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Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
and Plants; Receipt of Application for
an Incidental Take Permit; Availability
of Low-Effect Habitat Conservation
Plan and Associated Documents;
Highlands County, FL
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability; request
for comment/information.
AGENCY:
We, the Fish and Wildlife
Service (Service), announce the
availability of an incidental take permit
(ITP) and a Habitat Conservation Plan
(HCP). Palmetto Lake Placid, LLC
(applicant) requests ITP TE63688B–0
under the Endangered Species Act of
1973, as amended (Act). The applicant
anticipates taking about 0.87 acres of
feeding, breeding, and sheltering habitat
used by the sand skink (Neoseps
reynoldsi) and blue-tailed mole skink
SUMMARY:
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(Eumeces egregius lividus) (skinks)
incidental to land preparation and
construction in Highlands County,
Florida. The applicant’s HCP describes
proposed minimization measures and
mitigation measures to address the
effects of development on the covered
species.
We must receive your written
comments on the ITP application and
HCP on or before January 15, 2016.
ADDRESSES: See the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION 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 the
South Florida Ecological Services
Office, Attn: Permit number TE63688B–
0, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1339
20th Street, Vero Beach, FL 32960–3559.
In addition, we will make the ITP
application and HCP available for
public inspection by appointment
during normal business hours at the
above address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Elizabeth Landrum, South Florida
Ecological Services Office (see
ADDRESSES); telephone: 772–469–4304.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DATES:
Submitting Comments
If you wish to comment on the ITP
application or HCP, you may submit
comments by any one of the following
methods:
Email: elizabeth_landrum@fws.gov.
Use ‘‘Attn: Permit number ‘‘TE63688B–
0’’ as your message subject line.
Fax: Elizabeth Landrum, 772–469–
4304, Attn.: Permit number ‘‘TE63688B–
0.’’
U.S. mail: Elizabeth Landrum, South
Florida Ecological Services Field Office,
Attn: Permit number ‘‘TE63688B–0,’’
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1339
20th Street, Vero Beach, FL 32960–3559.
In-person drop-off: You may drop off
comments or request information during
regular business hours at the above
office address.
Public Availability of 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 request in your
comments that your personal
identifying information be withheld
from public review, we cannot
guarantee that we will be able to do so.
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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 an ITP under section
10(a)(1)(B) of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et
seq.). If we approve the application, the
applicant anticipates taking a total of
approximately 0.87 acres of skink
breeding, feeding, and sheltering
habitat, incidental to land preparation
and construction in Section 17,
Township 37 South, Range 30 East,
Highlands County, Florida. The
applicant plans to begin construction as
soon as the ITP is approved.
Development of this parcel will include
construction of one structure, parking
areas, stormwater retention areas, and
installation of associated utilities.
The applicant proposes to minimize
impacts to skinks by preserving a total
of 1.80 acres of skink-occupied habitat
at a Service-approved conservation
bank. The Service listed the skinks as
threatened in 1987 (November 6, 1987;
52 FR 20715), effective December 7,
1987.
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 complies with section 7
of the Act by conducting an intraService 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.
Authority: We provide this notice under
Section 10 of the Endangered Species Act (16
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and NEPA regulations
(40 CFR 1506.6).
Dated: December 7, 2015.
Roxanna Hinzman,
Field Supervisor, South Florida Ecological
Services Office.
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Our Preliminary Determination
Fish and Wildlife Service
The Service has made a preliminary
determination that the applicant’s
project, including the mitigation
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). We base our preliminary
determination that issuance of the ITP
qualifies as a low-effect 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 project,
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. This preliminary
determination may be revised based on
our review of public comments that we
receive in response to this notice.
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Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
and Plants; Availability of Proposed
Low-Effect Habitat Conservation Plans,
Brevard and Putnam Counties, FL
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability; request
for comment/information.
AGENCY:
We, the Fish and Wildlife
Service (Service), have received two
applications for incidental take permits
(ITPs) under the Endangered Species
Act of 1973, as amended (Act). Jellyfish
Realty, LLC requests a 5-year ITP; and
Vulcan Materials Company requests a
20-year ITP. We request public
comment on the permit applications
and accompanying proposed habitat
conservation plans (HCPs), as well as on
our preliminary determination that the
plans qualify as low-effect under the
National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA). To make this determination, we
used our environmental action
statement and low-effect screening form,
which are also available for review.
DATES: To ensure consideration, please
send your written comments by January
15, 2016.
ADDRESSES: If you wish to review the
applications and HCPs, you may request
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documents by email, U.S. 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.
Email: northflorida@fws.gov. Use
‘‘Attn: Permit number TE82957B–0’’ as
your message subject line for Jellyfish
Realty, LLC; and ‘‘Attn: Permit number
TE82956B–0’’ for Vulcan Materials
Company.
Fax: Field Supervisor, (904) 731–
3191, Attn: Permit number [Insert
permit number].
