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documents, you may do so in writing by 

one of the following methods: 

• Online: https://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments 

on Docket No. FWS–R4–ES–2023–0193. 

• U.S. mail: Public Comments 

Processing, Attn: Docket No. FWS–R4– 

ES–2023–0193; U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, MS: PRB/3W, 5275 Leesburg 

Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041–3803. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin 

Gawera, by U.S. mail (see ADDRESSES), 

by telephone at 904–731–3121 or via 

email at erin_gawera@fws.gov. 

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-ofcontact in the United States. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the 

Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), 

announce receipt of an application from 

Orange County Parks and Recreation 

Division (Horizon West Regional Park, 

applicant) for an incidental take permit 

(ITP) under the Endangered Species Act 

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

1531 et seq.). The applicant requests the 

ITP to take federally listed sand skinks 

(Neoseps reynoldsi) (skink) incidental to 

the construction and operation of a 

recreational park in Orange County, 

Florida. We request public comment on 

the application, which includes the 

applicant’s habitat conservation plan 

(HCP), and on the Service’s preliminary 

determination that this proposed ITP 

qualifies as low effect, and may qualify 

for a categorical exclusion pursuant to 

the Council on Environmental Quality’s 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) regulations (40 CFR 1501.4), the 

Department of the Interior’s (DOI) NEPA 

regulations (43 CFR 46), and the DOI’s 

Departmental Manual (516 DM 

8.5(C)(2)). To make this preliminary 

determination, we prepared a draft 

environmental action statement and 

low-effect screening form, both of which 

are also available for public review. 

Proposed Project 

The applicant requests a 5-year ITP to 

take skinks via the conversion of 

approximately 11.73 acres (ac) of 

occupied nesting, foraging, and 

sheltering skink habitat incidental to the 

construction and operation of a 

recreational park on 40.65 acres within 

a 211.90-ac site, Parcel 

#272309000000006 in Sections 16, 17, 

and 21, Township 23 South, Range 27 

East, Orange County, Florida. The 

applicant proposes to mitigate for take 

of the skinks by purchasing credits 

equivalent to 23.46 ac of skink-occupied 

habitat within the Lake Livingston 

Conservation Bank or another Serviceapproved conservation bank. The 

Service would require the applicant to 

purchase the credits prior to engaging in 

any construction phase of the project. 

Our Preliminary Determination 

The Service has made a preliminary 

determination that the applicant’s 

proposed project, including the 

construction of the buildings and 

associated infrastructure (e.g., electric, 

water, and sewer lines), would 

individually and cumulatively have a 

minor effect on the skinks and the 

environment. Therefore, we have 

preliminarily determined that the 

proposed ESA section 10(a)(1)(B) permit 

would be a low-effect ITP that 

individually or cumulatively would 

have a minor effect on the sand skink 

and may qualify for application of a 

categorical exclusion pursuant to the 

Council on Environmental Quality’s 

NEPA regulations, DOI’s NEPA 

regulations, and the DOI Departmental 

Manual. A low-effect incidental take 

permit is one that would result in (1) 

minor or nonsignificant effects on 

species covered in the HCP; (2) 

nonsignificant effects on the human 

environment; and (3) impacts that, 

when added together with the impacts 

of other past, present, and reasonably 

foreseeable actions, would not result in 

significant cumulative effects to the 

human environment. 

Next Steps 

The Service will evaluate the 

application and the comments to 

determine whether to issue the 

requested permit. 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 preceding and other 

matters, we will determine whether the 

permit issuance criteria of section 

10(a)(1)(B) of the ESA have been met. If 

met, the Service will issue ITP number 

PER 3877804 to Orange County Parks 

and Recreation Division (Horizon West 

Regional Park). 

Public Availability of Comments 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, be aware that your entire 

comment, including your personal 

identifying information, may be made 

available to the public. While you may 

request that we withhold your personal 

identifying information, we cannot 

guarantee that we will be able to do so. 

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. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

[245A2100DD/AAKC001030/A0A501010.

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Self-Governance PROGRESS Act 

Negotiated Rulemaking Committee; 

Notice of Meeting 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, the 

Self-Governance PROGRESS Act 

Negotiated Rulemaking Committee 

(Committee), will hold their ninth 

public meeting to negotiate and advise 

the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) 

on a proposed rule to implement the 

Practical Reforms and Other Goals To 

Reinforce the Effectiveness of SelfGovernance and Self-Determination for 

Indian Tribes Act of 2019 (PROGRESS 

Act). 

