[Federal Register: February 24, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 35)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R4-ES-2008-N0332; 40120-1112-0000-F2]
Receipt of Applications for the Renewal of Incidental Take
Permits for Residential Construction in Charlotte and Sarasota County,
FL
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit renewal applications; request for
comments.
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SUMMARY: The U.S Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) issued incidental
take permits (permits), pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(B) of the
Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended, for incidental take of the
threatened Florida scrub-jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens) (scrub-jay) in
Sarasota County, Florida, to Paul Athanas (TE126176-0) and to David
Boxer (TE156306-0) in Charlotte County, Florida (Applicants). The
Applicants have requested renewals that will extend permit expiration
by 5 years from the date their permits are reissued. The Applicants
have agreed to follow all of the existing habitat conservation plan
(HCP) conditions. If renewed, no additional take will be authorized.
DATES: We must receive your written comments on the permit renewals on
or before March 26, 2009.
ADDRESSES: See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below for
information on how to submit your comments on the permit renewals. You
may obtain a copy of the permit renewal applications and the HCPs by
writing to the South Florida Ecological Services Office, Attn: Permit
number TE126176-1/TE156306-1, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1339 20th
Street, Vero Beach, FL 32960-3559. In addition, we will make the permit
renewal applications and HCPs available for public inspection by
appointment during normal business hours at the above address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Trish Adams, Fish and Wildlife
Biologist, South Florida Ecological Services Office (see ADDRESSES);
telephone: (772) 562-3909, ext. 232.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: If you wish to comment on the permit
renewals, you may submit comments by any one of the following methods.
Please reference permit number TE126176-1/TE156306-1 in such comments.
1. Mail or hand-deliver comments to our South Florida Ecological
Services Office address (see ADDRESSES).
2. E-mail comments to trish_adams@fws.gov. If you do not receive a
confirmation that we have received your e-mail message, contact us
directly at the telephone number listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
Before including your address, phone number, e-mail address, or
other personal identifying information in your comments, 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.
Residential construction for the Paul Athanas HCP will take place
within Section 33, Township 39, Range 19, South Venice, Sarasota
County, Florida,
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at Poinciana Road, Lots 1652, 1653, and 1654, of South Venice unit 5,
property identification number 0459-05-0033. These lots are within
scrub-jay occupied habitat. The lots encompass about 0.275 acres (0.11
ha), and the footprint of the home, infrastructure, and landscaping
precludes retention of scrub-jay habitat on these lots. Details of the
habitat conservation plan are available (see ADDRESSES).
Residential construction for the David Boxer HCP will take place
within Section 24, Township 40, Range 21, Port Charlotte, Charlotte
County, Florida, at 3300 Liberty Street, property identification number
402124336005. This lot is within scrub-jay occupied habitat. The lot
encompasses about 0.23 acres (0.09 ha), and the footprint of the home,
infrastructure, and landscaping precludes retention of scrub-jay
habitat on this lot. Details of the habitat conservation plan are
available (see ADDRESSES).
The Service has made preliminary determinations that renewal of the
permits is neither a major Federal action that will significantly
affect the quality of the human environment within the meaning of
section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), nor
will they individually or cumulatively have more than a negligible
effect on the species covered in the HCPs. Therefore, the permit
renewals qualify as categorical exclusions under NEPA as provided by
the Department of Interior Manual (516 DM 2, Appendix 1 and 516 DM
8.5).
Authority: We provide this notice pursuant to Section 10 of the
Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and NEPA regulations
(40 CFR 1506.6).
Dated: December 2, 2008.
Paul Souza,
Field Supervisor, South Florida Ecological Services Field Office.
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