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applicant’s HCP describes the
minimization and mitigation measures
proposed to address the effects of the
project on 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 September 4,
2012.
ADDRESSES: You may request documents
by email, U.S. mail, or fax (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.
Email: Trish_Adams@fws.gov. Use
‘‘Attn: Permit number TE75891A–0’’ as
your message subject line.
Fax: Trish Adams, 772–562–4288,
Attn.: Permit number TE75891A–0.
U.S. mail: Trish Adams, HCP
Coordinator, South Florida Ecological
Services Field Office, Attn: Permit
number TE75891A–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: 772–469–4232.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The City
of Cape Coral (applicant) anticipates
taking 75 acres of habitat used for
breeding, feeding, and sheltering by the
Florida scrub-jay (Aphelocoma
coerulescens) in Lee County, Florida.
The Service listed the scrub-jay as
threatened on June 3, 1987 (52 FR
20715). The listing became effective July
6, 1987.
Applicant’s Proposed Project
We received an application for an
incidental take permit (ITP), along with
a proposed habitat conservation plan
(HCP). The applicant requests a 25-year
permit under section 10(a)(1)(B) of the
Act (87 Stat. 884; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et
seq.). If we approve the permit, the
applicant anticipates taking 75 acres of
Florida scrub-jay habitat for
construction of Festival Park (a 215-acre
multi-use recreational park), singlefamily residences, and associated
infrastructure. The project is located in
the north-central part of the City of Cape
Coral at latitude 26.701016, longitude—
81.999287, Lee County, Florida.
The applicant proposes to mitigate for
the loss of 75 acres of occupied scrubjay habitat by restoring 125 acres of off-
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site scrub habitat to be managed by Lee
County, and to establish a fund that will
provide for the long-term management
of the mitigation area.
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,
issuance of the ITP is a ‘‘low-effect’’
action 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
issuance of the ITP qualifies as a loweffect action on the following three
criteria: (1) Implementation of the
project would result in minor or
negligible effects on federally listed,
proposed, and candidate species and
their habitats; (2) implementation of the
project 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 project
qualifies as a ‘‘low-effect’’ project. 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 application
meets the requirements of section 10(a)
of the Act. The Service will also
evaluate whether issuance of the section
10(a)(1)(B) ITP would 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. If it is determined that the
requirements of the Act are met, the ITP
will be issued for the incidental take of
the scrub-jay.
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Submitting Comments
If you wish to submit comments or
information, you may do so by any one
of several methods. Please reference
permit number TE75891A–0 in such
comments. You may mail comments to
the Service’s South Florida Ecological
Services Office (see ADDRESSES). You
may also comment via email to
trish_adams@fws.gov. Please also
include your name and return address
in your email message. If you do not
receive a confirmation from us that we
have received your email 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.
Availability of Public Comments
Before including your address, phone
number, email 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.
Authority
This notice is provided pursuant to
Section 10 of the Act and NEPA
regulations (40 CFR 1506.6).
Dated: July 26, 2012.
Larry Williams,
Field Supervisor, South Florida Ecological
Services Office.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Tribal Listening Sessions on Sacred
Sites on Federal Lands
Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
Indian Affairs will conduct
listening sessions with Indian tribes to
obtain oral and written comments
concerning sacred sites located on
Federal lands. See the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section of this notice for
details.
SUMMARY:
DATES: See the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section of this notice
for
the dates of the tribal listening sessions.
We will consider all comments received
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by close of business on September 21,
2012.
The
Department, through the Office of the
Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs,
intends to develop policy to strengthen
the protection of sacred sites on Federal
lands. For many years the Department
has received input on sacred sites and
to that end, the Department is seeking
input specific, but not limited to, the
following topics regarding sacred sites
• Meanings of sacred sites and
whether the Department should attempt
to define the term ‘‘sacred site’’;
• Personal views of existing
Departmental practices or policies, if
any, that should be revised to protect
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
ADDRESSES: See the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section of this notice for
the locations of the tribal listening
sessions. Submit comments by email to:
consultation@bia.gov or by U.S. mail to:
Office of the Assistant Secretary—
Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the
Interior, attn.: Dion Killsback, Mail Stop
4141 MIB, Washington, DC 20240.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dion Killsback, Counselor to the
Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs,
(202) 208–6939.
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sacred sites and steps necessary to make
appropriate revisions;
• Potential development of
Departmental practices or policies to
protect sacred sites;
• How the Department should
facilitate tribal access to sacred sites;
• How the Department should control
and grant access to tribally provided
information regarding sacred sites;
• Whom the Department should
include (recognized leaders of tribal
government, tribal spiritual leaders,
et.al.) in determining whether a site is
considered ‘‘sacred’’ by a tribe.
Tribal listening sessions will be held
at the following dates and locations:
Date
Time
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August 13, 2012 ..............................
1 p.m.–4 p.m .................................
August 16, 2012 ..............................
9 a.m.–12 p.m ...............................
August 23, 2012 ..............................
1 p.m.–4 p.m .................................
August 24, 2012 ..............................
9 a.m.–12 p.m ...............................
BIA Southwest Regional Office, Pete V. Domenici Building, 1001 Indian School Road, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87104, (505) 563–
3103.
Holiday Inn-Grand Montana-Billings, 5500 Midland Road, Billings,
Montana 59101, (406) 248–7701.
Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, 2400 Mystic Lake Boulevard, Prior Lake,
MN 55372, (952) 445–9000.
Mohegan Sun Casino, 1 Mohegan Sun Boulevard, Uncasville, Connecticut 06382,(860) 862–7311.
Dated: July 27, 2012.
