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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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Enforcement (BSEE)
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Notice of Further Revisions to the
National Preparedness for Response
Exercise Program (PREP) Guidelines
Bureau of Safety and
Environmental Enforcement, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice announces that
the National Scheduling Coordination
Committee (NSCC), which is comprised
of representatives from the U.S. Coast
Guard (USCG), Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA), Pipeline and
Hazardous Materials Safety
Administration (PHMSA), and BSEE, is
making additional changes to the
National Preparedness for Response
Exercise Program (PREP) Guidelines.
The NSCC will announce the
availability of an updated draft of the
revised PREP Guidelines and invite
public comment at a future date. The
future invitation to comment will be
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USCG, on behalf of the NSCC, and will
use docket USCG–2011–1178.
ADDRESSES: The public docket for any
materials submitted during the previous
comment period that ended April 24,
2014 (79 FR 16363), is available online
at https://www.regulations.gov. Type
BSEE–2014–0003 into the search field
and click ‘‘Search.’’ Follow the
instructions at that Web site to view
materials and public comments that are
available in the docket.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
For BSEE: Mr. John Caplis, Oil Spill
Response Division, 703–787–1364.
For USCG: LCDR Wes James, Office of
Marine Environmental Response
Policy, 202–372–2136.
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Office of Emergency Management,
Regulation and Policy Development
Division, 202–564–1966.
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Pipeline Safety, 202–366–4595.
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February 22, 2012, the USCG published,
on behalf of the NSCC, a notice and
request for public comments in the
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advance notice that the NSCC agencies
planned to update the 2002 PREP
Guidelines. During the 60-day comment
period, the USCG, on behalf of the
NSCC, received 214 comments in the
docket. The NSCC agencies
subsequently revised the 2002 PREP
Guidelines to reflect the comments
received in the docket, as well as NSCC
member agency organizational changes,
lessons learned from past incidents, and
the addition of new regulatory
requirements, including the addition of
the USCG’s Salvage and Marine
Firefighting (SMFF) regulations.
On March 25, 2014, BSEE published
a notice in the Federal Register (79 FR
16363), on the behalf of the NSCC,
announcing the availability of an
updated draft of the PREP Guidelines
document and requesting public
comments. The NSCC is currently
amending the updated draft of the PREP
Guidelines to address the comments
received in response to the notice in 79
FR 16363, and will also be incorporating
additional guidance pertaining to the
new regulatory requirements for
nontank vessel response plans. The
NSCC will solicit public comment on
the entirety of the updated PREP
Guidelines at a future date when the
aforementioned changes have been
incorporated, and the revised draft of
the updated Guidelines is ready for
public viewing. The future invitation to
comment will be published by the
USCG, on behalf of the NSCC, in the
Federal Register and will use a different
docket ID number (USCG–2011–1178).
Dated: July 2, 2014.
David M. Moore,
Chief, Oil Spill Response Division, Bureau
of Safety and Environmental Enforcement.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R4–ES–2014–N094; 40120–1112–
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Incidental Take Permit and
Environmental Assessment for
Erosion Armoring and Beachfront
Activities Regulated by the Walton
County Board of County
Commissioners in Walton County,
Florida
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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Under the Endangered
Species Act (Act), we, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, announce the receipt
and availability of a proposed habitat
conservation plan (HCP) and
accompanying documents for
beachfront activities regulated by the
Walton County Board of Commissioners
(applicant), which would take the
loggerhead sea turtle, green sea turtle,
leatherback sea turtle, Kemp’s ridley sea
turtle, piping plover, and
Choctawhatchee beach mouse,
incidental to activities as conducted or
permitted by the applicant in Walton
County, Florida. We invite public
comments on these documents.
DATES: We must receive any written
comments at our Regional Office (see
ADDRESSES) on or before September 15,
2014.
ADDRESSES: Documents are available for
public inspection by appointment
during normal business hours at the
Fish and Wildlife Service’s Regional
Office, 1875 Century Boulevard, Suite
200, Atlanta, GA 30345; or Ecological
Services Field Office, Fish and Wildlife
Service, 1601 Balboa Avenue, Panama
City, FL 32405.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
David Dell, Regional HCP Coordinator,
(see ADDRESSES), telephone: 404–679–
7313; or Ms. Kristi Yanchis, Field Office
Project Manager, at the Panama City
Field Office (see ADDRESSES), telephone:
850–769–0552.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We
announce the availability of the
proposed HCP, incidental take permit
(ITP) application, and an environmental
assessment (EA), which analyze the take
of loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta),
green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas),
leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys
coriacea), Kemp’s ridley sea turtle
(Lepidochelys kempii), the nonbreeding
piping plover (Charadrius melodus),
and the Choctawhatchee beach mouse
(Peromyscus polionotus allophrys),
incidental to activities as conducted or
permitted by the applicant. The
applicant requests a 25-year ITP under
section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Endangered
Species Act of 1973 (Act; 16 U.S.C. 1531
et seq.), as amended. The Applicant’s
HCP describes the mitigation and
minimization measures proposed to
address the impacts to the species.
