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result, over time, in cumulative effects
to environmental values or resources
that would be considered significant.
Based upon this preliminary
determination, we do not intend to
prepare further NEPA documentation.
We will consider public comments in
making the final determination on
whether to prepare such additional
documentation.
Proposed Action and Alternatives
The Proposed Action consists of the
issuance of an incidental take permit
and implementation of the proposed
HCP, which includes measures to avoid,
minimize, and mitigate impacts to the
gnatcatcher. If we approve the permit,
take of gnatcatcher would be authorized
for the applicant’s activities associated
with the construction of the Calvary
Chapel Santee project. In the proposed
HCP, the applicant considers the No
Action Alternative. Under the No
Action Alternative, no incidental take of
coastal California gnatcatcher resulting
from habitat modification would occur,
and no long-term protection and
management would be afforded to the
species. The No Action Alternative
would not meet the primary goal of the
proposed Project, which is to
accommodate the existing church
members and alleviate current
overcrowded conditions. The parcel size
is too small to accommodate alternate
development configurations that would
avoid incidental take.
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established with concurrence from the
Service and the California Department
of Fish and Wildlife if it is deemed
appropriate and will not result in the
alteration of nesting behaviors.
• Project-related landscaping will not
include potentially invasive non-native
plants.
• Lighting from the project site will
not spill over into adjacent undisturbed
native habitat.
Next Steps
Our Preliminary Determination
The Service has made a preliminary
determination that approval of the HCP
and issuance of an incidental take
permit qualify for categorical exclusion
under NEPA (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), as
provided by the Department of the
Interior implementing regulations in
part 46 of title 43 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (43 CFR 46.205, 46.210, and
46.215), and that the HCP qualifies as a
low-effect plan as defined by the Habitat
Conservation Planning Handbook
(December 2016).
We base our determination that a HCP
qualifies as a low-effect plan on the
following three criteria:
(1) Implementation of the HCP would
result in minor or negligible effects on
federally listed, proposed, and
candidate species and their habitats;
(2) Implementation of the HCP would
result in minor or negligible effects on
other environmental values or
resources; and
(3) Impacts of the HCP, considered
together with the impacts of other past,
present, and reasonably foreseeable
similarly situated projects, would not
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We will evaluate the proposed HCP
and comments we receive to determine
whether the permit application meets
the requirements and issuance criteria
under section 10(a) of the ESA (16
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). We will also
evaluate whether issuance of a section
10(a)(1)(B) incidental take permit would
comply 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 a
permit. If the requirements and issuance
criteria under section 10(a) are met, we
will issue the permit to the applicant for
incidental take of gnatcatcher.
Public Comments
If you wish to comment on the permit
application, proposed HCP, and
associated documents, you may submit
comments by any of the methods noted
in the ADDRESSES section.
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 may 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 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.)
and NEPA regulations (40 CFR 1506.6).
G. Mendel Stewart,
Field Supervisor, Carlsbad Fish and Wildlife
Office, Carlsbad, California.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R6–ES–2017–N174;
FXES11130600000–189–FF06E00000]
U.S. Endangered Species; Receipt of
Recovery Permit Applications
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit
applications; request for comments.
AGENCY:
We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, invite the public to
comment on applications for permits to
conduct activities intended to enhance
the propagation or survival of
endangered species. With some
exceptions, the Endangered Species Act
of 1973, as amended (ESA), prohibits
activities that constitute take of listed
species unless a Federal permit is issued
that allows such activity. The ESA also
requires that we invite public comment
before issuing these permits.
DATES: We must receive your written
comments by April 9, 2018.
ADDRESSES:
Document availability: Documents
and other information submitted with
the applications are available for review,
subject to the requirements of the
Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a) and
Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C.
552), by any party who submits a
written request for a copy of such
documents to the following office
within 30 days of the date of publication
of this notice (see DATES): U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service Regional Office,
Ecological Services, [INSERT REGIONSPECIFIC ADDRESS], (Attn: [INSERT
COORDINATOR’S NAME], Permit
Coordinator).