U.S. mail: Field Supervisor,
Jacksonville Ecological Services Field
Office, Attn: Permit number [Insert
permit number], U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, 7915 Baymeadows Way, Suite
200, Jacksonville, FL 32256.
In-person drop-off: You may drop off
information during regular business
hours at the above office address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin
M. Gawera, telephone: (904) 731–3121;
email: erin_gawera@fws.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Section 9 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531
et seq.) and our implementing Federal
regulations in the Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR 17 prohibit
the ‘‘take’’ of fish or wildlife species
listed as endangered or threatened. Take
of listed fish or wildlife is defined under
the Act as ‘‘to harass, harm, pursue,
hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture,
or collect, or to attempt to engage in any
such conduct’’ (16 U.S.C. 1532).
However, under limited circumstances,
we issue permits to authorize incidental
take—i.e., take that is incidental to, and
not the purpose of, the carrying out of
an otherwise lawful activity.
Regulations governing incidental take
permits for threatened and endangered
species are at 50 CFR 17.32 and 17.22,
respectively. The Act’s take prohibitions
do not apply to federally listed plants
on private lands unless such take would
violate State law. In addition to meeting
other criteria, an incidental take
permit’s proposed actions must not
jeopardize the existence of federally
listed fish, wildlife, or plants.
Applicants’ Proposals
Jellyfish Realty, LLC
Jellyfish Realty, LLC is requesting take
of approximately .53 acre of occupied
Florida scrub-jay foraging and sheltering
habitat incidental to construction of a
veterinary clinic, and they seek a 5-year
permit. The .54-acre project is located
on parcel number 27–37–06–25–
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R4-ES-2015-N231; FXES11120400000-167-FF04EF2000]
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Receipt of
Application for an Incidental Take Permit; Availability of Low-Effect
Habitat Conservation Plan and Associated Documents; Highlands County,
FL
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comment/information.
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SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the
availability of an incidental take permit (ITP) and a Habitat
Conservation Plan (HCP). Palmetto Lake Placid, LLC (applicant) requests
ITP TE63688B-0 under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended
(Act). The applicant anticipates taking about 0.87 acres of feeding,
breeding, and sheltering habitat used by the sand skink (Neoseps
reynoldsi) and blue-tailed mole skink (Eumeces egregius lividus)
(skinks) incidental to land preparation and construction in Highlands
County, Florida. The applicant's HCP describes proposed minimization
measures and mitigation measures to address the effects of development
on the covered species.
DATES: We must receive your written comments on the ITP application and
HCP on or before January 15, 2016.
ADDRESSES: See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION 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
the South Florida Ecological Services Office, Attn: Permit number
TE63688B-0, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1339 20th Street, Vero
Beach, FL 32960-3559. In addition, we will make the ITP application and
HCP available for public inspection by appointment during normal
business hours at the above address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Elizabeth Landrum, South Florida
Ecological Services Office (see ADDRESSES); telephone: 772-469-4304.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Submitting Comments
If you wish to comment on the ITP application or HCP, you may
submit comments by any one of the following methods:
Email: elizabeth_landrum@fws.gov. Use ``Attn: Permit number
``TE63688B-0'' as your message subject line.
Fax: Elizabeth Landrum, 772-469-4304, Attn.: Permit number
``TE63688B-0.''
U.S. mail: Elizabeth Landrum, South Florida Ecological Services
Field Office, Attn: Permit number ``TE63688B-0,'' U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, 1339 20th Street, Vero Beach, FL 32960-3559.
In-person drop-off: You may drop off comments or request
information during regular business hours at the above office address.
Public Availability of 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
request in your comments that your personal identifying information be
withheld from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able
to do so.
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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 an ITP under section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Act (16
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). If we approve the application, the applicant
anticipates taking a total of approximately 0.87 acres of skink
breeding, feeding, and sheltering habitat, incidental to land
preparation and construction in Section 17, Township 37 South, Range 30
East, Highlands County, Florida. The applicant plans to begin
construction as soon as the ITP is approved. Development of this parcel
will include construction of one structure, parking areas, stormwater
retention areas, and installation of associated utilities.
The applicant proposes to minimize impacts to skinks by preserving
a total of 1.80 acres of skink-occupied habitat at a Service-approved
conservation bank. The Service listed the skinks as threatened in 1987
(November 6, 1987; 52 FR 20715), effective December 7, 1987.
Our Preliminary Determination
The Service has made a preliminary determination that the
applicant's project, including the mitigation 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). We base our preliminary determination that issuance
of the ITP qualifies as a low-effect 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 project, 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.
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 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. If it
is determined that the requirements of the Act are met, the ITP will be
issued.
Authority: We provide this notice under Section 10 of the
Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and NEPA regulations
(40 CFR 1506.6).
Dated: December 7, 2015.
Roxanna Hinzman,
Field Supervisor, South Florida Ecological Services Office.
[FR Doc. 2015-31595 Filed 12-15-15; 8:45 am]
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