Fish and Wildlife Service December 13, 2024 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents
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Endangered and Threatened Species; Receipt of Amended Incidental Take Permit Application and Amended Habitat Conservation Plan for the Proposed Rooney Ranch Wind Repowering Project, Alameda County, CA; Draft Environmental Assessment
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), have received an application for an amended incidental take permit under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) to conduct activities with the potential for take of endangered and threatened species that is incidental to, and not the purpose of, carrying out otherwise lawful activities. We invite comments on the applicant's amended permit application and amended habitat conservation plan (HCP), and the associated environmental assessment, which we have prepared pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act. The amended incidental take permit (ITP) is necessary due to an increase in the project's temporary and permanent impacts and a new applicant for the ITP. In addition, the new applicant would like to add two additional species that have been proposed for Federal listing and request "take" coverage should the species become listed. We invite the public and local, State, Tribal, and Federal agencies to comment on the documents. Before issuing the requested permit, we will take into consideration all comments received.
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for Eastern Hellbender
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose to list the eastern hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis), a salamander subspecies from Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia, as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). This determination also serves as our 12-month finding on a petition to list the eastern hellbender. After a review of the best available scientific and commercial information, we find that listing the subspecies is warranted. If we finalize this rule as proposed, it would add this subspecies to the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and extend the Act's protections to the subspecies. We have determined that designation of critical habitat for the eastern hellbender is not prudent.
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for the Rayed Bean, Sheepnose, Snuffbox, and Spectaclecase Mussels
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose to designate critical habitat for the rayed bean (Villosa fabalis), sheepnose (Plethobasus cyphyus), snuffbox (Epioblasma triquetra), and spectaclecase (Cumberlandia monodonta), all species of freshwater mussels, under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). Specifically, we propose to designate approximately 560 river miles (rmi) (902 river kilometers (rkm)) in 15 units as critical habitat for rayed bean; approximately 801 rmi (1,289 rkm) in 11 units as critical habitat for sheepnose; approximately 2,472 rmi (3,979 rkm) in 38 units as critical habitat for snuffbox; and approximately 1,143 rmi (1,839 rkm) in 12 units as critical habitat for spectaclecase. Portions of these proposed designations overlap among the four species; in total, approximately 3,974 rmi (6,396 rkm) of unique critical habitat within 76 units across 17 States (Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin) fall within the boundaries of the proposed critical habitat designations. We also announce the availability of an economic analysis of the proposed designations of critical habitat for all four species.
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