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in Lake 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 1.42 acres (ac) of 

occupied nesting, foraging, and 

sheltering skink habitat incidental to the 

construction and operation of a multifamily development on 7.78 ac on 

Parcels 15–19–24–0605–001–00000 and 

15–19–24–0605–003–00100 in Sections 

14 and 15, Township 19 South, Range 

24 East, Lake County, Florida. The 

applicant proposes to mitigate for take 

of the skinks by purchasing credits 

equivalent to 2.84 ac of skink-occupied 

habitat within the Lake Wales Ridge 

Conservation Bank or another Serviceapproved conservation bank. The 

Service would require the applicant to 

purchase the credits prior to engaging in 

any 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 sand 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 

PER1345003 to PMF Leesburg Michigan, 

LLC (Michigan Property). 

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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BILLING CODE 4333–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[Docket No. FWS–R8–ES–2023–0190; 

FXES11140800000–234–FF08ECAR00] 

Receipt of Incidental Take Permit 

Application and Proposed Habitat 

Conservation Plan, City of Santee, 

California; Categorical Exclusion 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife 

Service (Service), announce receipt of 

an application from Mr. Louis Jutras 

(applicant) for an incidental take permit 

(ITP) under the Endangered Species Act 

(ESA). The applicant requests the ITP to 

take the federally threatened coastal 

California gnatcatcher (Polioptila 

californica californica) incidental to 

construction of the Jutras residential 

home project, in the City of Santee, San 

Diego County, California. We request 

public comment on the application, 

which includes the applicant’s 

proposed habitat conservation plan 

(HCP), and the Service’s preliminary 

determination that the proposed 

permitting action may be eligible for a 

categorical exclusion pursuant to the 

Council on Environmental Quality’s 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) regulations, the Department of 

the Interior’s (DOI) NEPA regulations, 

and the DOI Departmental Manual. 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. We invite 

comment from the public and local, 

State, Tribal, and Federal agencies. 

DATES: We must receive your written 

comments on or before December 6, 

2023. 

ADDRESSES: 

Obtaining Documents: You may 

obtain copies of the documents this 

notice announces, along with any 

comments and other materials that we 

receive, online in Docket No. FWS–R8– 

ES–2023–0190 at https://

www.regulations.gov. 

Submitting Comments: If you wish to 

submit comments, 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–R8–ES–2023–0190. 

• U.S. mail: Public Comments 

Processing, Attn: Docket No. FWS–R8– 

ES–2023–0190; U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, MS: PRB/3W; 5275 Leesburg 

Pike; Falls Church, VA 22041–3803.: 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Jonathan Snyder, Assistant Field 

Supervisor, Carlsbad Fish and Wildlife 

Office, 760–431–9440 (telephone). 

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 

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

have received an application from Mr. 


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Louis Jutras (applicant) for a 3-year 

incidental take permit (ITP) for one 

covered species pursuant to section 

10(a)(1)(B) of the Endangered Species 

Act of 1973 (ESA), as amended (16 

U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). The application 

addresses the potential ‘‘take’’ of the 

threatened coastal California 

gnatcatcher (Polioptila californica 

californica) in the course of activities 

associated with the construction of the 

Jutras residential home project, in the 

City of Santee, San Diego County, 

California. 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 

A conservation program to avoid, 

minimize, and mitigate for project 

activities would be implemented as 

described in the proposed Habitat 

Conservation Plan (HCP) by the 

applicant. 

The applicant requests a 3-year ITP 

under section 10(a)(1)(B) of the ESA. If 

we approve the permit, the applicant 

anticipates taking coastal California 

gnatcatcher (Polioptila californica 

californica) as a result of permanent 

impacts to 0.662 acres (ac) of habitat the 

species uses for breeding, feeding, and 

sheltering. The take would be incidental 

to the applicant’s activities associated 

with the construction of the Jutras 

residential project in the City of Santee, 

California, and includes preservation of 

0.329 ac on site and funding for 

management of preserved land in the 

City of Santee. 

The Jutras residential project proposes 

to construct a single-family residence on 

a 1.015-ac parcel in the City of Santee. 

