Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Availability of Proposed Low-Effect Habitat Conservation Plan for the Sand Skink, Orange County, FL, 60758-60759 [2017-27601]
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Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 245 / Friday, December 22, 2017 / Notices
Information collection
Number of
respondents
Frequency of
response
Responses
per annum
Burden hour
per response
Annual burden
hours
Hourly cost
per response
Annual cost
Sampled cases found
to be ineligible ..........
1,457.00
1.00
1,457.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Total ......................
11,457.00
........................
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10,000.00
........................
0.00
B. Solicitation of Public Comment
DATES:
This notice is soliciting comments
from members of the public and affected
parties concerning the collection of
information described in Section A on
the following:
(1) Whether the proposed collection
of information is necessary for the
proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) The accuracy of the agency’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information;
(3) Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) Ways to minimize the burden of
the collection of information on those
who are to respond; including using
appropriate automated collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses. HUD
encourages interested parties to submit
comment in response to these questions.
C. Authority
Section 3507 of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35.
Dated: November 14, 2017.
Anna P. Guido,
Department Reports Management Officer,
Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5997–N–81]
30-Day Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: Annual Adjustment Factors
(AAF) Rent Increase Requirement
Office of the Chief Information
Officer, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
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AGENCY:
HUD submitted the proposed
information collection requirement
described below to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review, in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act. The purpose
of this notice is to allow for 30 days of
public comment.
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Interested persons are
invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Comments should refer to
the proposal by name and/or OMB
Control Number and should be sent to:
HUD Desk Officer, Office of
Management and Budget, New
Executive Office Building, Washington,
DC 20503; fax: 202–395–5806, Email:
OIRA Submission@omb.eop.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Inez
C. Downs, Reports Management Officer,
QMAC, Department of Housing and
Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW,
Washington, DC 20410; email Inez.C.
Downs@hud.gov, or telephone 202–402–
8046. This is not a toll-free number.
Person with hearing or speech
impairments may access this number
through TTY by calling the toll-free
Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–8339.
Copies of available documents
submitted to OMB may be obtained
from Ms. Downs.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
notice informs the public that HUD is
seeking approval from OMB for the
information collection described in
Section A. The Federal Register notice
that solicited public comment on the
information collection for a period of 60
days was published on September 5,
2017 at 82 FR 41974.
ADDRESSES:
A. Overview of Information Collection
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SUMMARY:
Comments Due Date: January 22,
2018.
Title of Information Collection:
Annual Adjustment Factors (AAF) Rent
Increase Requirement.
OMB Approval Number: 2502–0507.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Form Number: HUD–92273–S8.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: Owners
of project-based section 8 contracts that
utilize the AAF as the method of rent
adjustment provide this information
which is necessary to determine
whether or not the subject properties’
rents are to be adjusted and, if so, the
amount of the adjustment.
Respondents (i.e. affected public):
Business, Not for profit institution.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
1,080.
Estimated Number of Responses: 8.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
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Average Hours per Response: 1.50
hours.
Total Estimated Burden: 12,960.
B. Solicitation of Public Comment
This notice is soliciting comments
from members of the public and affected
parties concerning the collection of
information described in Section A on
the following:
(1) Whether the proposed collection
of information is necessary for the
proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) The accuracy of the agency’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information;
(3) Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) Ways to minimize the burden of
the collection of information on those
who are to respond: Including through
the use of appropriate automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses.
HUD encourages interested parties to
submit comment in response to these
questions.
Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35.
Dated: November 24, 2017.
Inez C. Downs,
Department Reports Management Officer,
Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R4–ES–2017–N146;
FXES11130400000EA–123–FF04EF1000]
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
and Plants; Availability of Proposed
Low-Effect Habitat Conservation Plan
for the Sand Skink, Orange County, FL
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability; request
for comments.
AGENCY:
We, the Fish and Wildlife
Service (Service), have received an
SUMMARY:
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application for an incidental take permit
(ITP) under the Endangered Species Act
of 1973, as amended (ESA). Lennar
Corporation (Applicant) is requesting a
15-year ITP for take of the sand skink.
We request public comments on the
permit application and accompanying
proposed habitat conservation plan
(HCP), as well as on our preliminary
determination that the plan qualifies 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
22, 2018.
ADDRESSES: You may submit written
comments and request copies of the
application, HCP, environmental action
statement, or low-effect screening form
by any one of the following methods:
Email: northflorida@fws.gov. Use
‘‘Attn: Permit number TE50490C–0’’ as
your subject line.
Fax: Field Supervisor, (904)
731–3191, ‘‘Attn: Permit number
TE50490C–0.’’
U.S. mail: Field Supervisor,
Jacksonville Ecological Services
Field Office Attn: Permit number
TE50490C–0, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, 7915 Baymeadows Way, Suite
200, Jacksonville, FL 32256.
In-person: You may deliver comments
during regular business hours at the
office address listed above under U.S.
Mail. You may inspect the application,
HCP, environmental action statement, or
low-effect screening form by
appointment during normal business
hours at the same address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin
M. Gawera, telephone: (904) 731–3121;
email: erin_gawera@fws.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Background
Section 9 of the ESA (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 ESA 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(19)).
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.
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Regulations governing incidental take
permits for endangered and threatened
species are at 50 CFR 17.22 and 17.32,
respectively. The ESA’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.