We specifically request scientific or
technical information, views, and
opinions from the public via this notice
on our proposed Federal action,
including identification of any other
aspects of the human environment not
already identified in the EA pursuant to
National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) regulations in the Code of
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SUMMARY:
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Federal Regulations (CFR) at 40 CFR
1506.6. Further, we specifically solicit
information regarding the adequacy of
the HCP per 50 CFR parts 13 and 17.
The EA assesses the likely
environmental impacts associated with
the implementation of the activities,
including the environmental
consequences of the no-action
alternative and the proposed action. The
proposed action alternative is issuance
of the ITP and implementation of the
HCP as submitted by the applicant. The
HCP covers activities conducted or
permitted by the applicant, and
includes installation of beachfront
armoring (temporary or permanent);
beach crossovers at public access points;
County and public beach driving and
vehicular beach access–related
activities; sale or rental of merchandise,
services, goods, or property by beach
vendors, as permitted by Walton
County; and beach placement of
temporary vending equipment storage
boxes. Avoidance, minimization, and
mitigation measures include: Providing
a process for the permitting and
implementation of emergency armoring
measures initiated under the County’s
permitting authority; developing and
implementing guidelines to minimize
disturbances to sea turtles and their
nests, shorebirds, and beach mice
caused by the operation of official
vehicles involved in public safety,
beach maintenance, law enforcement,
HCP implementation, and other official
business on County beaches;
implementing new requirements to
minimize impacts to sea turtles and
their nests caused by the operation of
private vehicles on County beaches;
developing and implementing
guidelines for beach vendors regarding
the transport, placement, and storage of
merchandise, equipment, and supplies
to reduce interference with sea turtle
nest protection activities; developing
and implementing a multi-faceted
public awareness program to educate
residents and visitors of the importance
of the County’s beaches to the
conservation and recovery of protected
species; adopting and enforcing a
beachfront lighting ordinance to reduce
nighttime disturbances to sea turtles,
piping plovers, and beach mice; and
implementing an effective monitoring
program for all species covered under
the ITP to identify and ameliorate
factors impeding their recovery.
Public Comments
Before including your address, phone
number, email address, or other
personal identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
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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.
If you wish to comment, you may
submit comments by any one of several
methods. Please reference TE43711A–0
in such comments. You may mail
comments to the Fish and Wildlife
Service’s Regional Office (see
ADDRESSES). You may also comment via
the Internet to david_dell@fws.gov.
Please 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 either
telephone number listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Finally, you may hand-deliver
comments to either of our offices listed
under ADDRESSES.
Covered Area
The area encompassed under the HCP
and ITP application consists of
approximately 20 miles of beachfront
along the Gulf of Mexico on non-State
lands, from the Bay/Walton to the
Okaloosa/Walton County line.
Next Steps
We will evaluate the ITP application,
including the HCP and any comments
we receive, to determine whether the
application meets the requirements of
section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Act. We will
also evaluate whether issuance of the
section 10(a)(1)(B) ITP complies with
section 7 of the Endangered Species Act
by conducting an intra-Service section 7
consultation. We will use the results of
this consultation, in combination with
the above findings, in our final analysis
to determine whether or not to issue the
ITP. If we determine that the
requirements are met, we will issue the
ITP for the incidental take of loggerhead
sea turtle, green sea turtle, leatherback
sea turtle, Kemp’s ridley sea turtle,
piping plover, and Choctawhatchee
beach mouse.
Authority
We provide this notice under section
10 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.)
and NEPA regulations (40 CFR 1506.6).
Dated: May 29, 2014.
Mike Oetker,
Acting Regional Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R4-ES-2014-N094; 40120-1112-0000-F2]
Incidental Take Permit and Environmental Assessment for Erosion
Armoring and Beachfront Activities Regulated by the Walton County Board
of County Commissioners in Walton County, Florida
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Under the Endangered Species Act (Act), we, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, announce the receipt and availability of a proposed
habitat conservation plan (HCP) and accompanying documents for
beachfront activities regulated by the Walton County Board of
Commissioners (applicant), which would take the loggerhead sea turtle,
green sea turtle, leatherback sea turtle, Kemp's ridley sea turtle,
piping plover, and Choctawhatchee beach mouse, incidental to activities
as conducted or permitted by the applicant in Walton County, Florida.
We invite public comments on these documents.
