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Center at https://msc.fema.gov for 

comparison. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 

97.022, ‘‘Flood Insurance.’’) 

Michael M. Grimm, 

Assistant Administrator for Risk 

Management, Department of Homeland 

Security, Federal Emergency Management 

Agency. 

Community Community map repository address 

Craighead County, Arkansas and Incorporated Areas 

Project: 18–06–0001S Preliminary Date: June 30, 2020 

City of Bay ................................................................................................ City Hall, 220 Elder Street, Bay, AR 72411. 

City of Bono .............................................................................................. City Hall, 241 East College Street, Bono, AR 72416. 

City of Brookland ...................................................................................... City Hall, 613 Holman, Brookland, AR 72417. 

City of Caraway ........................................................................................ City Hall, 102 East State Street, Caraway, AR 72419. 

City of Cash .............................................................................................. City Hall, 4391 Highway 18, Cash, AR 72421. 

City of Jonesboro ..................................................................................... City Hall, 300 South Church Street, Jonesboro, AR 72401. 

City of Lake City ....................................................................................... City Hall, 406 Court Street, Lake City, AR 72437. 

City of Monette ......................................................................................... City Hall, 1 Drew Avenue, Monette, AR 72447. 

Town of Egypt .......................................................................................... Town Hall, 11063 Highway 91, Egypt, AR 72427. 

Unincorporated Areas of Craighead County ............................................ Craighead County Annex, 511 Union, Room 119, Jonesboro, AR 

72401. 

Hyde County, North Carolina and Incorporated Areas 

Project: 11–04–0730S Preliminary Date: November 30, 2018 

Unincorporated Areas of Hyde County .................................................... Hyde County Government Center, 30 Oyster Creek Road, Swan Quarter, NC 27885. 

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BILLING CODE 9110–12–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R3–ES–2020–0136; 

FXES11140300000–201] 

Draft Environmental Assessment and 

Proposed Habitat Conservation Plan; 

Receipt of an Application for an 

Incidental Take Permit, High Prairie 

Wind Energy Facility, Schuyler and 

Adair Counties, Missouri 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for comment and information. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), have received 

an application from TG High Prairie, 

LLC (applicant) for an incidental take 

permit (ITP) under the Endangered 

Species Act (ESA), for its High Prairie 

Wind Energy Facility. If approved, the 

ITP would be for a 6-year period and 

would authorize the incidental take of 

covered species, including the 

endangered Indiana bat, threatened 

northern long-eared bat, and the little 

brown bat, currently under 

discretionary review. While the ITP is 

for 6 years, the wind energy project is 

scheduled to be operational for thirty 

years and intensive monitoring 

conducted during this permit term will 

inform the need for future avoidance or 

a new long-term ITP that will comply 

with a new NEPA analysis and habitat 

conservation plan (HCP). The applicant 

has prepared a HCP that describes the 

actions and measures that the applicant 

would implement to avoid, minimize, 

and mitigate incidental take of the 

covered species for the first 6 years. We 

also announce the availability of a draft 

environmental assessment, which has 

been prepared in response to the permit 

application in accordance with the 

requirements of the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). We 

request public comment on the 

application, which includes the 

applicant’s proposed HCP, the Service’s 

draft environmental assessment, 

prepared pursuant to NEPA and 

associated documents. We provide this 

notice to seek review and comment from 

the public and Federal, Tribal, State and 

local governments. 

DATES: We will accept comments 

received or postmarked on or before 

December 31, 2020. 

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–2020–0136 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–2020–0136. 

• By hard copy: Submit comments by 

U.S. mail to Public Comments 

Processing, Attn: Docket No. FWS–R3– 

ES–2020–0136; U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service; 5275 Leesburg Pike, MS: PRB/ 

3W; Falls Church, VA 22041–3803. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karen Herrington, Field Supervisor, 

Columbia Missouri Ecological Services 

Field Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, 101 Park DeVille Drive, Suite 

A, Columbia, MO 65203; telephone: 

573–234–2132. 