Submitting comments: You may
submit comments by one of the
following methods. Please specify
applicant name(s) and application
number(s) to which your comments
pertain (e.g., TE–XXXXXX).
• Email: permitsR6ES@fws.gov.
Please refer to the respective permit
number (e.g., Application No. TE–
XXXXXX) in the subject line of your
email message.
• U.S. Mail: Ecological Services, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service, P.O. Box
25486–DFC, Denver, CO 80225.
• Hand-delivery, Pickup, or Viewing:
Call 303–236–4224 to make an
appointment during regular business
hours between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.
Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays, at 134 Union Blvd., Suite 645,
Lakewood, CO 80228.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kathy Konishi, Recovery Permits
SUMMARY:
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Coordinator, Ecological Services, 303–
236–4224 (phone); permitsR6ES@
fws.gov (email). Individuals who are
hearing or speech impaired may call the
Federal Relay Service at 1–800–877–
8339 for TTY assistance.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Endangered Species Act (16
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.; ESA) prohibits
certain activities with endangered and
threatened species unless authorized by
a Federal permit. The ESA and our
implementing regulations in part 17 of
title 50 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) provide for the
issuance of such permits and require
that we invite public comment before
issuing permits for activities involving
endangered species.
A recovery permit issued under
section 10(a)(1)(A) of the ESA
authorizes the permittee to conduct
activities with endangered species for
scientific purposes that promote
recovery or for enhancement of
propagation or survival of the species.
Application
No.
Applicant, city,
state
Species
TE106182–2 .........
Denver Botanic
Gardens, Denver, CO.
TE064680–2 .........
Capitol Reef National Park,
Torrey, UT.
TE067486–2 .........
University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE.
Milu S. Velardi,
Denver, CO.
Eriogonum pelinophilum (Clay-loving wild buckwheat), Phacelia
submutica.
(Mancos milk-vetch), Phacelia
formosula (North Park
phacelia), Astragalus osterhoutii
(Osterhout milkvetch).
Ipomopsis polyantha (Pagosa skyrocket).
Penstemon penlandii (Penland
beardtongue), Pediocactus
despainii (San Rafael cactus).
Hesperidanthus barnebyi
(Barneby reed-mustard),
Sclerocactus wrightiae (Wright’s
fishhook cactus).
Pallid sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus
albus).
New Mexico meadow jumping
mouse (Zapus hudsonius
luteus).
Pallid sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus
albus).
Colorado, New
Mexico.
TE66511C–0 ........
Location
Our regulations implementing section
10(a)(1)(A) for these permits are found
at 50 CFR 17.22 for endangered wildlife
species, 50 CFR 17.32 for threatened
wildlife species, 50 CFR 17.62 for
endangered plant species, and 50 CFR
17.72 for threatened plant species.
Permit Applications Available for
Review and Comment
We invite local, State and Federal
agencies, Tribes, and the public to
comment on the following applications.
Type of take
Colorado, New
Mexico, Utah.
Seed, fruit collection, bio samples,
collect voucher specimens,
propagation.
Remove and reduce to possession.
Renew.
Utah ...................
Seed, fruit collection, bio samples,
collect voucher specimens.
Remove and reduce to possession.
Renew.
Nebraska ...........
Implant radio telemetry tags to
track spawning migration in the
Missouri River basin.
Survey and monitor to determine
baseline population numbers.
Capture, handle,
and radio tag.
Renew.
Capture and
handle.
New.
Survey, monitor, collect bio samples to analyze pallid sturgeon
reproduction in the Missouri
River above Fort Peck Reservoir, Montana.
Survey and monitor to determine
baseline population numbers.
Capture and
handle.
New.
Capture and
handle.
Renew.
Disturbance .......
Amend.
Disturbance .......
New.
TE68706C–0 ........
Christopher Guy,
Bozeman, MT.
TE98708A–2 .........