DATES: 

• Meeting: The meeting is open to the 

public and to be held virtually on 

Monday, November 6, 2023, from 1 p.m. 

to 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. Please 

see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION below 

for details on how to participate. 

• Comments: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments on or before 

December 7, 2023. Please see ADDRESSES

below for details on how to submit 

written comments. 

ADDRESSES: Send your comments to the 

Designated Federal Officer, Vickie 

Hanvey, by any of the following 

methods: 

• Preferred method: Email to 

comments@bia.gov with ‘‘PROGRESS 

Act’’ in subject line. 

• Mail, hand-carry or use an 

overnight courier service to the 

Designated Federal Officer, Ms. Vickie 


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Hanvey, Office of Self-Governance, 

Office of the Assistant Secretary— 

Indian Affairs, 1849 C Street NW, Mail 

Stop 3624, Washington, DC 20240. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Vickie Hanvey, Designated Federal 

Officer, comments@bia.gov, (918) 931– 

0745. Individuals in the United States 

who are deaf, blind, 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-ofcontact in the United States. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

meeting is being held under the 

authority of the PROGRESS Act (Pub. L. 

116–180), the Negotiated Rulemaking 

Act (5 U.S.C. 561 et seq.), and the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 

U.S.C. ch. 10). The Committee is to 

negotiate and reach consensus on 

recommendations for a proposed rule 

that will replace the existing regulations 

at 25 CFR part 1000. The Committee 

will be charged with developing 

proposed regulations for the Secretary’s 

implementation of the PROGRESS Act’s 

provisions regarding the Department of 

the Interior’s (DOI) Self-Governance 

Program. 

The PROGRESS Act amends 

subchapter I of the Indian SelfDetermination and Education 

Assistance Act (ISDEAA), 25 U.S.C. 

5301 et seq., which addresses Indian 

Self-Determination, and subchapter IV 

of the ISDEAA, which addresses DOI’s 

Tribal Self-Governance Program. The 

PROGRESS Act also authorizes the 

Secretary to adapt negotiated 

rulemaking procedures to the unique 

context of self-governance and the 

government-to-government relationship 

between the United States and Indian 

Tribes. The Federal Register (87 FR 

30256) notice published on May 18, 

2022, discussed the issues to be 

negotiated and the members of the 

Committee. 

Meeting Agenda 

These meetings are open to the 

public. Detailed information about the 

Committee, including meeting agendas 

can be accessed at https://www.bia.gov/ 

service/progress-act. Topics for this 

meeting will include Committee priority 

setting, drafting subcommittee 

assignments, subcommittee reports, 

negotiated rulemaking process, schedule 

and agenda setting for future meetings, 

Committee caucus, and public 

comment. The Committee meetings will 

begin at 1 p.m. Eastern Standard Time 

on Monday, November 6, 2023. 

Members of the public wishing to attend 

the meeting should visit https://

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Accommodations 

Please make requests in advance for 

sign language interpreter services, 

assistive listening devices, or other 

reasonable accommodations. We ask 

that you contact the person listed in the 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section of this notice at least seven (7) 

business days prior to the meeting to 

give DOI sufficient time to process your 

request. All reasonable accommodation 

requests are managed on a case-by-case 

basis. 

Public Comments 

Depending on the number of people 

who want to comment and the time 

available, the amount of time for 

individual oral comments may be 

limited. Requests to address the 

Committee during the meeting will be 

accommodated in the order the requests 

are received. Individuals who wish to 

expand upon their oral statements, or 

those who had wished to speak but 

could not be accommodated on the 

agenda, may submit written comments 

to the Designated Federal Officer up to 

30 days following the meeting. Written 

comments may be sent to Vickie Hanvey 

listed in the ADDRESSES section above. 

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 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. 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. ch. 10. 

Bryan Newland, 

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0036756; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

University of California, Davis, Davis, 

CA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

University of California, Davis (UC 

Davis) has completed an inventory of 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects and has determined that there is 

a cultural affiliation between the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations in this notice. The human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

were removed from Amador County, 

CA. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in this notice may occur on or after 

November 22, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Megon Noble, NAGPRA 

Project Manager, University of 

California, Davis, 412 Mrak Hall, One 

Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, 

telephone (530) 752–8501, email 

mnoble@ucdavis.edu. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA. The 

determinations in this notice are the 

sole responsibility of UC Davis. The 

National Park Service is not responsible 

for the determinations in this notice. 

Additional information on the 

determinations in this notice, including 

the results of consultation, can be found 

in the inventory or related records held 

by UC Davis. 


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