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 TG 

High Prairie LLC (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 High Prairie Wind Energy facility 

(facility). The facility is located in 


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Schuyler and Adair Counties, Missouri, 

and consists of 163 2.2-megawatt (MW) 

turbines and 12 3.45–MW turbines. If 

approved, the ITP would be for a 6-year 

period and would authorize the 

incidental take of covered species, 

including the federally endangered 

Indiana bat, federally threatened 

northern long-eared bat, and the little 

brown bat (LBB), currently under 

discretionary review. The little brown 

bat is not federally protected, but is 

currently being evaluated for protection 

under the ESA. The applicant has 

chosen to include the LBB as a covered 

species, and as such, it will be treated 

as if it were currently listed under the 

ESA. The ITP, if issued, would 

authorize incidental take of the covered 

species that may occur as a result of the 

operation of 175 wind turbines over a 

six-year period. 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 covered 

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 (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 any 

such conduct’’ (16 U.S.C. 1532). 

However, 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 (16 U.S.C. 1539). 

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 6-year ITP 

for turbine operations that will result in 

take of the federally endangered Indiana 

bat, federally threatened northern longeared bat, and the little brown bat 

(covered species). The applicant 

determined that take is reasonably 

certain to occur incidental to operation 

of 175 previously constructed wind 

turbines in Schuyler and Adair 

Counties, Missouri, consisting of 

approximately 113,873 acres of private 

land. 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 covered 

species through onsite minimization 

measures and to provide habitat 

conservation measures to offset any 

impacts from operations of the project. 

The High Prairie Wind site includes 

multiple confirmed summer maternity 

roosts or colonies for the covered 

species and is more than 65 miles from 

the Sodalis Nature Preserve (largest 

known Indiana bat hibernaculum). The 

HCP provides onsite avoidance and 

minimization measures, which include 

turbine operational adjustments. The 

estimated level of take from the project 

is 72 Indiana bats, 96 little brown bats, 

and 18 northern long-eared bats over the 

6-year permit term. To offset the 

impacts of the taking of covered species, 

the applicant proposes to protect 211.1 

acres of known maternity colony 

habitat, in perpetuity, through the 

Service-approved Chariton Hills 

Conservation Bank located in Adair and 

Schuyler Counties. 

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 

applicant’s proposed action, and a more 

restrictive alternative consisting of 

feathering turbines 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 

on the proposed HCP, draft EA and 

supporting documents during a 30-day 

public comment period (see DATES). In 

particular, information and comments 

regarding the following topics are 

requested: 

1. Whether adaptive management, 

monitoring and mitigation provisions in 

the Proposed Action alternative are 

sufficient; 

2. Any threats to the Indiana bat, the 

northern long-eared bat and the little 

brown bat that may influence their 

populations over the life of the ITP that 

are not addressed in the proposed HCP 

or draft EA; 

3. Any new information on whitenose syndrome effects on the Indiana 

bat, the northern long-eared bat and the 

little brown bat; 

4. Any information that could help 

inform future operating parameters to 

avoid impacts to listed bats (beyond 

ceasing operations at night). A specific 

data set that would be useful would be 

one correlating all bat activity to 

temperature and weather parameters; 

5. Any new information about colony 

grouping and the timing in which bats 

leave their summer areas (to further 

refine maternity colony adaptive 

management strategy dates); 

6. Any specific parameters or 

suggestions to further refine population 

models (in the EA); 

7. Whether or not the significance of 

the impact on various aspects of the 

human environment has been 

adequately analyzed; and 

8. Any other information pertinent to 

evaluating the effects of the proposed 

action on the human environment, 

including those on the Indiana bat, the 

northern long-eared bat and the little 

brown bat. 

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 


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1Handbook for Electronic Filing Procedures: 

https://www.usitc.gov/documents/handbook_on_

filing_procedures.pdf. 

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. 

4321 et seq.) and its implementing 

regulations (40 CFR 1506.6 (2019); 43 

CFR part 46). 

Lori Nordstrom, 

Assistant Regional Director, Ecological 

Services. 

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BILLING CODE 4333–15–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

Notice of Receipt of Complaint; 

Solicitation of Comments Relating to 

the Public Interest 

AGENCY: U.S. International Trade 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the U.S. International Trade 

Commission has received a complaint 

entitled Certain Cloud-Connected 

Wood-Pellet Grills and Components 

Thereof, DN 3510; the Commission is 

soliciting comments on any public 

interest issues raised by the complaint 

or complainant’s filing pursuant to the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa 

R. Barton, Secretary to the Commission, 

U.S. International Trade Commission, 

500 E Street SW, Washington, DC 

20436, telephone (202) 205–2000. The 

public version of the complaint can be 

accessed on the Commission’s 

Electronic Document Information 

System (EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov. 