State of South
Dakota Environmental
Agency,
Pierre, SD.
Andrew Phillips,
Colorado
Springs, CO.
Topeka shiner (Notropis topeka) ..
South Dakota ....
Southwestern willow flycatcher
(Empidonax traillii extimus).
New Century Environmental,
LLC, Columbus, NE.
Interior least tern (Sternula
antillarum athalassos).
Arizona, New
Survey and monitor to determine
Mexico, Texas,
baseline population numbers.
Utah, California, Nevada.
Nebraska ........... Survey and monitor to determine
baseline population numbers.
TE64613B–2 .........
TE72607C–0 ........
Montana ............
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Public Availability of Comments
Contents of 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.
If you submit a hardcopy comment that
includes personal identifying
information, you may request at the top
of your document that we withhold this
information from public review;
however, we cannot guarantee that we
will be able to do so.
Please make your comments as
specific as possible. Please confine your
comments to issues for which we seek
comments in this notice, and explain
the basis for your comments. Include
sufficient information with your
comments to allow us to authenticate
any scientific or commercial data you
include.
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The comments and recommendations
that will be most useful and likely to
influence agency decisions are: (1)
Those supported by quantitative
information or studies; and (2) Those
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that include citations to, and analyses
of, the applicable laws and regulations.
Next Steps
If we decide to issue permits to any
of the applicants listed in this notice,
we will publish a notice in the Federal
Register.
Authority
We publish this notice under section
10(c) of the Endangered Species Act of
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1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et
seq.,)
Michael Thabault,
Assistant Regional Director, Mountain-Prairie
Region.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
We, the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite
the public to comment on the following
applications for a permit to conduct
activities intended to recover and
enhance endangered species survival.
With some exceptions, the Endangered
Species Act of 1973, as amended (16
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.; ESA), prohibits
certain activities that may impact
endangered species, unless a Federal
permit allows such activity. The ESA
also requires that we invite public
comment before issuing these permits.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
[FWS–R2–ES–2017–N163;
FXES11130200000–178–FF02ENEH00]
U.S. Endangered Species; Recovery
Permit Applications
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit
applications; request for comments.
AGENCY:
We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, invite the public to
comment on the following applications
for a permit to conduct activities
intended to recover and enhance
endangered species survival. With some
exceptions, the Endangered Species Act
of 1973, as amended (ESA), prohibits
certain activities that may impact
endangered species unless a Federal
permit allows such activity. The ESA
also requires that we invite public
comment before issuing these permits.
DATES: To ensure consideration, please
send your written comments by April 9,
2018.
ADDRESSES: Request documents or
submit comments to Susan Jacobsen,
Chief, Classification and Restoration
SUMMARY:
Division, by U.S. mail at Classification
and Recovery Division, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, P.O. Box 1306,
Albuquerque, NM 87103. Please specify
the permit you are interested in by
number (e.g., Permit No. TE–123456).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Susan Jacobsen, Chief, Classification
and Restoration Division, by U.S. mail
at P.O. Box 1306, Albuquerque, NM
87103; or by telephone at 505–248–
6641.
Background
The ESA prohibits certain activities
with endangered and threatened species
unless a Federal permit authorizes
them. The ESA and our implementing
regulations in Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) title 50, part 17,
provide for issuing such permits and
require that we invite public comment
before issuing permits for activities
involving endangered species.
A recovery permit we issue under the
ESA, section 10(a)(1)(A), authorizes the
permittee to conduct activities with
endangered or threatened species for
scientific purposes that promote
recovery or enhance the species’
propagation or survival. Our regulations
implementing section 10(a)(1)(A) for
these permits are found at 50 CFR 17.22
for endangered wildlife species, 50 CFR
17.32 for threatened wildlife species, 50
CFR 17.62 for endangered plant species,
and 50 CFR 17.72 for threatened plant
species.
In accordance with the ESA, section
10(c), we invite public comment on
these permit applications before we take
final action.