The project will permanently impact 

0.662 ac of coastal California 

gnatcatcher occupied habitat and 0.032 

ac of disturbed land as a result of 

clearing and grading activities. The 

remaining 0.277 ac of coastal California 

gnatcatcher-occupied Diegan coastal 

sage scrub (DCSS) and 0.052 ac of 

disturbed land would not be impacted. 

To minimize take of coastal California 

gnatcatcher by the Jutras residential 

development project and offset impacts 

to its habitat, the applicant proposes to 

mitigate for permanent impacts to 0.662 

ac of occupied coastal California 

gnatcatcher habitat through the 

contribution of $54,580 for management 

of preserved land within the City of 

Santee. The long-term management will 

be carried out by the Endangered 

Habitat Conservancy and will be funded 

by a lump-sum initial contribution by 

the applicant. The applicant’s proposed 

HCP also contains measures to 

minimize the effects of construction 

activities on the coastal California 

gnatcatcher. The clearing of DCSS will 

not take place during the gnatcatcher 

breeding season (defined as February 15 

through August 31) when active 

gnatcatcher nests are present in the 

DCSS. In the event it is not feasible to 

clear outside of the gnatcatcher breeding 

season, pre-construction surveys for 

nesting birds will be conducted within 

the week prior to initiating grading 

activities to ensure construction 

activities do not occur within 300 feet 

of an active gnatcatcher nest. A U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service-approved 

biologist will conduct a training session 

for the grading contractor and will be 

present on site during the initial 

clearing and grubbing activities to 

ensure that the direct impacts are 

limited to the project footprint. 

Proposed Action and Alternatives 

The proposed action consists of the 

issuance of an incidental take permit 

and implementation of the proposed 

HCP, which includes measures to avoid, 

minimize, and mitigate impacts to 

covered species. To comply with the 

requirements for an HCP under ESA 

section 10(a), alternatives to the project 

and the incidental take of coastal 

California gnatcatcher were evaluated. 

Under the No Action Alternative, the 

project would not be constructed, and 

no ITP would be issued. The applicant 

would have no use of their private 

property. With implementation of the 

project, the single-family home would 

be situated in the northwestern corner 

of the project site, as close as feasible to 

the existing home to the north and to 

the adjacent parcel with approved TM 

08–04 to the west. Previous iterations of 

the project design with the home sited 

in the middle of the project site were 

considered; however, the impacts to 

Diegan coastal sage scrub were greater 

than under the current project design 

and would not avoid incidental take of 

the coastal California gnatcatcher. 

Therefore, the project is the most 

biologically conservative feasible 

configuration for development of a 

single-family residence on the project 

site. 

Our Preliminary Determination 

The Service has made a preliminary 

determination that the applicant’s 

proposed project would individually 

and cumulatively have a minor effect on 

the California gnatcatcher and the 

human environment. Therefore, we 

have preliminarily determined that the 

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

would be a ‘‘low-effect’’ ITP that 

individually or cumulatively would 

have a minor effect on the species 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’’ ITP 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 reasonable foreseeable actions, 

would not result in significant 

cumulative effects to the human 

environment. 

Next Steps 

The Service will evaluate the 

application and the comments received 

to determine whether to issue the 

requested ITP. 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 the permit to 

the applicant for incidental take of 

coastal California gnatcatcher. 

Public Availability of Comments 

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 may 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 

We provide this notice under section 

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

and its implementing regulations (50 

CFR 17.22 and 17.32) and the National 

Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 


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4321 et seq.) and its implementing 

regulations (40 CFR 1500–1508 and 43 

CFR 46). 

Scott A. Sobiech, 

Field Supervisor, Carlsbad Fish and Wildlife 

Office, Carlsbad, California. 

[FR Doc. 2023–24404 Filed 11–3–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4333–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–PPFL–36595; PPWOPPFLF0– 

PMO00AD05.Y00000; 23XP103905] 

Notice of Availability and Request for 

Comments on Draft Director’s Order 

#36 Concerning National Park Service 

Policies and Procedures Governing 

Housing Management 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The National Park Service 

(NPS) has prepared Director’s Order #36 

to set forth its policies and procedures 

to manage Government-furnished 

housing (GFH), units owned or leased 

by the Government for which the 

Government serves as landlord, or lease 

holder. Once adopted, the policies and 

procedures in Director’s Order #36 and 

the accompanying Reference Manual 36 

will supersede and replace the policies 

and procedures issued in Director’s 

Order #36: Housing Management, dated 

August 5, 2009. 

