for Loss. No third party
notification or public disclosure burden
is associated with this collection. There
is no change to the approved burden
hours for this information collection,
but IEED is revising several of the forms.
II. Request for Comments
The Department requests that you
send your comments on this collection
to the location listed in the ADDRESSES
section. Your comments should address:
(a) The necessity of the information
collection for the proper performance of
the agencies, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of our estimate of the
burden (hours and cost) of the collection
of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(c) ways we could enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information to
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be collected; and (d) ways we could
minimize the burden of the collection of
the information on the respondents,
such as through the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Please note that an agency may not
sponsor or conduct, and an individual
need not respond to, a collection of
information unless it has a valid OMB
Control Number. This information
collection expires April 30, 2010.
It is our policy to make all comments
available to the public for review at the
location listed in the ADDRESSES section
during the hours of 9 a.m.–5 p.m.,
Eastern Time, Monday through Friday
except for legal holidays. Before
including your address, phone number,
e-mail address or other personally
identifiable information, be advised that
your entire comment—including your
personally identifiable information—
may be made public at any time. While
you may request that we withhold your
personally identifiable information, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 1076–0020.
Title: Loan Guaranty, Insurance, and
Interest Subsidy, 25 CFR 103.
Brief Description of Collection:
Submission of this information allows
IEED to implement the Loan Guaranty,
Insurance, and Interest Subsidy
Program, 25 U.S.C. 1481 et seq., the
purpose of which is to encourage
private lending to individual Indians
and Indian organizations by providing
lenders with loan guarantees or loan
insurance to reduce their potential risk.
The information collection allows IEED
determine the eligibility and creditworthiness of respondents and loans
and otherwise ensure compliance with
Program requirements. This information
collection includes the use of several
forms. Response is required to obtain a
benefit.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Commercial banks and
Individual Indians and Indian
organizations.
Number of Respondents: 350.
Total Number of Responses: 1,527.
Frequency of Response: As needed.
Estimated Time per Response: 2
hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
3,054 hours.
Total Annual Cost to Respondents:
$60,280.
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Dated: January 25, 2010.
Alvin Foster,
Chief Information Officer—Indian Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R4–ES–2010–N014; 40120–1112–
0000–F2]
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
and Plants; Permit, St. Lucie County,
FL
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of receipt of application
for incidental take permit; availability of
proposed low-effect habitat
conservation plan and associated
documents; request for comment/
information.
SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife
Service (Service), announce the
availability of incidental take permit
(ITP) and Habitat Conservation Plan
(HCP). V.P. Properties (under the name
of International Airport Business Park)
(applicant) requests an ITP under
section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Endangered
Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act).
The applicant anticipates taking about
1.0 acre of Florida scrub-jay
(Aphelocoma coerulescens) (scrub-jay)
breeding, feeding, and sheltering habitat
incidental to lot preparation for the
construction of a gas station,
convenience store, several light
industrial warehouse condominiums,
and supporting infrastructure in St.
Lucie County, Florida (Project). The
destruction of 1.0 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
scrub-jay.
DATES: Written comments on the ITP
application and HCP should be sent to
the South Florida Ecological Services
Office (see ADDRESSES) and should be
received on or before March 1, 2010.
ADDRESSES: You may request documents
by U.S. mail, e-mail, or phone (see
below). These documents are also
available for public inspection by
appointment during normal business
hours at the office below. Send your
comments or requests by any one of the
following methods.
E-mail: Trish_Adams@fws.gov. Use
‘‘Attn: Permit number TE214678–0’’ as
your message subject line.
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Fax: Trish Adams, (772) 562–4288,
Attn: Permit number TE214678–0.
U.S. mail: Trish Adams, HCP
Coordinator, South Florida Ecological
Services Field Office, Attn: Permit
number TE214678–0, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, 1339 20th Street, Vero
Beach, FL 32960–3559.
In-person drop-off: You may drop off
information during regular business
hours at the above office address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Trish Adams, HCP Coordinator, South
Florida Ecological Services Office, Vero
Beach, Florida (see ADDRESSES),
telephone: 772–562–3909, extension
232.
If you
wish to submit comments or
information, you may do so by any one
of several methods. Please reference
permit number TE214678–0, in such
comments. 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.
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.