Applications Available for Review and
Comment
We invite local, State, Tribal, and
Federal agencies and the public to
comment on the following applications.
Please refer to the permit number for the
application when submitting comments.
Documents and other information
submitted with these applications are
available for review by any party who
submits a written request to the Program
Manager for Restoration and
Endangered Species Classification at the
address in the ADDRESSES section.
Requests must be submitted within 30
days of this notice’s publication date.
Releasing documents is subject to
Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a) and
Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C.
552) requirements.
Permit Applications
Proposed activities in the following
permit requests are for the species’
recovery and survival enhancement.
Application
No.
Applicant
Species
Location
TE–58221C ..........
Jorge A.
DaSilva,
Weslaco,
Texas.
Jacob D. Owen,
Austin, Texas.
Manihot walkerae (Walker’s manioc).
Texas ............................................
TE–55633C ..........
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TE–099278 ...........
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Golden-cheeked
warbler Texas ............................................
(Setophaga chrysoparia), Blackcapped vireo (Vireo atricapilla),
Georgetown
salamander
(Eurycea naufragia), Jollyville
Plateau salamander (Eurycea
tonkawae), Salado salamander
(Eurycea chisholmensis), San
Marcos salamander (Eurycea
nana), Texas blind salamander
(Typhlomolge rathbuni), Barton
Springs salamander (Eurycea
sosorum), and Austin blind salamander (Eurycea waterlooensis).
Huachuca water umbel (Lilaeopsis Arizona, New Mexico ....................
schaffneriana var. recurva).
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Activity
Type of take
Permit
action
Collection of
seed and
propagation.
Harm ..................
New.
Presence/absence surveys;
nest monitoring; bird
banding.
Harm and Harass.
New.
Presence/absence surveys.
Harm ..................
Amend.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R6-ES-2017-N174; FXES11130600000-189-FF06E00000]
U.S. Endangered Species; Receipt of Recovery Permit Applications
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit applications; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public to
comment on applications for permits to conduct activities intended to
enhance the propagation or survival of endangered species. With some
exceptions, the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA),
prohibits activities that constitute take of listed species unless a
Federal permit is issued that allows such activity. The ESA also
requires that we invite public comment before issuing these permits.
DATES: We must receive your written comments by April 9, 2018.
ADDRESSES:
Document availability: Documents and other information submitted
with the applications are available for review, subject to the
requirements of the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a) and Freedom of
Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552), by any party who submits a written
request for a copy of such documents to the following office within 30
days of the date of publication of this notice (see DATES): U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service Regional Office, Ecological Services, [INSERT
REGION-SPECIFIC ADDRESS], (Attn: [INSERT COORDINATOR'S NAME], Permit
Coordinator).
Submitting comments: You may submit comments by one of the
following methods. Please specify applicant name(s) and application
number(s) to which your comments pertain (e.g., TE-XXXXXX).
Email: [email protected]. Please refer to the respective
permit number (e.g., Application No. TE-XXXXXX) in the subject line of
your email message.
U.S. Mail: Ecological Services, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, P.O. Box 25486-DFC, Denver, CO 80225.
Hand-delivery, Pickup, or Viewing: Call 303-236-4224 to
make an appointment during regular business hours between 8 a.m. and 4
p.m. Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays, at 134 Union
Blvd., Suite 645, Lakewood, CO 80228.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathy Konishi, Recovery Permits
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Coordinator, Ecological Services, 303-236-4224 (phone);
[email protected] (email). Individuals who are hearing or speech
impaired may call the Federal Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339 for TTY
assistance.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.; ESA) prohibits
certain activities with endangered and threatened species unless
authorized by a Federal permit. The ESA and our implementing
regulations in part 17 of title 50 of the Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR) provide for the issuance of such permits and require that we
invite public comment before issuing permits for activities involving
endangered species.
