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Categories of Individuals 

DHS–USCIS will provide the 

following to CA–DSS: Records in DHS– 

USCIS VIS and SAVE Program 

containing information related to the 

status of aliens and other persons on 

whom DHS–USCIS has a record as an 

applicant, petitioner, or beneficiary. 

CA–DSS will provide the following to 

DHS–USCIS: CA–DSS records 

pertaining to alien and naturalized/ 

derived United States citizen applicants 

for, or recipients of, entitlement benefit 

programs administered by the State. 

Categories of Records 

Data elements contained within CA– 

DSS records that may be matched with 

federal immigration records during 

automated initial verification or 

additional verification include the 

following: Full name; Date of Birth; One 

or More Immigration Number (e.g. Alien 

Registration USCIS Number; Arrival 

Departure Record (I–94 Number); SEVIS 

ID Number; Certificate of Naturalization 

Number; Certificate of Citizenship 

Number, or Unexpired Passport 

Number); and, Other information from 

Immigration Documentation (e.g. 

Country of Birth, Date of Entry, 

Employment Authorization Category). 

Data elements contained within DHS– 

USCIS’s records to be provided to CA– 

DSS may consist of the following: Full 

name; Date of Birth; one or more 

Immigration Number (e.g. Alien 

Registration USCIS Number; Arrival 

Departure Record (I–94 Number); SEVIS 

ID Number; Certificate of Naturalization 

Number, Certificate of Citizenship 

Number, or Unexpired Passport 

Number); Other information from 

Immigration Documentation (e.g. 

Country of Birth; Date of Entry; 

Employment Authorization Category); 

Sponsorship Data (e.g. name, address, 

and social security number of FORM I– 

864/I–864EZ sponsors and Form I–864A 

household members, when applicable); 

and Case Verification Number. 

System of Records 

DHS/USCIS–004 Systematic Alien 

Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) 

Systems of Records Notice, 85 FR 31798 

(May 27, 2020). 

Constantina Kozanas, 

Chief Privacy Officer, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. 2020–26699 Filed 12–3–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–9L–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R3–ES–2020–0124; 

FXES11140300000–201] 

Draft Environmental Assessment and 

Proposed Habitat Conservation Plan; 

Receipt of an Application for an 

Incidental Take Permit, Meadow Lake 

Wind Resource Area, White and 

Benton Counties, Indiana 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for comment and information. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, have received an 

application from six wholly owned 

subsidiaries of EDP Renewables North 

America LLC collectively known as 

Meadow Lake Group (applicant) for an 

incidental take permit (ITP) under the 

Endangered Species Act, for its Meadow 

Lake Wind Resource Area wind project. 

If approved, the ITP would be for a 29- 

year period and would authorize the 

incidental take of the Indiana bat and 

the northern long-eared bat. The 

applicant has prepared a habitat 

conservation plan (HCP) that describes 

the actions and measures that the 

applicant would implement to avoid, 

minimize, and mitigate incidental take 

of the species. We also announce the 

availability of a draft environmental 

assessment (DEA), which has been 

prepared in response to the permit 

application in accordance with the 

requirements of the National 

Environmental Policy Act. We request 

public comment on the application and 

associated documents. 

DATES: We will accept comments 

received or postmarked on or before 

January 4, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Document availability: 

Electronic copies of the documents this 

notice announces, as well as public 

comments we receive, will be available 

online in Docket No. FWS–R3–ES– 

2020–0124 at http://

www.regulations.gov. 

Comment submission: In your 

comment, please specify whether your 

comment addresses the proposed HCP, 

draft EA, or any combination of the 

aforementioned documents, or other 

supporting documents. You may submit 

written comments by one of the 

following methods: 

• Online: http://www.regulations.gov. 

Search for and submit comments on 

Docket No. FWS–R3–ES–2020–0124. 