Donald E. Laverdure,
Acting Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
[LLIDI002000.13300000.EO0000]
Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement for
the Proposed Husky 1-North Dry Ridge
Phosphate Mine and Reclamation Plan,
Caribou County, ID
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior; Forest Service, Agriculture.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) of 1969, the Federal Land Policy
and Management Act (FLPMA) of 1976,
and the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as
amended, notice is hereby given that the
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Land Management (BLM), Pocatello
Field Office, and the U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Forest Service (FS),
Caribou-Targhee National Forest, will
jointly prepare an Environmental
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Impact Statement (EIS) to determine and
analyze the effects of a proposed
phosphate mine and reclamation plan
on Federal mineral leases held by NuWest Mining, Inc., in eastern Idaho. The
EIS will also consider the effects of
increasing the size of existing leases
through lease modifications.
DATES: To ensure that comments will be
considered, the BLM must receive
written comments on the scope of the
analysis described in this notice by
September 4, 2012. The BLM will
announce future meetings and any other
public involvement activities at least 15
days in advance through public notices,
media news releases, and/or mailings.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be
submitted to: Husky 1-North Dry Ridge
Mine EIS, C/O Tetra Tech, Address:
2525 Palmer Street, Suite 2, Missoula,
MT 59808, or via email at:
BLM_ID_HUSKY1NDR_EIS@blm.gov.
Please reference ‘‘Husky 1-North Dry
Ridge Mine EIS’’ on all correspondence.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bill
Stout, Bureau of Land Management,
Pocatello Field Office, 4350 Cliffs Drive,
Pocatello, Idaho 83204, phone 208–478–
6367. Scoping information will also be
available at the BLM’s Web-site at
https://www.blm.gov/pgdata/content/id/
en/info/nepa.html, or the FS Web site at
https://www.fs.usda.gov/projects/ctnf/
landmanagement/projects.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BLM,
as the Federal lease administrator, will
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serve as the lead agency and the FS as
the co-lead agency. The Idaho
Department of Environmental Quality is
a cooperating agency. The mining and
reclamation plans have been developed
and submitted for agency review for the
proposed open pit mining operations on
the Federal phosphate leases IDI–05549
(Husky 1), lease IDI–8289 (North Dry
Ridge), and on a portion of the IDI–04
(Maybe Canyon Lease), as well as in
areas north and south of the Husky 1
lease within federally designated known
phosphate lease area (KPLA)
boundaries, in Caribou County, Idaho.
Open pit mining operations would be
conducted by Nu-West Mining, Inc.,
doing business as Agrium Conda
Phosphate Operations (Agrium).
Agrium’s proposed mine plan includes
two different mining areas separated by
the historically operated, now inactive,
Maybe Canyon Mine. Portions of the
Maybe Canyon Mine are currently
undergoing investigation and
remediation through the
Comprehensive, Environmental
Response, and Liability Act (CERCLA).
The Husky 1-North Dry Ridge
Phosphate Mine Project area is located
about 19 miles northeast of Soda
Springs, Idaho.
The proposed new mining operations
at the Husky 1-North Dry Ridge Mine
Project area occur on Federal phosphate
leases administered by the BLM, on
unleased parcels of National Forest
System Lands, and on private lands.
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[FR Doc No: 2012-18891]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Tribal Listening Sessions on Sacred Sites on Federal Lands
AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Indian Affairs will conduct listening sessions with Indian
tribes to obtain oral and written comments concerning sacred sites
located on Federal lands. See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this notice for details.
DATES: See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice for the
dates of the tribal listening sessions. We will consider all comments
received
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by close of business on September 21, 2012.
ADDRESSES: See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice for
the locations of the tribal listening sessions. Submit comments by
email to: consultation@bia.gov or by U.S. mail to: Office of the
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior,
attn.: Dion Killsback, Mail Stop 4141 MIB, Washington, DC 20240.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dion Killsback, Counselor to the
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs, (202) 208-6939.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department, through the Office of the
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs, intends to develop policy to
strengthen the protection of sacred sites on Federal lands. For many
years the Department has received input on sacred sites and to that
end, the Department is seeking input specific, but not limited to, the
following topics regarding sacred sites
Meanings of sacred sites and whether the Department should
attempt to define the term ``sacred site'';
Personal views of existing Departmental practices or
policies, if any, that should be revised to protect sacred sites and
steps necessary to make appropriate revisions;
Potential development of Departmental practices or
policies to protect sacred sites;
How the Department should facilitate tribal access to
sacred sites;
How the Department should control and grant access to
tribally provided information regarding sacred sites;
Whom the Department should include (recognized leaders of
tribal government, tribal spiritual leaders, et.al.) in determining
whether a site is considered ``sacred'' by a tribe.
Tribal listening sessions will be held at the following dates and
locations:
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Date Time Venue
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August 13, 2012............... 1 p.m.-4 p.m..... BIA Southwest
Regional Office,
Pete V. Domenici
Building, 1001
Indian School Road,
Albuquerque, New
Mexico 87104, (505)
563-3103.
August 16, 2012............... 9 a.m.-12 p.m.... Holiday Inn-Grand
Montana-Billings,
5500 Midland Road,
Billings, Montana
59101, (406) 248-
7701.
August 23, 2012............... 1 p.m.-4 p.m..... Mystic Lake Casino
Hotel, 2400 Mystic
Lake Boulevard,
Prior Lake, MN
55372, (952) 445-
9000.
August 24, 2012............... 9 a.m.-12 p.m.... Mohegan Sun Casino, 1
Mohegan Sun
Boulevard,
Uncasville,
Connecticut
06382,(860) 862-
7311.
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Dated: July 27, 2012.
Donald E. Laverdure,
Acting Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2012-18891 Filed 7-30-12; 4:15 pm]
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