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reasonable accommodations will be
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Gary Frazer,
Assistant Director for Ecological Services.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R4–ES–2015–N115;
FXES11130400000EA–123–FF04EF1000]
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
and Plants; Availability of Proposed
Low-Effect Habitat Conservation Plans,
Lake, County, FL
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability; request
for comment/information.
AGENCY:
We, the Fish and Wildlife
Service (Service), have received five
applications for incidental take permits
(ITPs) and one renewal of an ITP under
the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as
amended (Act) in Lake County, Florida.
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 statements and
low-effect screening forms, which are
also available for review.
DATES: To ensure consideration, please
send your written comments by August
8, 2016.
ADDRESSES: If you wish to review the
applications and HCPs, you may request
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 TE96908B–0’’ as
your message subject line for Walton
Acquistions FL, LLC; ‘‘Attn: Permit
number TE96852B–0’’ for EPC Holdings
808 LLC and Parkview Oaks, LLC;
‘‘Attn: Permit number TE96862B–0’’ for
Mattamy Orlando, LLC (Ladd Property);
‘‘Attn: Permit number TE96859B–0’’ for
Mattamy Orlando, LLC (NOLA
Property); ‘‘Attn: Permit number
TE96904B–0’’ for Mattamy Orlando,
LLC (Clermont Self Storage Property);
and ‘‘Attn: Permit number TE105732–2’’
for Richard Bosserman.
SUMMARY:
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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: We, the
Fish and Wildlife Service (Service),
have received five applications for
incidental take permits (ITPs) and one
renewal of an ITP under the Endangered
Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act).
Walton Acquisitions FL, LLC requests a
20-year ITP; EPC Holdings 808 LLC and
Parkview Oaks, LLC request a 25-year
ITP; Mattamy Orlando, LLC (Ladd
Property) requests a 5-year ITP;
Mattamy Orlando, LLC (NOLA Property)
requests a 5-year ITP; Mattamy Orlando,
LLC (Clermont Self Storage Property)
requests a 5-year ITP; and Richard
Bosserman requests a 10-year renewal of
ITP permit #TE105732–1. 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.
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 part 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
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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
Walton Acquisitions FL, LLC
Walton Acquisitions FL, LLC is
requesting take of approximately 6.03
acres (ac) of occupied sand skink
foraging and sheltering habitat
incidental to construction of a
residential project, and they seek a 20year permit. The 505.99-ac project is
located on parcel number 21–20–24–
000100000900 within Sections 21, 22,
27, and 28, Township 22 South, and
Range 26 East, Lake County, Florida.
The project includes construction of a
residential development and the
associated infrastructure, and
landscaping. The applicant proposes to
mitigate for the take of the sand skink
by the purchase of 12.06 mitigation
credits within the Collany Conservation
Bank or another Service-approved sand
skink bank.
EPC Holdings 808 LLC and Parkview
Oaks, LLC
EPC Holdings 808 LLC and Parkview
Oaks, LLC request take of approximately
1.58 ac of occupied sand skink foraging
and sheltering habitat incidental to
construction of a residential project, and
they seek a 25-year permit. The 1433-ac
project is located on parcels identified
with by the Lake County Property
Appraiser with the Alternate Key IDs of
1037051, 2804271, 1031028, 1065062,
3029038, 3029020, 3029011, 3859093,
1017301, 2868180, 3854637, 3884096,
1590361, 3860074, 1070015, 3860073,
1070015, and 3859995, 1590817,
3019890, 1027764, 2934590, 2934581,
2934603, and 1065101, within Sections
16, 17, 20, 21, 28, and 29, Township 21
South, and Range 26 East, Lake County,
Florida. The project includes
construction of a residential
development and the associated
infrastructure, and landscaping. The
applicant proposes to mitigate for the
take of the sand skink by the purchase
of 3.16 mitigation credits within the
Collany Conservation Bank or another
Service-approved sand skink bank.