• By hard copy: Submit comments by 

U.S. mail to Public Comments 

Processing, Attn: Docket No. FWS–R3– 

ES–2020–0124; U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service; 5275 Leesburg Pike, MS: PRB/ 

3W; Falls Church, VA 22041–3803. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Scott Pruitt, Field Supervisor, 

Bloomington Ecological Services Field 

Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

620 South Walker Street, Bloomington, 

IN 47403; telephone: 812–334–4261, 

extension 214; or Andrew Horton, 

Regional HCP Coordinator, U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service—Interior Region 3, 

5600 American Blvd., West, Suite 990, 

Bloomington, MN 55437–1458; 

telephone: 612–713–5337. 

Individuals who are hearing impaired 

or speech impaired may call the Federal 

Relay Service at 1–800–877–8339 for 

TTY assistance. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), 

have received an application from EDP 

Renewables’ Meadow Lake Group 

(applicant) for an incidental take permit 

(ITP) under the Endangered Species Act 

of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 

1531 et seq.), for its Meadow Lake 

Resource Area (project or MLWRA). The 

MLWRA consists of 414 turbines that 

are owned by six companies: Meadow 

Lake Wind Farm LLC, Meadow Lake 

Wind Farm II LLC, Meadow Lake Wind 

Farm III LLC, Meadow Lake Wind Farm 

IV LLC, Meadow Lake Wind Farm V 

LLC, and Meadow Lake Wind Farm VI 

LLC. If approved, the ITP would be for 

a 29-year period and would authorize 

the incidental take of an endangered 

species, the Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis), 

and a threatened species, the northern 

long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis). 

The applicant has prepared a habitat 

conservation plan (HCP) that describes 

the actions and measures that the 

applicant would implement to avoid, 

minimize, and mitigate incidental take 

of the Indiana bat and northern longeared bat. We also announce the 

availability of a draft environmental 

assessment (DEA), which has been 

prepared in response to the permit 

application in accordance with the 

requirements of the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA; 42 

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). We request public 

comment on the application and 

associated documents. 

Background 

Section 9 of the ESA and its 

implementing regulations prohibit the 

‘‘take’’ of animal species listed as 

endangered or threatened. Take is 

defined under the ESA as to ‘‘harass, 

harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, 

trap, capture, or collect ‘‘listed animal 

species,’’ or to attempt to engage in such 

conduct’’ (16 U.S.C. 1538). However, 

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under section 10(a) of the ESA, we may 

issue permits to authorize incidental 

take of listed species. ‘‘Incidental take’’ 

is defined by the ESA as take that is 

incidental to, and not the purpose of, 

carrying out an otherwise lawful 

activity. Regulations governing 

incidental take permits for endangered 

and threatened species, respectively, are 

found in the Code of Federal 

Regulations at 50 CFR 17.22 and 50 CFR 

17.32. 

Applicant’s Proposed Project 

The applicant requests a 29-year ITP 

to take the federally endangered Indiana 

bat (Myotis sodalis) and threatened 

northern long-eared bat (Myotis 

septentrionalis). The applicant 

determined that unavoidable take is 

reasonably certain to occur incidental to 

operation of 414 previously constructed 

wind turbines. The proposed 

conservation strategy in the applicant’s 

proposed HCP is designed to avoid, 

minimize, and mitigate the impacts of 

the covered activity on the covered 

species. The biological goals and 

objectives are to minimize potential take 

of Indiana bats and northern long-eared 

bats through on-site minimization 

measures and to provide habitat 

conservation measures for Indiana bats 

and northern long-eared bats to offset 

any impacts from operations of the 

project. The HCP provides on-site 

avoidance and minimization measures, 

which include turbine operational 

adjustments. The estimated level of take 

from the project is 728 Indiana bats and 

169 northern long-eared bats over the 

29-year project duration. To offset the 

impacts of the taking of Indiana bats and 

northern long-eared bats, the applicant 

proposes mitigation that will consist of 

one or more of the following: Protection 

of a hibernaculum, protection of 

summer maternity colony habitat, 

restoration of summer maternity colony 

habitat, and protection of swarming 

habitat. 