Applicant’s Proposed Project: We
received an application from the
applicant for an incidental take permit,
along with a proposed habitat
conservation plan. The applicant
requests a 5-year permit under section
10(a)(1)(B) of the Act. If we approve the
permit, the applicant anticipates taking
approximately 1 acre (0.4 hectares (ha))
of Florida scrub-jay breeding, feeding
and sheltering habitat incidental to land
preparation for construction of a gas
station, convenience store, several light
industrial warehouse condominiums,
and supporting infrastructure in St.
Lucie County, Florida. In 1987, we
listed this species as threatened (June 3,
1987; 52 FR 20715). The listing became
effective July 6, 1987.
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Project construction would take place
at latitude 27.4833, longitude ¥80.3577,
St. Lucie County, Florida, at St. Lucie
Boulevard, Lots 1 through 18 and north
half of Hawthorn Road adjacent on
south side of Lot 18, Block 37, and Lot
1 and south half of Hawthorn Road
adjacent on north side of Lot 1, Block
15A, San Lucie Plaza Unit One, Florida.
Parts of these lots are within scrub-jayoccupied habitat.
The parcels encompass about 2.92
acres (1.18 ha), and the footprint of the
commercial buildings, paved areas,
infrastructure, and landscaping
precludes retention of viable scrub-jay
habitat on this lot. In order to minimize
take on site, the applicant proposes to
mitigate for the loss of 1.0 acres (0.4 ha)
of occupied scrub-jay habitat by
contributing $82,904.00 to a Serviceapproved scrub-jay conservation fund,
or purchase the equivalent amount of
credit in an appropriate Serviceapproved scrub-jay conservation bank
within 180 days of permit issuance or
before the commencement of clearing
and construction activities, whichever is
sooner.
Our Preliminary Determination: The
Service has made a preliminary
determination that the applicant’s
Project, including the proposed
mitigation and minimization measures,
will individually and cumulatively 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) (40 CFR 1506.6), as
provided by the Department of the
Interior Manual (516 DM 2 Appendix 1
and 516 DM 6 Appendix 1), and as
defined in our Habitat Conservation
Planning Handbook (November 1996).
We base our determination that the plan
qualifies as a low-effect plan on the
following three criteria: (1)
Implementation of the plan would result
in minor or negligible effects on
federally listed, proposed, and
candidate species and their habitats; (2)
Implementation of the plan would result
in minor or negligible effects on other
environmental values or resources; and
(3) Impacts of the plan, considered
together with the impacts of other past,
present, and reasonably foreseeable
similarly situated projects, would not
result, over time, in cumulative effects
to environmental values or resources
that would be considered significant. As
more fully explained in our
environmental action statement and
associated Low Effect Screening Form,
the applicant’s proposed plan qualifies
as a ‘‘low-effect’’ plan. This preliminary
determination may be revised based on
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our review of public comments that we
receive in response to this notice.
Next Steps: The Service will evaluate
the HCP and comments submitted
thereon to determine whether the
applications meet 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 comply 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: January 15, 2010.
Paul Souza,
Field Supervisor, South Florida Ecological
Services Office.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R3–ES–2009–N263; 30120–1113–
0000–F6]
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
and Plants; Indiana Bat; 30-Day
Scoping Period for a National
Environmental Policy Act Decision on
a Proposed Habitat Conservation Plan
and Incidental Take Permit
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of intent to conduct a 30day scoping period for a National
Environmental Policy Act decision on a
proposed habitat conservation plan and
incidental take permit; request for
comments.
SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (Service), intend to
prepare a National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA) document for a
decision on a proposed habitat
conservation plan (HCP) and incidental
take permit (ITP) for the Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis) at a wind power project
in Champaign County, Ohio. We
provide this notice to advise other
agencies, tribes, and the public of our
intentions, and to obtain suggestions
and information on the scope of the
NEPA review and issues to consider in
the planning process. We are also using
this opportunity to seek comments on
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R4-ES-2010-N014; 40120-1112-0000-F2]
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Permit, St. Lucie
County, FL
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of receipt of application for incidental take permit;
availability of proposed low-effect habitat conservation plan and
associated documents; request for comment/information.
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SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the
availability of incidental take permit (ITP) and Habitat Conservation
Plan (HCP). V.P. Properties (under the name of International Airport
Business Park) (applicant) requests an ITP under section 10(a)(1)(B) of
the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). The applicant
anticipates taking about 1.0 acre of Florida scrub-jay (Aphelocoma
coerulescens) (scrub-jay) breeding, feeding, and sheltering habitat
incidental to lot preparation for the construction of a gas station,
convenience store, several light industrial warehouse condominiums, and
supporting infrastructure in St. Lucie County, Florida (Project). The
destruction of 1.0 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 scrub-jay.
