Receipt of Incidental Take Permit Application and Proposed Habitat Conservation Plan for the Sand Skink; Polk County, FL; Categorical Exclusion, 52493-52494 [2024-13753]
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permit is one that would result in (1)
minor or nonsignificant effects on
species covered in the HCP; (2)
nonsignificant effects on the human
environment; and (3) impacts that,
when added together with the impacts
of other past, present, and reasonably
foreseeable actions, would not result in
significant cumulative effects to the
human environment.
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Robert L. Carey,
Manager, Division of Environmental Review,
Florida Ecological Services Field Office.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
The Service will evaluate the
application and the comments to
determine whether to issue the
requested permit. We will also conduct
an intra-Service consultation pursuant
to section 7 of the ESA to evaluate the
effects of the proposed take. After
considering the preceding and other
matters, we will determine whether the
permit issuance criteria of section
10(a)(1)(B) of the ESA have been met. If
met, the Service will issue ITP number
PER6735592 to SAR Industries, LLC.
The Service provides this notice
under section 10(c) of the Endangered
Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and
its implementing regulations (50 CFR
17.32) and the National Environmental
Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and
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its implementing regulations (40 CFR
1500–1508 and 43 CFR 46).
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[Docket No. FWS–R4–ES–2024–0085;
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Receipt of Incidental Take Permit
Application and Proposed Habitat
Conservation Plan for the Sand Skink;
Polk County, FL; Categorical Exclusion
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability; request
for comments.
AGENCY:
We, the Fish and Wildlife
Service (Service), announce receipt of
an application from Vivek Investment
Corporation (Watersong Phase III)
(applicant) for an incidental take permit
(ITP) under the Endangered Species Act.
The applicant requests the ITP to take
the federally listed sand skink and
bluetail mole skink (skinks) incidental
to the construction of a residential
development in Polk County, Florida.
We request public comment on the
application, which includes the
applicant’s proposed habitat
conservation plan (HCP), and on the
Service’s preliminary determination that
the proposed permitting action may be
eligible for a categorical exclusion
pursuant to the Council on
Environmental Quality’s National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
regulations, the Department of the
Interior’s (DOI) NEPA regulations, and
the DOI Departmental Manual. To make
this preliminary determination, we
prepared a draft environmental action
statement and low-effect screening form,
both of which are also available for
public review. We invite comment from
the public and local, State, Tribal, and
Federal agencies.
DATES: We must receive your written
comments on or before July 24, 2024.
ADDRESSES:
Obtaining Documents: The documents
this notice announces, as well as any
comments and other materials that we
receive, will be available for public
inspection online in Docket No. FWS–
R4–ES–2024–0085 at https://
www.regulations.gov.
Submitting Comments: If you wish to
submit comments on any of the
SUMMARY:
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documents, you may do so in writing by
one of the following methods:
• Online: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments
on Docket No. FWS–R4–ES–2024–0085.
• U.S. mail: Public Comments
Processing, Attn: Docket No. FWS–R4–
ES–2024–0085; U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, MS: PRB/3W, 5275 Leesburg
Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041–3803.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin
Gawera, by U.S. mail (see ADDRESSES),
by telephone at 904–404–2464, or via
email at erin_gawera@fws.gov.
Individuals in the United States who are
deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have
a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY,
TDD, or TeleBraille) to access
telecommunications relay services.
Individuals outside the United States
should use the relay services offered
within their country to make
international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the
Fish and Wildlife Service (Service),
announce receipt of an application from
Vivek Investment Corporation
(Watersong Phase III) (applicant) for an
incidental take permit (ITP) under the
Endangered Species Act of 1973, as
amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
The applicant requests the ITP to take
the federally listed sand skink (Neoseps
reynoldsi) and bluetail mole skink
(Eumeces egregius lividus) (skinks), both
of which are listed as threatened under
the ESA, incidental to the construction
and operation of a residential
development in Polk County, Florida.