National Environmental Policy Act 

The issuance of an ITP is a Federal 

action that triggers the need for 

compliance with NEPA. We prepared a 

draft EA that analyzes the 

environmental impacts on the human 

environment resulting from three 

alternatives: A no-action alternative, the 

proposed action, and a more restrictive 

alternative consisting of feathering at a 

rate of wind speed that results in less 

impacts to bats. 

Next Steps 

The Service will evaluate the permit 

application and the comments received 

to determine whether the application 

meets the requirements of section 10(a) 

of the ESA. 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 above findings, we will 

determine whether the permit issuance 

criteria of section 10(a)(l)(B) of the ESA 

have been met. If met, the Service will 

issue the requested ITP to the applicant. 

Request for Public Comments 

The Service invites comments and 

suggestions from all interested parties 

during a 30-day public comment period 

(see DATES). In particular, information 

and comments regarding the following 

topics are requested: 

1. The direct, indirect, or cumulative 

effects that implementation of any 

alternative could have on the human 

environment; 

2. Whether or not the significance of 

the impact on various aspects of the 

human environment has been 

adequately analyzed; and 

3. Any other information pertinent to 

evaluating the effects of the proposed 

action on the human environment. 

Because this permit application was 

sufficiently complete prior to the 

effective date of the new NEPA 

regulations, we are exercising our 

discretion to conduct our NEPA analysis 

under the regulations in effect prior to 

September 14, 2020. 

Availability of Public Comments 

You may submit comments by one of 

the methods shown under ADDRESSES. 

We will post on http://regulations.gov 

all public comments and information 

received electronically or via hardcopy. 

All comments received, including 

names and addresses, will become part 

of the administrative record associated 

with this action. Before including your 

address, phone number, email address, 

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 time. While 

you can request in your comment that 

we withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 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 

We provide this notice under section 

10(c) of the ESA (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) 

and its implementing regulations (50 

CFR 17.22) and the NEPA (42 U.S.C. 

4371 et seq.) and its implementing 

regulations (40 CFR 1506.6 (2019); 43 

CFR part 46). 

Lori Nordstrom, 

Assistant Regional Director, Ecological 

Services. 

[FR Doc. 2020–26667 Filed 12–3–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4333–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

[RR04900000, 200R0680R1, 

RR.17549897.2020000.01] 

Notice of Contract Execution Between 

the Central Utah Water Conservancy 

District (District) and Department of 

the Interior (Interior) for Prepayment of 

Costs Allocated to Municipal and 

Industrial Water from the Bonneville 

Unit of the Central Utah Project, Utah 

County, Utah 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Water and Science, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of contract execution. 

SUMMARY: On October 1, 2020, Block 

Notice 7A–2 was issued to the District 

for 22,000 acre-feet of Municipal and 

Industrial water from the Utah Lake 

Drainage Basin Water Delivery System, 

Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah 

Project. Subsequently, on October 28, 

2020, Interior and the District entered 

into a contract for the District to prepay 

the repayment obligation associated 

with Block Notice 7A–2. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Additional information on matters 

related to this Federal Register notice 

can be obtained by contacting Mr. Lee 

Baxter, Senior Program Coordinator, 

Central Utah Project Completion Act 

Office, Department of the Interior, 302 

East Lakeview Parkway, Provo, Utah 

84606; via telephone at (801) 379–1174; 

or by email at lbaxter@usbr.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public 

Law 102–575, Central Utah Project 

Completion Act, Section 210, as 

amended through Public Law 104–286, 

stipulates that ‘‘the Secretary shall allow 

for prepayment of the repayment 

contract between the United States and 

the Central Utah Water Conservancy 

District (District) dated December 28, 

1965, and supplemented on November 

26, 1985, or any additional or 

supplemental repayment contract 

providing for repayment of municipal 

and industrial water delivery facilities 

of the Central Utah Project for which 

repayment is provided pursuant to such 

contract, under terms and conditions