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Mattamy Orlando, LLC (Ladd Property)
Mattamy Orlando, LLC is requesting
take of approximately 10.65 ac of
occupied sand skink foraging and
sheltering habitat incidental to
construction of a residential project, and
they seek a 5-year permit. The 17.75-ac
project is located on parcel numbers
342226000200000200,
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342226130000C00001, and
342226000200000600 within Section
34, Township 22 South, and Range 26
East, Lake County, Florida. The project
includes construction of a residential
development and the associated
infrastructure, and landscaping. The
applicant proposes to mitigate for the
take of the sand skink by the purchase
of 21.3 mitigation credits within the
Hatchineha Conservation Bank or
another Service-approved sand skink
bank.
Mattamy Orlando, LLC (NOLA Property)
Mattamy Orlando, LLC is requesting
take of approximately 9.67 ac of
occupied sand skink foraging and
sheltering habitat incidental to
construction of a residential project, and
they seek a 5-year permit. The 541-ac
project is located on parcel numbers 27–
22–26–00–030–0000–500, 34–22–26–
00–010–0000–100, and 35–22–26–00–
010–0000–600 within Sections 27, 34,
35 and 36, Township 22 South, and
Range 26 East, Lake County, Florida.
The project includes construction of a
residential development and the
associated infrastructure, and
landscaping. The applicant proposes to
mitigate for the take of the sand skink
by the purchase of 19.34 mitigation
credits within the Hatchineha
Conservation Bank or another Serviceapproved sand skink bank.
Mattamy Orlando, LLC (Self Storage
Property)
Mattamy Orlando, LLC is requesting
take of approximately 9.1 ac of occupied
sand skink foraging and sheltering
habitat incidental to construction of a
mixed commercial and residential
project, and they seek a 5-year permit.
The 16.25-ac project is located on parcel
numbers 342226130000A00000,
34226130000000100,
342226130000C00000, and
342226000200000200 within Section
34, Township 22 South, Range 26 East,
Lake County, Florida. The project
includes construction of a mixed
commercial and residential
development and the associated
infrastructure, and landscaping. The
applicant proposes to mitigate for the
take of the sand skink by the purchase
of 18.2 mitigation credits within the
Hatchineha Conservation Bank or
another Service-approved sand skink
bank.
Richard Bosserman
Richard Bosserman has been
approved for take of approximately 1.9
ac of sand skink-occupied habitat
incidental to construction of a
commercial facility, and seeks a 10-year
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extension on an existing permit. The
29.6-ac project is located within Section
27, Township 22 South, and Range 26
East, Clermont, Lake County, Florida.
The applicant’s HCP describes the
mitigation and minimization measures
the applicant completed to address the
effects of the project to the sand skink.
Our Preliminary Determination
We have determined that the
applicants’ proposals, including the
proposed mitigation and minimization
measures, would have minor or
negligible effects on the species covered
in their HCPs. Therefore, we determined
that the ITPs for each of the applicants
are ‘‘low-effect’’ projects and qualify for
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). A low-effect
HCP is one involving (1) Minor or
negligible effects on federally listed or
candidate species and their habitats,
and (2) minor or negligible effects on
other environmental values or
resources.
Next Steps
We will evaluate the HCPs and
comments we receive to determine
whether the ITP applications meet the
requirements of section 10(a) of the Act
(16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). If we determine
that the applications meet these
requirements, we will issue ITP
numbers TE96908B–0, TE96852B–0,
TE96862B–0, TE96859B–0, TE96904B,
and TE105732–2. We will also evaluate
whether issuance of the section
10(a)(1)(B) ITPs complies with section 7
of the Act by conducting an intraService 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 ITPs. If the
requirements are met, we will issue the
permits to the applicants.
Public Comments
If you wish to comment on the permit
applications, HCPs, and associated
documents, you may submit comments
by any one of the methods in
ADDRESSES.
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 ask us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
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information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Authority
We provide this notice under Section
10 of the Act and NEPA regulations (40
CFR 1506.6).
Dated: June 29, 2016.
Jay B. Herrington,
Field Supervisor, Jacksonville Field Office,
Southeast Region.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
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FXRS12610600000–167–FF06R00000]
Upper Great Plains Wind Energy
Programmatic Environmental Impact
Statement; Record of Decision
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service (Service) and the Western Area
Power Administration (Western), as
joint lead agencies, issued the Upper
Great Plains Wind Energy Final
Programmatic Environmental Impact
Statement (Final PEIS) on May 1, 2015.