We request public comment on the
application, which includes the
applicant’s habitat conservation plan
(HCP), and on the Service’s preliminary
determination that this proposed ITP
qualifies as low effect, and may qualify
for a categorical exclusion pursuant to
the Council on Environmental Quality’s
National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) regulations (40 CFR 1501.4), the
Department of the Interior’s (DOI) NEPA
regulations (43 CFR 46), and the DOI’s
Departmental Manual (516 DM
8.5(C)(2)). To make this preliminary
determination, we prepared a draft
environmental action statement and
low-effect screening form, both of which
are also available for public review.
Proposed Project
The applicant requests a 10-year ITP
to take skinks via the conversion of
approximately 1.82 acres (ac) of
occupied nesting, foraging, and
sheltering skink habitat incidental to the
construction and operation of a
residential development on 102.99 ac on
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Parcel 27–26–24–706192–002760 in
Section 24, Township 26 S, Range 27 E,
Polk County, Florida. The applicant
proposes to mitigate for take of the
skinks by purchasing credits equivalent
to 3.62 ac of skink-occupied habitat
within the Lake Wales Ridge
Conservation Bank or another Serviceapproved conservation bank. The
Service would require the applicant to
purchase the credits prior to engaging in
any phase of the project.
Our Preliminary Determination
The Service has made a preliminary
determination that the applicant’s
project—including the construction of
the buildings and associated
infrastructure (e.g., electric, water, and
sewer lines)—would individually and
cumulatively have a minor effect on the
skinks and the environment. Therefore,
we have preliminarily determined that
the proposed ESA section 10(a)(1)(B)
permit would be a low-effect ITP that
individually or cumulatively would
have a minor effect on the skinks and
may qualify for application of a
categorical exclusion pursuant to the
Council on Environmental Quality’s
NEPA regulations, DOI’s NEPA
regulations, and the DOI Departmental
Manual. A low-effect incidental take
permit is one that would result in (1)
minor or nonsignificant effects on
species covered in the HCP; (2)
nonsignificant effects on the human
environment; and (3) impacts that,
when added together with the impacts
of other past, present, and reasonably
foreseeable actions, would not result in
significant cumulative effects to the
human environment.
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Next Steps
The Service will evaluate the
application and the comments to
determine whether to issue the
requested permit. We will also conduct
an intra-Service consultation pursuant
to section 7 of the ESA to evaluate the
effects of the proposed take. After
considering the preceding and other
matters, we will determine whether the
permit issuance criteria of section
10(a)(1)(B) of the ESA have been met. If
met, the Service will issue ITP number
PER6735377 to Vivek Investment
Corporation (Watersong Phase III).
Public Availability of Comments
Before including your address, phone
number, email address, or other
personal identifying information in your
comment, be aware that your entire
comment, including your personal
identifying information, may be made
available to the public. If you submit a
comment at https://
VerDate Sep<11>2014
18:55 Jun 21, 2024
Jkt 262001
www.regulations.gov, your entire
comment, including any personal
identifying information, will be posted
on the website. If you submit a
hardcopy comment that includes
personal identifying information, such
as your address, phone number, or
email address, 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. Moreover, all
submissions from organizations or
businesses, and from individuals
identifying themselves as
representatives or officials of
organizations or businesses, will be
made available for public disclosure in
their entirety.
Authority
The Service provides this notice
under section 10(c) of the Endangered
Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and
its implementing regulations (50 CFR
17.32) and the National Environmental
Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and
its implementing regulations (40 CFR
parts 1500–1508 and 43 CFR part 46).
Robert L. Carey,
Manager, Division of Environmental Review,
Florida Ecological Services Field Office.
[FR Doc. 2024–13753 Filed 6–21–24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4333–15–P
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[Docket No. FWS–R4–ES–2024–0091;
FXES11140400000–245–FF04EF4000]
Receipt of Incidental Take Permit
Application and Proposed Habitat
Conservation Plan for the Sand Skink
and Blue-Tailed Mole-Skink; Polk
County, FL; Categorical Exclusion
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability; request
for comment.