Applicant’s Proposal
Lennar Corporation is requesting to
take of approximately .31 acres (ac) of
occupied sand skink (Neoseps
reynoldsi) foraging and sheltering
habitat incidental to construction of a
residential development. The 38.44-ac
project site is identified with parcel
identification number 05–24–27–0000–
00–001 and located within section 5,
Township 24 South, Range 27 East in
Orange County, Florida. The project also
includes the clearing, infrastructure
building, and landscaping associated
with constructing a residential
development. The Applicant proposes
to mitigate for the take of the threatened
sand skink by purchasing 0.62
mitigation credits within The Backbone
Conservation Bank or another Serviceapproved sand skink conservation bank.
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Public Comments
If you wish to comment on the permit
application, HCP, or associated
documents, you may submit comments
by any one of the methods listed above
in ADDRESSES.
Public Availability of 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.
Authority
We provide this notice under section
10 of the ESA and NEPA regulation 40
CFR 1506.6.
Jay B. Herrington,
Field Supervisor, Jacksonville Field Office,
Southeast Region.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Our Preliminary Determination
Bureau of Land Management
We have determined that the
Applicant’s proposal, including the
proposed mitigation and minimization
measures, would have minor or
negligible effects on the species covered
in the HCP. Therefore, we have
determined that the ITP for this project
is ‘‘low effect’’ and qualifies for
categorical exclusion under NEPA, as
provided by 43 CFR 46.205 and 46.210.
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.
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Next Steps
We will evaluate the HCP and
comments we receive to determine
whether the ITP application meets the
requirements of section 10(a) of the
ESA. We will also evaluate whether
issuance of the ITP complies with
section 7 of the ESA by conducting an
intra-Service 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 the
requirements are met, we will issue ITP
number TE50490C–0 to the Applicant.
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Notice of Intent To Prepare Two GreatBasin-Wide Programmatic
Environmental Impact Statements to
Reduce the Threat of Wildfire and
Support Rangeland Productivity
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969, as amended (NEPA), and the
Federal Land Policy and Management
Act of 1976, as amended (FLPMA), the
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
intends to prepare two programmatic
Environmental Impact Statements (EISs)
for BLM Districts in the Great Basin
region. By this Notice BLM is
announcing the beginning of the
scoping process to solicit public
comments and identify issues to be
addressed in the environmental
analyses.
SUMMARY:
This Notice initiates the public
scoping process for the two
programmatic EISs. Comments on issues
may be submitted in writing until
February 20, 2018. The date(s) and
DATES:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R4-ES-2017-N146; FXES11130400000EA-123-FF04EF1000]
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Availability of
Proposed Low-Effect Habitat Conservation Plan for the Sand Skink,
Orange County, FL
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), have received an
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application for an incidental take permit (ITP) under the Endangered
Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA). Lennar Corporation (Applicant)
is requesting a 15-year ITP for take of the sand skink. We request
public comments on the permit application and accompanying proposed
habitat conservation plan (HCP), as well as on our preliminary
determination that the plan qualifies 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 22, 2018.
ADDRESSES: You may submit written comments and request copies of the
application, HCP, environmental action statement, or low-effect
screening form by any one of the following methods:
Email: [email protected]. Use ``Attn: Permit number TE50490C-0''
as your subject line.
Fax: Field Supervisor, (904) 731-3191, ``Attn: Permit number
TE50490C-0.''
U.S. mail: Field Supervisor, Jacksonville Ecological Services Field
Office Attn: Permit number TE50490C-0, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
7915 Baymeadows Way, Suite 200, Jacksonville, FL 32256.
In-person: You may deliver comments during regular business hours
at the office address listed above under U.S. Mail. You may inspect the
application, HCP, environmental action statement, or low-effect
screening form by appointment during normal business hours at the same
address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin M. Gawera, telephone: (904) 731-
3121; email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Section 9 of the ESA (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 ESA 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(19)). 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 endangered and
threatened species are at 50 CFR 17.22 and 17.32, respectively. The
ESA'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.
Applicant's Proposal
Lennar Corporation is requesting to take of approximately .31 acres
(ac) of occupied sand skink (Neoseps reynoldsi) foraging and sheltering
habitat incidental to construction of a residential development. The
38.44-ac project site is identified with parcel identification number
05-24-27-0000-00-001 and located within section 5, Township 24 South,
Range 27 East in Orange County, Florida. The project also includes the
clearing, infrastructure building, and landscaping associated with
constructing a residential development. The Applicant proposes to
mitigate for the take of the threatened sand skink by purchasing 0.62
mitigation credits within The Backbone Conservation Bank or another
Service-approved sand skink conservation bank.
Our Preliminary Determination
We have determined that the Applicant's proposal, including the
proposed mitigation and minimization measures, would have minor or
negligible effects on the species covered in the HCP. Therefore, we
have determined that the ITP for this project is ``low effect'' and
qualifies for categorical exclusion under NEPA, as provided by 43 CFR
46.205 and 46.210. 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 HCP and comments we receive to determine
whether the ITP application meets the requirements of section 10(a) of
the ESA. We will also evaluate whether issuance of the ITP complies
with section 7 of the ESA by conducting an intra-Service 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 the requirements are met, we will issue ITP number
TE50490C-0 to the Applicant.
Public Comments
If you wish to comment on the permit application, HCP, or
associated documents, you may submit comments by any one of the methods
listed above in ADDRESSES.
Public Availability of 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.
Authority
We provide this notice under section 10 of the ESA and NEPA
regulation 40 CFR 1506.6.
Jay B. Herrington,
Field Supervisor, Jacksonville Field Office, Southeast Region.
[FR Doc. 2017-27601 Filed 12-21-17; 8:45 am]
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