The Service has decided to implement
Alternative 1, as described in the Final
PEIS and summarized in the Record of
Decision (ROD). Alternative 1 was
identified as both the agency-preferred
alternative and the environmentally
preferred alternative.
ADDRESSES: You may request copies of
the Final PEIS and ROD, or more
information, by one of the following
methods.
Web site: https://
plainswindeis.anl.gov/.
U.S. Mail: Kelly Hogan, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, Region 6, P.O. Box
25486, Denver, CO 80225–0486.
To view comments on the final PEIS
from the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA), or for information on
EPA’s role in the EIS process, see EPA’s
Role in the EIS Process under
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kelly Hogan, 303–236–4355 (phone) or
Kelly_Hogan@fws.gov (email).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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SUMMARY:
Background
The Record of Decision (ROD) we
announce today documents the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service’s (Service)
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decision to implement the
Programmatic Regional Wind Energy
Development Evaluation Process
(Alternative 1) of the Upper Great Plains
Wind Energy Final Programmatic
Environmental Impact Statement (Final
PEIS) (DOE/EIS–0408), published in the
Federal Register on May 1, 2015 (80 FR
24914).
In response to an increase in wind
energy development in the Upper Great
Plains Region (UGP Region), which
encompasses all or parts of the States of
Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska,
North Dakota, and South Dakota, the
Service (Service) and the Western Area
Power Administration (Western) have
prepared the Upper Great Plains Wind
Energy Final PEIS to streamline their
procedures for conducting
environmental reviews of wind energy
applications by implementing
standardized evaluation procedures and
identifying measures to address
potential environmental impacts
associated with wind energy projects in
the UGP Region.
The Service and Western
cooperatively prepared the PEIS to (1)
assess the potential environmental
impacts associated with wind energy
projects within the UGP Region that
may propose placement of project
elements on grassland or wetland
easements managed by the Service, or
that may interconnect to Western’s
transmission system, and (2) evaluate
how environmental impacts would
differ under alternative sets of
environmental evaluation procedures,
best management practices, avoidance
strategies, and mitigation measures that
the agencies would request project
developers to implement, as
appropriate, for specific wind energy
projects. Four alternatives, including the
No Action alternative, were analyzed in
the PEIS.
The PEIS analyzes, to the extent
practicable, the impacts resulting from
development of wind energy projects
and the effectiveness of best
management practices (BMPs),
avoidance of sensitive areas, and
mitigation measures in reducing
potential impacts. Impacts and
mitigation have been analyzed for each
environmental resource, and all
components of wind energy projects
have been addressed, including
turbines, transformers, collector lines,
overhead lines, access roads, substation
installations, and operational and
maintenance activities. Many of the
impacts resulting from constructing and
operating these types of wind energy
infrastructure are well known from
existing wind energy projects.
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In addition to the PEIS, the Service
and Western engaged in informal
consultation under Section 7 of the ESA
in support of the PEIS process. A
programmatic biological assessment
(Programmatic BA) has been prepared
for listed and candidate species
occurring in the UGP Region.
Development of the Programmatic BA
was closely coordinated with the
Service’s North Dakota Ecological
Services Field Office. That office issued
a letter of concurrence with the
Programmatic BA on July 7, 2015, as a
result of this consultation.
The agencies also investigated a
programmatic approach to section 106
consultations under the National
Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) (54
U.S.C. 300101 et seq.). Since section 106
consultations are highly site-specific, it
was determined that effective
consultation could be accomplished
only once an individual project location
was defined. However, general
avoidance and protection measures for
cultural resources and historic
properties that would be implemented
were identified and included in the
analysis.
EPA’s Role in the EIS Process
The EPA is charged under section 309
of the Clean Air Act to review all
Federal agencies’ environmental impact
statements (EISs) and to comment on
the adequacy and the acceptability of
the environmental impacts of proposed
actions in the EISs.