AGENCY:
We, the Fish and Wildlife
Service (Service), announce receipt of
an application from Advanced Drainage
Systems, Inc. (applicant) for an
incidental take permit (ITP) under the
Endangered Species Act. The applicant
requests the ITP to take the federally
listed sand skink (Plestiodon reynoldsi)
and blue-tailed mole skink (Eumeces
egregius lividus) incidental to the
construction of an industrial facility in
Polk County, Florida. We request public
comment on the application, which
includes the applicant’s proposed
habitat conservation plan (HCP), and on
the Service’s preliminary determination
SUMMARY:
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that the proposed permitting action may
be eligible for a categorical exclusion
pursuant to the Council on
Environmental Quality’s National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
regulations, the Department of the
Interior’s (DOI) NEPA regulations, and
the DOI Departmental Manual. To make
this preliminary determination, we
prepared a draft environmental action
statement and low-effect screening form,
both of which are also available for
public review. We invite comment from
the public and local, State, Tribal, and
Federal agencies.
DATES: We must receive your written
comments on or before July 24, 2024.
ADDRESSES:
Obtaining Documents: The documents
this notice announces, as well as any
comments and other materials that we
receive, will be available for public
inspection online in Docket No. FWS–
R4–ES–2024–0091 at https://
www.regulations.gov.
Submitting Comments: If you wish to
submit comments on any of the
documents, you may do so in writing by
one of the following methods:
• Online: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments
on Docket No. FWS–R4–ES–2024–0091.
• U.S. mail: Public Comments
Processing, Attn: Docket No. FWS–R4–
ES–2024–0091; U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, MS: PRB/3W, 5275 Leesburg
Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041–3803.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Al
Begazo, by U.S. mail (see ADDRESSES),
by telephone at 772–226–8134, or via
email at alfredo_begazo@fws.gov.
Individuals in the United States who are
deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have
a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY,
TDD, or TeleBraille) to access
telecommunications relay services.
Individuals outside the United States
should use the relay services offered
within their country to make
international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the
Fish and Wildlife Service (Service),
announce receipt of an application from
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.
(applicant) for an incidental take permit
(ITP) under the Endangered Species Act
of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C.
1531 et seq.). The applicant requests the
ITP to take the sand skink (Plestiodon
reynoldsi) and blue-tailed mole skink
(Eumeces egregius lividus) (skinks),
federally listed as threatened under the
ESA, incidental to the construction and
operation of an industrial facility in
Polk County, Florida. We request public
comment on the application, which
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[Docket No. FWS-R4-ES-2024-0085; FXES11140400000-245-FF04EF4000]
Receipt of Incidental Take Permit Application and Proposed
Habitat Conservation Plan for the Sand Skink; Polk County, FL;
Categorical Exclusion
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), announce receipt
of an application from Vivek Investment Corporation (Watersong Phase
III) (applicant) for an incidental take permit (ITP) under the
Endangered Species Act. The applicant requests the ITP to take the
federally listed sand skink and bluetail mole skink (skinks) incidental
to the construction of a residential development in Polk County,
Florida. We request public comment on the application, which includes
the applicant's proposed habitat conservation plan (HCP), and on the
Service's preliminary determination that the proposed permitting action
may be eligible for a categorical exclusion pursuant to the Council on
Environmental Quality's National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
regulations, the Department of the Interior's (DOI) NEPA regulations,
and the DOI Departmental Manual. To make this preliminary
determination, we prepared a draft environmental action statement and
low-effect screening form, both of which are also available for public
review. We invite comment from the public and local, State, Tribal, and
Federal agencies.
DATES: We must receive your written comments on or before July 24,
2024.
ADDRESSES:
Obtaining Documents: The documents this notice announces, as well
as any comments and other materials that we receive, will be available
for public inspection online in Docket No. FWS-R4-ES-2024-0085 at
https://www.regulations.gov.
Submitting Comments: If you wish to submit comments on any of the
documents, you may do so in writing by one of the following methods:
Online: https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments on Docket No. FWS-R4-ES-2024-0085.
U.S. mail: Public Comments Processing, Attn: Docket No.
FWS-R4-ES-2024-0085; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, MS: PRB/3W, 5275
Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041-3803.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin Gawera, by U.S. mail (see
ADDRESSES), by telephone at 904-404-2464, or via email at
[email protected]. Individuals in the United States who are deaf,
deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability may dial 711
(TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay services.