DATES: We must receive any written comments at our Regional Office (see
ADDRESSES) on or before September 15, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Documents are available for public inspection by appointment
during normal business hours at the Fish and Wildlife Service's
Regional Office, 1875 Century Boulevard, Suite 200, Atlanta, GA 30345;
or Ecological Services Field Office, Fish and Wildlife Service, 1601
Balboa Avenue, Panama City, FL 32405.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. David Dell, Regional HCP
Coordinator, (see ADDRESSES), telephone: 404-679-7313; or Ms. Kristi
Yanchis, Field Office Project Manager, at the Panama City Field Office
(see ADDRESSES), telephone: 850-769-0552.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We announce the availability of the proposed
HCP, incidental take permit (ITP) application, and an environmental
assessment (EA), which analyze the take of loggerhead sea turtle
(Caretta caretta), green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas), leatherback sea
turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), Kemp's ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys
kempii), the nonbreeding piping plover (Charadrius melodus), and the
Choctawhatchee beach mouse (Peromyscus polionotus allophrys),
incidental to activities as conducted or permitted by the applicant.
The applicant requests a 25-year ITP under section 10(a)(1)(B) of the
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Act; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), as
amended. The Applicant's HCP describes the mitigation and minimization
measures proposed to address the impacts to the species.
We specifically request scientific or technical information, views,
and opinions from the public via this notice on our proposed Federal
action, including identification of any other aspects of the human
environment not already identified in the EA pursuant to National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations in the Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) at 40 CFR 1506.6. Further, we specifically solicit
information regarding the adequacy of the HCP per 50 CFR parts 13 and
17.
The EA assesses the likely environmental impacts associated with
the implementation of the activities, including the environmental
consequences of the no-action alternative and the proposed action. The
proposed action alternative is issuance of the ITP and implementation
of the HCP as submitted by the applicant. The HCP covers activities
conducted or permitted by the applicant, and includes installation of
beachfront armoring (temporary or permanent); beach crossovers at
public access points; County and public beach driving and vehicular
beach access-related activities; sale or rental of merchandise,
services, goods, or property by beach vendors, as permitted by Walton
County; and beach placement of temporary vending equipment storage
boxes. Avoidance, minimization, and mitigation measures include:
Providing a process for the permitting and implementation of emergency
armoring measures initiated under the County's permitting authority;
developing and implementing guidelines to minimize disturbances to sea
turtles and their nests, shorebirds, and beach mice caused by the
operation of official vehicles involved in public safety, beach
maintenance, law enforcement, HCP implementation, and other official
business on County beaches; implementing new requirements to minimize
impacts to sea turtles and their nests caused by the operation of
private vehicles on County beaches; developing and implementing
guidelines for beach vendors regarding the transport, placement, and
storage of merchandise, equipment, and supplies to reduce interference
with sea turtle nest protection activities; developing and implementing
a multi-faceted public awareness program to educate residents and
visitors of the importance of the County's beaches to the conservation
and recovery of protected species; adopting and enforcing a beachfront
lighting ordinance to reduce nighttime disturbances to sea turtles,
piping plovers, and beach mice; and implementing an effective
monitoring program for all species covered under the ITP to identify
and ameliorate factors impeding their recovery.
Public Comments
Before including your address, phone number, email 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.
If you wish to comment, you may submit comments by any one of
several methods. Please reference TE43711A-0 in such comments. You may
mail comments to the Fish and Wildlife Service's Regional Office (see
ADDRESSES). You may also comment via the Internet to david_dell@fws.gov. Please 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 either
telephone number listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Finally, you may hand-deliver comments to either of our offices
listed under ADDRESSES.
Covered Area
The area encompassed under the HCP and ITP application consists of
approximately 20 miles of beachfront along the Gulf of Mexico on non-
State lands, from the Bay/Walton to the Okaloosa/Walton County line.
Next Steps
We will evaluate the ITP application, including the HCP and any
comments we receive, to determine whether the application meets the
requirements of section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Act. We will also evaluate
whether issuance of the section 10(a)(1)(B) ITP complies with section 7
of the Endangered Species Act by conducting an intra-Service section 7
consultation. We will use the results of this consultation, in
combination with the above findings, in our final analysis to determine
whether or not to issue the ITP. If we determine that the requirements
are met, we will issue the ITP for the incidental take of loggerhead
sea turtle, green sea turtle, leatherback sea turtle, Kemp's ridley sea
turtle, piping plover, and Choctawhatchee beach mouse.
Authority
We provide this notice under section 10 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531
et seq.) and NEPA regulations (40 CFR 1506.6).
Dated: May 29, 2014.
Mike Oetker,
Acting Regional Director.
[FR Doc. 2014-16721 Filed 7-15-14; 8:45 am]
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