DATES: Written comments on the ITP application and HCP should be sent
to the South Florida Ecological Services Office (see ADDRESSES) and
should be received on or before March 1, 2010.
ADDRESSES: You may request documents by U.S. mail, e-mail, or phone
(see below). These documents are also available for public inspection
by appointment during normal business hours at the office below. Send
your comments or requests by any one of the following methods.
E-mail: Trish_Adams@fws.gov. Use ``Attn: Permit number TE214678-
0'' as your message subject line.
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Fax: Trish Adams, (772) 562-4288, Attn: Permit number TE214678-0.
U.S. mail: Trish Adams, HCP Coordinator, South Florida Ecological
Services Field Office, Attn: Permit number TE214678-0, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, 1339 20th Street, Vero Beach, FL 32960-3559.
In-person drop-off: You may drop off information during regular
business hours at the above office address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Trish Adams, HCP Coordinator,
South Florida Ecological Services Office, Vero Beach, Florida (see
ADDRESSES), telephone: 772-562-3909, extension 232.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: If you wish to submit comments or
information, you may do so by any one of several methods. Please
reference permit number TE214678-0, in such comments. 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.
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.
Applicant's Proposed Project: We received an application from the
applicant for an incidental take permit, along with a proposed habitat
conservation plan. The applicant requests a 5-year permit under section
10(a)(1)(B) of the Act. If we approve the permit, the applicant
anticipates taking approximately 1 acre (0.4 hectares (ha)) of Florida
scrub-jay breeding, feeding and sheltering habitat incidental to land
preparation for construction of a gas station, convenience store,
several light industrial warehouse condominiums, and supporting
infrastructure in St. Lucie County, Florida. In 1987, we listed this
species as threatened (June 3, 1987; 52 FR 20715). The listing became
effective July 6, 1987.
Project construction would take place at latitude 27.4833,
longitude -80.3577, St. Lucie County, Florida, at St. Lucie Boulevard,
Lots 1 through 18 and north half of Hawthorn Road adjacent on south
side of Lot 18, Block 37, and Lot 1 and south half of Hawthorn Road
adjacent on north side of Lot 1, Block 15A, San Lucie Plaza Unit One,
Florida. Parts of these lots are within scrub-jay-occupied habitat.
The parcels encompass about 2.92 acres (1.18 ha), and the footprint
of the commercial buildings, paved areas, infrastructure, and
landscaping precludes retention of viable scrub-jay habitat on this
lot. In order to minimize take on site, the applicant proposes to
mitigate for the loss of 1.0 acres (0.4 ha) of occupied scrub-jay
habitat by contributing $82,904.00 to a Service-approved scrub-jay
conservation fund, or purchase the equivalent amount of credit in an
appropriate Service-approved scrub-jay conservation bank within 180
days of permit issuance or before the commencement of clearing and
construction activities, whichever is sooner.
Our Preliminary Determination: The Service has made a preliminary
determination that the applicant's Project, including the proposed
mitigation and minimization measures, will individually and
cumulatively 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) (40 CFR 1506.6), as provided by the Department of the
Interior Manual (516 DM 2 Appendix 1 and 516 DM 6 Appendix 1), and as
defined in our Habitat Conservation Planning Handbook (November 1996).
We base our determination that the plan qualifies as a low-effect plan
on the following three criteria: (1) Implementation of the plan would
result in minor or negligible effects on federally listed, proposed,
and candidate species and their habitats; (2) Implementation of the
plan would result in minor or negligible effects on other environmental
values or resources; and (3) Impacts of the plan, considered together
with the impacts of other past, present, and reasonably foreseeable
similarly situated projects, would not result, over time, in cumulative
effects to environmental values or resources that would be considered
significant. As more fully explained in our environmental action
statement and associated Low Effect Screening Form, the applicant's
proposed plan qualifies as a ``low-effect'' plan. This preliminary
determination may be revised based on our review of public comments
that we receive in response to this notice.
Next Steps: The Service will evaluate the HCP and comments
submitted thereon to determine whether the applications meet 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
comply 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: January 15, 2010.
Paul Souza,
Field Supervisor, South Florida Ecological Services Office.
[FR Doc. 2010-1808 Filed 1-28-10; 8:45 am]
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