[Federal Register: October 17, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 202)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R4-ES-2008-N0278; 40120-1112-0000-F2]
Receipt of Application for Incidental Take Permit for One
Condominium Complex in Escambia County, FL
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Seabreeze Properties, LLC (Applicant) requests an incidental
take permit (ITP) under section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Endangered Species
Act of 1973 (Act), as amended. The Applicant anticipates taking Perdido
Key beach mice (Peromyscus polionotus trissyllepsis) incidental to
developing, constructing, and human occupancy of a condominium complex
in Escambia County, Florida (Project). The Applicant's Habitat
Conservation Plan (HCP) describes the mitigation and minimization
measures proposed to address the effects of the Project to the Perdido
Key beach mouse.
DATES: Written comments on the application, environmental assessment
(EA), and HCP should be sent to the Service's Regional Office (see
ADDRESSES) and should be received on or before December 16, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Persons wishing to review the application, EA, and HCP may
obtain a copy by writing the Service's Southeast Regional Office,
Atlanta, Georgia, at the address below. Please reference permit number
TE189611, Seabreeze, in such requests. Documents will also be available
for public inspection by appointment during normal business hours at
the Regional Office, 1875 Century Boulevard, Suite 200, Atlanta, GA
30345 (Attn: Endangered Species Permits); or Field Supervisor, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service, 1601 Balboa Avenue, Panama City, FL 32405.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. David Dell, Regional HCP
Coordinator, (see ADDRESSES), telephone: 404/679-7313, or Ms. Lorna
Patrick, Field Office Project Manager, at the Panama City Field Office
(see ADDRESSES), telephone: 850/769-0552, ext. 229.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We announce the application for an ITP and
the availability of the HCP and EA. The EA is an assessment of the
likely environmental impacts associated with this Project. Copies of
these documents may be obtained by making a request, in writing, to the
Regional Office (see ADDRESSES). This notice is provided pursuant to
Section 10 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and National
Environmental Policy Act regulations at 40 CFR 1506.6.
We specifically request information, views, and opinions from the
public via this notice on the Federal action, including the
identification of any other aspects of the human environment not
already identified in the EA. Further, we specifically solicit
information regarding the adequacy of the HCP as measures against our
ITP issuance criteria found in 50 CFR parts 13 and 17.
If you wish to comment, you may submit comments by any one of
several methods. Please reference permit number TE189611, Seabreeze, in
such comments. You may mail comments to the Service's Regional Office
(see ADDRESSES). You may also comment via the internet to david_
dell@fws.gov. Please also include your name and return address in your
internet message. If you do not receive a confirmation from us that we
have received your internet message, contact us directly at either
telephone number listed above (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).
Finally, you may hand-deliver comments to either Service office
listed above (see ADDRESSES). Before including your address, phone
number, e-mail, 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
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time. While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your personal
identifying information from public view, we cannot guarantee that we
will be able to do so. If you wish us to withhold your name and
address, you must state this prominently at the beginning of your
comments. We will not, however, consider anonymous comments. We will
make all submissions from organizations or businesses, and from
individuals identifying themselves as representatives or officials of
organizations or businesses, available for public inspection in their
entirety.
The area encompassed under the ITP totals 1.35 acres along the
beachfront of the Gulf of Mexico. The Project is located on the western
portion of Perdido Key, a 16.9 mile barrier island. Perdido Key
constitutes the entire historic range of the Perdido Key beach mouse.
The Perdido Key beach mouse was listed as an endangered species under
the Act in 1985 (June 6, 1985, 50 FR 23872). The mouse is also listed
as an endangered species by the State of Florida. Critical habitat was
designated for the Perdido Key beach mouse at the time of listing (50
FR 23872) and revised on October 12, 2006 (71 FR 60238).
We will evaluate the HCP and comments submitted thereon to
determine whether the application meets the requirements of section
10(a) of the Act. If it is determined that those requirements are met,
the ITP will be issued for the incidental take of the Perdido Key beach
mouse. We will also evaluate whether issuance of the section
10(a)(1)(B) ITP complies with section 7 of the Act by conducting an
intra-Service section 7 consultation. The results of this consultation,
in combination with the above findings, will be used in the final
analysis to determine whether or not to issue the ITP.
Dated: September 26, 2008.
Sam D. Hamilton,
Regional Director, Southeast Region.
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