DATES: Written comments will be 

accepted until December 6, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Draft Director’s Order #36 is 

available online at https://www.nps.gov/ 

subjects/policy/new.htm where readers 

may submit comments electronically. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Alicia Overby, Housing Management 

Program Manager, National Park 

Service, at housing_management_

program@nps.gov, or by telephone at 

202–513–7014. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NPS 

is updating its current system of internal 

written instructions. When these 

documents contain new policy or 

procedural requirements that may affect 

parties outside the NPS, they are first 

made available for public review and 

comment before being adopted. 

Director’s Order #36 and a reference 

manual (subsequent to the Director’s 

Order) will be issued. The draft 

Director’s Order provides direction to 

NPS managers and employees who are 

responsible for GFH programs; guidance 

of consistent application and adherence 

to laws, regulations, and Department of 

the Interior policies; and requirements 

and procedures for providing and 

maintaining GFH. 

Public Disclosure of Comments: 

Before including your address, 

telephone 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 may 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: 54 U.S.C. 100101(a) et seq.) 

Alma Ripps, 

Chief, Office of Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2023–24466 Filed 11–3–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation 

and Enforcement 

[DOI–2023–0016; S1D1S SS08011000 

SX064A000 234S180110] 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: Office of Surface Mining 

Reclamation and Enforcement, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of a modified system of 

records. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of 

the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, 

the Department of the Interior (DOI, 

Department) is issuing a public notice of 

its intent to modify the Office of Surface 

Mining Reclamation and Enforcement 

(OSMRE) Privacy Act system of records, 

INTERIOR/OSM–12, Blaster 

Certification. The OSMRE is revising 

this system of records notice (SORN) to 

update the bureau designation in the 

system number to reflect the entirety of 

the bureau name, update all sections of 

the notice, and provide general and 

administrative updates to accurately 

reflect the modified system. This 

modified system will be included in 

DOI’s inventory of record systems. 

DATES: This modified system will be 

effective upon publication. New or 

modified routine uses will be effective 

December 6, 2023. Submit comments on 

or before December 6, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number [DOI– 

2023–0016], by any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Email: DOI_Privacy@ios.doi.gov. 

Include docket number [DOI–2023– 

0016] in the subject line of the message. 

• U.S. Mail or Hand-Delivery: Teri 

Barnett, Departmental Privacy Officer, 

U.S. Department of the Interior, 1849 C 

Street NW, Room 7112, Washington, DC 

20240. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

docket number [DOI–2023–0016]. All 

comments received will be posted 

without change to https://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to https://

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Patrick Dege, Associate Privacy Officer, 

Information Resource Office, Office of 

Surface Mining Reclamation and 

Enforcement, 1849 C Street NW, Mail 

Stop 1200 West Corridor, Washington, 

DC 20240, OSMRE_Privacy@osmre.gov 

or (202) 208–3549. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The OSMRE maintains the 

INTERIOR/OSM–12, Blaster 

Certification, system of records to 

manage the certifications of blasters in 

Federal Program States and on Indian 

Lands in compliance with the 

provisions of the Surface Mining 

Control and Reclamation Act of 1977. 

The OSMRE Blaster Certification system 

of records serves as a tool for OSMRE 

to grant blaster applicants’ certificates 

for issuance, renewal, reissuance and 

reciprocity status, administration, and 

notification procedures, as well as to 

provide an adequate record-keeping 

system for compliance with a Federal 

program and enable OSMRE as the 

regulatory authority to effectively 

monitor its program requirements. 

OSMRE is publishing this revised 

notice to update the bureau designation 

in the SORN number from ‘‘OSM–12’’ to 

‘‘OSMRE–12’’ in order to reflect the 

bureau’s full title of Office of Surface 

Mining Reclamation and Enforcement; 

update the system location and system 

manager and address; update legal 

authorities; propose new and modified 

routine uses; update the categories of 

records to provide additional 

information on the types of data 

maintained in the records; update the 

records retention schedule; update the 

sections for record access, notification, 

and contesting record procedures to 

clarify how individuals may submit 

Privacy Act requests; and provide 

general and administrative updates to 


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