[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 235 (Friday, December 8, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 85649-85650]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-26977]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R4-ES-2023-0198; FWS-R4-ES-2023-0194; and FWS-R4-ES-2023-0193; 
FXGO16621010010-245-FF10G13300]


Three Incidental Permit Applications and Proposed Habitat 
Conservation Plans; Lake, Volusia, and Orange Counties, FL; Reopening 
of Comment Periods

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability; reopening of public comment periods.

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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, are reopening the 
comment periods on notices announcing three incidental take permit 
applications, three proposed habitat conservation plans, and related 
documents. We are taking this action because of a disruption in the 
public's access to regulations.gov as a means of viewing documents and 
submitting comments when the three notices were initially published. We 
invite comments from the public and local, State, Tribal, and Federal 
agencies. If you already submitted a comment, you do not need to 
resubmit it.

DATES: The comment periods on the three notices, all of which published 
October 23, 2023 (88 FR 72774, 88 FR 72775, and 88 FR 72776), are 
reopened. We will accept comments received or postmarked on or before 
January 8, 2024.

ADDRESSES: 
    Obtaining Documents: You may obtain copies of documents for review, 
and view received public comments, at http://www.regulations.gov. 
Please see the table in SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION to ensure that you 
are look in the desired docket.
    Submitting Comments: Please make sure you are commenting on the 
desired docket. See the table in SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for docket 
information. You may submit written comments by one of the following 
methods:
     Online: https://www.regulations.gov. Search for and submit 
comments on the desired docket.
     U.S. mail: Public Comments Processing, Attn: [insert 
correct docket number]; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 5275 Leesburg 
Pike, MS: PRB/3W, Falls Church, VA 22041-3803.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin Gawera, 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 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 
(Service), are reopening the comment periods on notices announcing 
three incidental take permit applications, three proposed habitat 
conservation plans, and related documents. We are taking this action 
because of a disruption in the public's access to regulations.gov when 
the three notices were initially published. If you previously submitted 
a comment, you need not resubmit it. The three notices for which we are 
reopening the comment periods are in the table below.

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                 Notice subject                       Federal Register citation               Docket No.
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Receipt of Incidental Take Permit Application     88 FR 72774; October 23, 2023....          FWS-R4-ES-2023-0198
 and Proposed Habitat Conservation Plan for the
 Florida Scrub-Jay and Sand Skink; Lake County,
 FL; Categorical Exclusion Applicants: Founders
 Ridge Development, LLC and Founders Ridge
 Development II, LLC.
Receipt of Incidental Take Permit Application     88 FR 72775; October 23, 2023....          FWS-R4-ES-2023-0194
 and Proposed Habitat Conservation Plan for the
 Florida Scrub-Jay; Volusia County, FL;
 Categorical Exclusion Applicant: Hector Aponte.
Receipt of Incidental Take Permit Application     88 FR 72776; October 23, 2023....          FWS-R4-ES-2023-0193
 and Proposed Habitat Conservation Plan for the
 Sand Skink; Orange County, FL; Categorical
 Exclusion Applicant: Orange County Parks and
 Recreation Division.
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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 1500-
1508 and 43 CFR 46).

Robert L. Carey,
Manager, Division of Environmental Review, Florida Ecological Services 
Field Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-26977 Filed 12-7-23; 8:45 am]
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