A recovery permit issued under section 10(a)(1)(A) of the ESA
authorizes the permittee to conduct activities with endangered species
for scientific purposes that promote recovery or for enhancement of
propagation or survival of the species. Our regulations implementing
section 10(a)(1)(A) for these permits are found at 50 CFR 17.22 for
endangered wildlife species, 50 CFR 17.32 for threatened wildlife
species, 50 CFR 17.62 for endangered plant species, and 50 CFR 17.72
for threatened plant species.
Permit Applications Available for Review and Comment
We invite local, State and Federal agencies, Tribes, and the public
to comment on the following applications.
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Applicant, city,
Application No. state Species Location Activity Type of take Permit action
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TE106182-2............... Denver Botanic Eriogonum Colorado, New Seed, fruit Remove and reduce Renew.
Gardens, Denver, CO. pelinophilum (Clay- Mexico, Utah. collection, bio to possession.
loving wild samples, collect
buckwheat), voucher specimens,
Phacelia submutica. propagation.
(Mancos milk-vetch),
Phacelia formosula
(North Park
phacelia),
Astragalus
osterhoutii
(Osterhout
milkvetch).
Ipomopsis polyantha
(Pagosa skyrocket).
Penstemon penlandii
(Penland
beardtongue),
Pediocactus
despainii (San
Rafael cactus).
TE064680-2............... Capitol Reef Hesperidanthus Utah................ Seed, fruit Remove and reduce Renew.
National Park, barnebyi (Barneby collection, bio to possession.
Torrey, UT. reed-mustard), samples, collect
Sclerocactus voucher specimens.
wrightiae (Wright's
fishhook cactus).
TE067486-2............... University of Pallid sturgeon Nebraska............ Implant radio Capture, handle, Renew.
Nebraska, Lincoln, (Scaphirhynchus telemetry tags to and radio tag.
NE. albus). track spawning
migration in the
Missouri River
basin.
TE66511C-0............... Milu S. Velardi, New Mexico meadow Colorado, New Mexico Survey and monitor Capture and handle. New.
Denver, CO. jumping mouse to determine
(Zapus hudsonius baseline population
luteus). numbers.
TE68706C-0............... Christopher Guy, Pallid sturgeon Montana............. Survey, monitor, Capture and handle. New.
Bozeman, MT. (Scaphirhynchus collect bio samples
albus). to analyze pallid
sturgeon
reproduction in the
Missouri River
above Fort Peck
Reservoir, Montana.
TE98708A-2............... State of South Topeka shiner South Dakota........ Survey and monitor Capture and handle. Renew.
Dakota (Notropis topeka). to determine
Environmental baseline population
Agency, Pierre, SD. numbers.
TE64613B-2............... Andrew Phillips, Southwestern willow Arizona, New Mexico, Survey and monitor Disturbance........ Amend.
Colorado Springs, flycatcher Texas, Utah, to determine
CO. (Empidonax traillii California, Nevada. baseline population
extimus). numbers.
TE72607C-0............... New Century Interior least tern Nebraska............ Survey and monitor Disturbance........ New.
Environmental, LLC, (Sternula to determine
Columbus, NE. antillarum baseline population
athalassos). numbers.
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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. If you submit
a hardcopy comment that includes personal identifying information, you
may request at the top of your document that we withhold this
information from public review; however, we cannot guarantee that we
will be able to do so.
Contents of Public Comments
Please make your comments as specific as possible. Please confine
your comments to issues for which we seek comments in this notice, and
explain the basis for your comments. Include sufficient information
with your comments to allow us to authenticate any scientific or
commercial data you include.
The comments and recommendations that will be most useful and
likely to influence agency decisions are: (1) Those supported by
quantitative information or studies; and (2) Those that include
citations to, and analyses of, the applicable laws and regulations.
Next Steps
If we decide to issue permits to any of the applicants listed in
this notice, we will publish a notice in the Federal Register.
Authority
We publish this notice under section 10(c) of the Endangered
Species Act of
[[Page 9865]]
1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.,)
Michael Thabault,
Assistant Regional Director, Mountain-Prairie Region.
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