EPA also serves as the repository (EIS
database) for EISs prepared by Federal
agencies and provides notice of their
availability in the Federal Register. The
EIS Database provides information
about EISs prepared by Federal
agencies, as well as EPA’s comments
concerning the EISs. All EISs are filed
with EPA, which publishes a notice of
availability each Friday in the Federal
Register. For more information, see
https://www.epa.gov/compliance/nepa/
eisdata.html.You may search for EPA
comments on EISs, along with EISs
themselves, at https://
cdxnodengn.epa.gov/cdx-enepa-public/
action/eis/search.
Purpose and Need
The Service’s purpose and need for
Federal action, as presented in the Draft
and Final PEIS, is to streamline the
environmental review process for wind
energy projects that would unavoidably
impact grassland or wetland easements
administered by the Service and would
therefore require an easement exchange
to accommodate wind energy
development.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R4-ES-2015-N115; FXES11130400000EA-123-FF04EF1000]
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Availability of
Proposed Low-Effect Habitat Conservation Plans, Lake, 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), have received
five applications for incidental take permits (ITPs) and one renewal of
an ITP under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act) in
Lake County, Florida. 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
statements and low-effect screening forms, which are also available for
review.
DATES: To ensure consideration, please send your written comments by
August 8, 2016.
ADDRESSES: If you wish to review the applications and HCPs, you may
request 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 TE96908B-0''
as your message subject line for Walton Acquistions FL, LLC; ``Attn:
Permit number TE96852B-0'' for EPC Holdings 808 LLC and Parkview Oaks,
LLC; ``Attn: Permit number TE96862B-0'' for Mattamy Orlando, LLC (Ladd
Property); ``Attn: Permit number TE96859B-0'' for Mattamy Orlando, LLC
(NOLA Property); ``Attn: Permit number TE96904B-0'' for Mattamy
Orlando, LLC (Clermont Self Storage Property); and ``Attn: Permit
number TE105732-2'' for Richard Bosserman.
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: We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service),
have received five applications for incidental take permits (ITPs) and
one renewal of an ITP under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as
amended (Act). Walton Acquisitions FL, LLC requests a 20-year ITP; EPC
Holdings 808 LLC and Parkview Oaks, LLC request a 25-year ITP; Mattamy
Orlando, LLC (Ladd Property) requests a 5-year ITP; Mattamy Orlando,
LLC (NOLA Property) requests a 5-year ITP; Mattamy Orlando, LLC
(Clermont Self Storage Property) requests a 5-year ITP; and Richard
Bosserman requests a 10-year renewal of ITP permit #TE105732-1. 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.
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
part 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
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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
Walton Acquisitions FL, LLC
Walton Acquisitions FL, LLC is requesting take of approximately
6.03 acres (ac) of occupied sand skink foraging and sheltering habitat
incidental to construction of a residential project, and they seek a
20-year permit. The 505.99-ac project is located on parcel number 21-
20-24-000100000900 within Sections 21, 22, 27, and 28, Township 22
South, and Range 26 East, Lake County, Florida. The project includes
construction of a residential development and the associated
infrastructure, and landscaping. The applicant proposes to mitigate for
the take of the sand skink by the purchase of 12.06 mitigation credits
within the Collany Conservation Bank or another Service-approved sand
skink bank.
EPC Holdings 808 LLC and Parkview Oaks, LLC
EPC Holdings 808 LLC and Parkview Oaks, LLC request take of
approximately 1.58 ac of occupied sand skink foraging and sheltering
habitat incidental to construction of a residential project, and they
seek a 25-year permit. The 1433-ac project is located on parcels
identified with by the Lake County Property Appraiser with the
Alternate Key IDs of 1037051, 2804271, 1031028, 1065062, 3029038,
3029020, 3029011, 3859093, 1017301, 2868180, 3854637, 3884096, 1590361,
3860074, 1070015, 3860073, 1070015, and 3859995, 1590817, 3019890,
1027764, 2934590, 2934581, 2934603, and 1065101, within Sections 16,
17, 20, 21, 28, and 29, Township 21 South, and Range 26 East, Lake
County, Florida. The project includes construction of a residential
development and the associated infrastructure, and landscaping. The
applicant proposes to mitigate for the take of the sand skink by the
purchase of 3.16 mitigation credits within the Collany Conservation
Bank or another Service-approved sand skink bank.