Individuals outside the United States should use the relay services
offered within their country to make international calls to the point-
of-contact in the United States.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service),
announce receipt of an application from Vivek Investment Corporation
(Watersong Phase III) (applicant) for an incidental take permit (ITP)
under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C.
1531 et seq.). The applicant requests the ITP to take the federally
listed sand skink (Neoseps reynoldsi) and bluetail mole skink (Eumeces
egregius lividus) (skinks), both of which are listed as threatened
under the ESA, incidental to the construction and operation of a
residential development in Polk County, Florida. We request public
comment on the application, which includes the applicant's habitat
conservation plan (HCP), and on the Service's preliminary determination
that this proposed ITP qualifies as low effect, and may qualify for a
categorical exclusion pursuant to the Council on Environmental
Quality's National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations (40 CFR
1501.4), the Department of the Interior's (DOI) NEPA regulations (43
CFR 46), and the DOI's Departmental Manual (516 DM 8.5(C)(2)). To make
this preliminary determination, we prepared a draft environmental
action statement and low-effect screening form, both of which are also
available for public review.
Proposed Project
The applicant requests a 10-year ITP to take skinks via the
conversion of approximately 1.82 acres (ac) of occupied nesting,
foraging, and sheltering skink habitat incidental to the construction
and operation of a residential development on 102.99 ac on
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Parcel 27-26-24-706192-002760 in Section 24, Township 26 S, Range 27 E,
Polk County, Florida. The applicant proposes to mitigate for take of
the skinks by purchasing credits equivalent to 3.62 ac of skink-
occupied habitat within the Lake Wales Ridge Conservation Bank or
another Service-approved conservation bank. The Service would require
the applicant to purchase the credits prior to engaging in any phase of
the project.
Our Preliminary Determination
The Service has made a preliminary determination that the
applicant's project--including the construction of the buildings and
associated infrastructure (e.g., electric, water, and sewer lines)--
would individually and cumulatively have a minor effect on the skinks
and the environment. Therefore, we have preliminarily determined that
the proposed ESA section 10(a)(1)(B) permit would be a low-effect ITP
that individually or cumulatively would have a minor effect on the
skinks and may qualify for application of a categorical exclusion
pursuant to the Council on Environmental Quality's NEPA regulations,
DOI's NEPA regulations, and the DOI Departmental Manual. A low-effect
incidental take permit is one that would result in (1) minor or
nonsignificant effects on species covered in the HCP; (2)
nonsignificant effects on the human environment; and (3) impacts that,
when added together with the impacts of other past, present, and
reasonably foreseeable actions, would not result in significant
cumulative effects to the human environment.
Next Steps
The Service will evaluate the application and the comments to
determine whether to issue the requested permit. We will also conduct
an intra-Service consultation pursuant to section 7 of the ESA to
evaluate the effects of the proposed take. After considering the
preceding and other matters, we will determine whether the permit
issuance criteria of section 10(a)(1)(B) of the ESA have been met. If
met, the Service will issue ITP number PER6735377 to Vivek Investment
Corporation (Watersong Phase III).
Public Availability of Comments
Before including your address, phone number, email address, or
other personal identifying information in your comment, be aware that
your entire comment, including your personal identifying information,
may be made available to the public. If you submit a comment at https://www.regulations.gov, your entire comment, including any personal
identifying information, will be posted on the website. If you submit a
hardcopy comment that includes personal identifying information, such
as your address, phone number, or email address, 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.
Moreover, all submissions from organizations or businesses, and from
individuals identifying themselves as representatives or officials of
organizations or businesses, will be made available for public
disclosure in their entirety.
Authority
The Service provides this notice under section 10(c) of the
Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and its implementing
regulations (50 CFR 17.32) and the National Environmental Policy Act
(42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and its implementing regulations (40 CFR parts
1500-1508 and 43 CFR part 46).
Robert L. Carey,
Manager, Division of Environmental Review, Florida Ecological Services
Field Office.
[FR Doc. 2024-13753 Filed 6-21-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4333-15-P