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the permit number at the beginning of 

your comment. Provide sufficient 

information to allow us to authenticate 

any scientific or commercial data you 

include. The comments and 

recommendations that will be most 

useful and likely to influence agency 

decisions are: (1) Those supported by 

quantitative information or studies; and 

(2) those that include citations to, and 

analyses of, the applicable laws and 

regulations. 

B. May I review comments submitted by 

others? 

You may view and comment on 

others’ public comments at https://

www.regulations.gov unless our 

allowing so would violate the Privacy 

Act (5 U.S.C. 552a) or Freedom of 

Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552). 

C. Who will see my comments? 

If you submit a comment at https://

www.regulations.gov, your entire 

comment, including any personal 

identifying information, will be posted 

on the website. If you submit a 

hardcopy comment that includes 

personal identifying information, such 

as your address, phone number, or 

email address, you may request at the 

top of your document that we withhold 

this information from public review. 

However, we cannot guarantee that we 

will be able to do so. Moreover, 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. 

II. Background 

To help us carry out our conservation 

responsibilities for affected species, and 

in consideration of section 112(4) of the 

Wild Bird Conservation Act of 1992 

(WBCA; 16 U.S.C. 4901–4916), we 

invite public comments on permit 

applications before final action is taken. 

With some exceptions, the WBCA 

prohibits certain activities with listed 

species unless Federal authorization is 

issued that allows such activities. 

Service regulations regarding permits 

for any activity otherwise prohibited by 

the WBCA with respect to any wild 

birds are available in title 50 of the Code 

of Federal Regulations in part 15. 

III. Permit Applications 

We invite comments on the following 

application. 

Applicant: Gerald Bobak c/o David 

Garcia, Homestead, FL; Permit No. 

PER0051912 

The applicant, along with member 

Laurella Desborough, and the oversight 

committee, the Organization of 

Professional Aviculturists (OPA), 

wishes to establish a Cooperative 

Breeding Program covering the eclectus 

parrot (Eclectus roratus). 

IV. Next Steps 

After the comment period closes, we 

will make decisions regarding permit 

issuance. If we issue permits to any of 

the applicants listed in this notice, we 

will publish a notice in the Federal 

Register. You may locate the notice 

announcing the permit issuance by 

searching https://www.regulations.gov 

for the permit number listed above in 

this document. For example, to find 

information about the potential issuance 

of Permit No. 12345A, you would go to 

https://www.regulations.gov and search 

for ‘‘12345A’’. 

V. Authority 

We issue this notice under the 

authority of the Wild Bird Conservation 

Act of 1992 (16 U.S.C. 4901–4916). This 

notice is provided pursuant to section 

112(4) of the Wild Bird Conservation 

Act of 1992, 50 CFR 15.26(c). 

Brenda Tapia, 

Supervisory Program Analyst/Data 

Administrator, Branch of Permits, Division 

of Management Authority. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[Docket No. FWS–R4–ES–2023–0199; 

FXES11140400000–245–FF04EF4000] 

Receipt of Incidental Take Permit 

Application and Proposed Habitat 

Conservation Plan for the Sand Skink; 

Lake County, FL; 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 PMF Leesburg 

Michigan, LLC (Michigan Property) 

(applicant) for an incidental take permit 

(ITP) under the Endangered Species Act. 

The applicant requests the ITP to take 

the federally listed sand skink (Neoseps 

reynoldsi) incidental to the construction 

of a multi-family development in Lake 

County, Florida. We request public 

comment on the application, which 

includes the applicant’s proposed 

habitat conservation plan (HCP), and on 

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 online 

in Docket No. FWS–R4–ES–2023–0199 

at https://www.regulations.gov. 

Submitting Comments: If you wish to 

submit comments on any of the 

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–2023–0199. 

• U.S. mail: Public Comments 

Processing, Attn: Docket No. FWS–R4– 

ES–2023–0199; 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 

PMF Leesburg Michigan, LLC (Michigan 

Property) (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 

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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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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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