Mattamy Orlando, LLC (Ladd Property)
Mattamy Orlando, LLC is requesting take of approximately 10.65 ac
of occupied sand skink foraging and sheltering habitat incidental to
construction of a residential project, and they seek a 5-year permit.
The 17.75-ac project is located on parcel numbers 342226000200000200,
342226130000C00001, and 342226000200000600 within Section 34, Township
22 South, and Range 26 East, Lake County, Florida. The project includes
construction of a residential development and the associated
infrastructure, and landscaping. The applicant proposes to mitigate for
the take of the sand skink by the purchase of 21.3 mitigation credits
within the Hatchineha Conservation Bank or another Service-approved
sand skink bank.
Mattamy Orlando, LLC (NOLA Property)
Mattamy Orlando, LLC is requesting take of approximately 9.67 ac of
occupied sand skink foraging and sheltering habitat incidental to
construction of a residential project, and they seek a 5-year permit.
The 541-ac project is located on parcel numbers 27-22-26-00-030-0000-
500, 34-22-26-00-010-0000-100, and 35-22-26-00-010-0000-600 within
Sections 27, 34, 35 and 36, Township 22 South, and Range 26 East, Lake
County, Florida. The project includes construction of a residential
development and the associated infrastructure, and landscaping. The
applicant proposes to mitigate for the take of the sand skink by the
purchase of 19.34 mitigation credits within the Hatchineha Conservation
Bank or another Service-approved sand skink bank.
Mattamy Orlando, LLC (Self Storage Property)
Mattamy Orlando, LLC is requesting take of approximately 9.1 ac of
occupied sand skink foraging and sheltering habitat incidental to
construction of a mixed commercial and residential project, and they
seek a 5-year permit. The 16.25-ac project is located on parcel numbers
342226130000A00000, 34226130000000100, 342226130000C00000, and
342226000200000200 within Section 34, Township 22 South, Range 26 East,
Lake County, Florida. The project includes construction of a mixed
commercial and residential development and the associated
infrastructure, and landscaping. The applicant proposes to mitigate for
the take of the sand skink by the purchase of 18.2 mitigation credits
within the Hatchineha Conservation Bank or another Service-approved
sand skink bank.
Richard Bosserman
Richard Bosserman has been approved for take of approximately 1.9
ac of sand skink-occupied habitat incidental to construction of a
commercial facility, and seeks a 10-year extension on an existing
permit. The 29.6-ac project is located within Section 27, Township 22
South, and Range 26 East, Clermont, Lake County, Florida. The
applicant's HCP describes the mitigation and minimization measures the
applicant completed to address the effects of the project to the sand
skink.
Our Preliminary Determination
We have determined that the applicants' proposals, including the
proposed mitigation and minimization measures, would have minor or
negligible effects on the species covered in their HCPs. Therefore, we
determined that the ITPs for each of the applicants are ``low-effect''
projects and qualify for 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). A low-
effect HCP is one involving (1) Minor or negligible effects on
federally listed or candidate species and their habitats, and (2) minor
or negligible effects on other environmental values or resources.
Next Steps
We will evaluate the HCPs and comments we receive to determine
whether the ITP applications meet the requirements of section 10(a) of
the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). If we determine that the applications
meet these requirements, we will issue ITP numbers TE96908B-0,
TE96852B-0, TE96862B-0, TE96859B-0, TE96904B, and TE105732-2. We will
also evaluate whether issuance of the section 10(a)(1)(B) ITPs complies
with section 7 of the 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 ITPs. If the requirements are met, we will
issue the permits to the applicants.
Public Comments
If you wish to comment on the permit applications, HCPs, and
associated documents, you may submit comments by any one of the methods
in ADDRESSES.
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
ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying
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information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be
able to do so.
Authority
We provide this notice under Section 10 of the Act and NEPA
regulations (40 CFR 1506.6).
Dated: June 29, 2016.
Jay B. Herrington,
Field Supervisor, Jacksonville Field Office, Southeast Region.
[FR Doc. 2016-16079 Filed 7-6-16; 8:45 am]
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