For help accessing EDIS, please email 

EDIS3Help@usitc.gov. 

General information concerning the 

Commission may also be obtained by 

accessing its internet server at United 

States International Trade Commission 

(USITC) at https://www.usitc.gov. The 

public record for this investigation may 

be viewed on the Commission’s 

Electronic Document Information 

System (EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov. 

Hearing-impaired persons are advised 

that information on this matter can be 

obtained by contacting the 

Commission’s TDD terminal on (202) 

205–1810. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Commission has received a complaint 

and a submission pursuant to § 210.8(b) 

of the Commission’s Rules of Practice 

and Procedure filed on behalf of Traeger 

Pellet Grills LLC on November 25, 2020. 

The complaint alleges violations of 

section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 

U.S.C. 1337) in the importation into the 

United States, the sale for importation, 

and the sale within the United States 

after importation of certain cloudconnected wood-pellet grills and 

components thereof. The complaint 

names as respondent: GMG Products 

LLC of Lakeside, OR. The complainant 

requests that the Commission issue a 

limited exclusion order and cease and 

desist order, and impose a bond upon 

respondent alleged infringing articles 

during the 60-day Presidential review 

period pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 1337(j). 

Proposed respondents, other 

interested parties, and members of the 

public are invited to file comments on 

any public interest issues raised by the 

complaint or § 210.8(b) filing. 

Comments should address whether 

issuance of the relief specifically 

requested by the complainant in this 

investigation would affect the public 

health and welfare in the United States, 

competitive conditions in the United 

States economy, the production of like 

or directly competitive articles in the 

United States, or United States 

consumers. 

In particular, the Commission is 

interested in comments that: 

(i) Explain how the articles 

potentially subject to the requested 

remedial orders are used in the United 

States; 

(ii) identify any public health, safety, 

or welfare concerns in the United States 

relating to the requested remedial 

orders; 

(iii) identify like or directly 

competitive articles that complainant, 

its licensees, or third parties make in the 

United States which could replace the 

subject articles if they were to be 

excluded; 

(iv) indicate whether complainant, 

complainant’s licensees, and/or third 

party suppliers have the capacity to 

replace the volume of articles 

potentially subject to the requested 

exclusion order and/or a cease and 

desist order within a commercially 

reasonable time; and 

(v) explain how the requested 

remedial orders would impact United 

States consumers. 

Written submissions on the public 

interest must be filed no later than by 

close of business, eight calendar days 

after the date of publication of this 

notice in the Federal Register. There 

will be further opportunities for 

comment on the public interest after the 

issuance of any final initial 

determination in this investigation. Any 

written submissions on other issues 

must also be filed by no later than the 

close of business, eight calendar days 

after publication of this notice in the 

Federal Register. Complainant may file 

replies to any written submissions no 

later than three calendar days after the 

date on which any initial submissions 

were due. Any submissions and replies 

filed in response to this Notice are 

limited to five (5) pages in length, 

inclusive of attachments. 

Persons filing written submissions 

must file the original document 

electronically on or before the deadlines 

stated above. Submissions should refer 

to the docket number (‘‘Docket No. 

3510’’) in a prominent place on the 

cover page and/or the first page. (See 

Handbook for Electronic Filing 

Procedures, Electronic Filing 

Procedures 1). Please note the 

Secretary’s Office will accept only 

electronic filings during this time. 

Filings must be made through the 

Commission’s Electronic Document 

Information System (EDIS, https://

edis.usitc.gov). No in-person paperbased filings or paper copies of any 

electronic filings will be accepted until 

further notice. Persons with questions 

regarding filing should contact the 

Secretary at EDIS3Help@usitc.gov. 

Any person desiring to submit a 

document to the Commission in 

confidence must request confidential 

treatment. All such requests should be 

directed to the Secretary to the 

Commission and must include a full 

statement of the reasons why the 

Commission should grant such 

treatment. See 19 CFR 201.6. Documents 

for which confidential treatment by the 

Commission is properly sought will be 

treated accordingly. All information, 

including confidential business 

information and documents for which 

confidential treatment is properly 

sought, submitted to the Commission for 

purposes of this Investigation may be 

disclosed to and used: (i) By the 

Commission, its employees and Offices, 

and contract personnel (a) for 


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