21282 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 82 / Monday, April 30, 2007 / Notices 

FY 2006 INDIAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT AWARDS—Continued 

Name of applicant Amount 

funded Project description 

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, David Brien, Tribal Chairman, P.O. Box 900, 

Belcourt, ND 58316, (701) 477–2639.

$900,000 Housing Rehabilitation. 

Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, Manuel Heart, Tribal Chairman, P.O. Box 52, Towaoc, CO 

81334, (970) 565–3751.

$900,000 New Housing Construction. 

[FR Doc. E7–8140 Filed 4–27–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–4966–N–04] 

The Performance Review Board 

AGENCY: Office of the Deputy Secretary, 

HUD. 

ACTION: Notice of appointment. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Housing 

and Urban Development announces the 

appointment of Michael Flynn as a 

member of the Departmental 

Performance Review Board. The address 

is: Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, Washington, DC 20410–

3000. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Persons desiring any further information 

about the Performance Review Board 

and its members may contact Earnestine 

Pruitt, Director, Executive Personnel 

Management Division, Department of 

Housing and Urban Development, 

Washington, DC 20410; telephone (202) 

708–1381 (this is not a toll-free 

number). 

Dated: April 4, 2007. 

Roy A. Bernardi, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E7–8191 Filed 4–27–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Receipt of an Application for an 

Incidental Take Permit for 

Construction of a Single-Family Home 

in Sarasota County, FL 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife 

Service (Service), announce the 

availability of an incidental take permit 

(ITP) and Habitat Conservation Plan 

(HCP). Patrick McShane and Martha Dey 

(Applicants) request an ITP pursuant to 

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

Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). 

The Applicants anticipate taking about 

0.31 acre of Florida scrub-jay 

(Aphelocoma coerulescens) (scrub-jay) 

foraging and sheltering habitat 

incidental to lot preparation for the 

construction of a single-family home 

and supporting infrastructure in 

Sarasota County, Florida (Project). The 

destruction of 0.31 acre of foraging and 

sheltering habitat is expected to result 

in the take of one family of scrub-jays. 

The Applicants’ HCP describes the 

mitigation and minimization measures 

proposed to address the effects of the 

Project on the Florida scrub-jay. 

DATES: We must receive your written 

comments on the ITP application and 

HCP on or before May 30, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: See the Public Comments 

Solicited section below for information 

on how to submit your comments on the 

ITP application and HCP. You may 

obtain a copy of the ITP application and 

HCP by writing to: South Florida 

Ecological Services Field Office, Attn: 

Permit number TE146270–0, U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service, 1339 20th Street, 

Vero Beach, Florida 32960–3559. In 

addition, we will make the ITP 

application and HCP available for 

public inspection by appointment 

during normal business hours at the 

South Florida Ecological Services Office 

at the above address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Trish Adams, Fish and Wildlife 

Biologist, South Florida Ecological 

Services Office (see ADDRESSES), 

telephone: 772/562–3909, ext. 232. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: If you 

wish to comment on the ITP application 

and HCP, you may submit comments by 

any one of several methods. Please 

reference permit number TE146270–0 in 

such comments. You may mail 

comments to the Service’s South Florida 

Ecological Services Office (see 

ADDRESSES). You may also e-mail your 

comments to trish_adams@fws.gov. If 

you do not receive a confirmation from 

us that we have received your e-mail 

message, contact us directly at the 

telephone number listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Finally, 

you may hand deliver comments to the 

South Florida Ecological Service Office 

(see ADDRESSES). 

Before including your address, phone 

number, e-mail address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comments, 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. 

Residential construction for the 

McShane and Dey HCP will take place 

within Section 34, Township 39, Range 

22, North Port, Sarasota County, Florida, 

at Pilgrim Road, Lot 9, Block 2026 of the 

44th Addition to Port Charlotte 

Subdivision, Florida. This lot is within 

scrub-jay occupied habitat. 

The lot encompasses about 0.31 acre, 

and the footprint of the home, 

infrastructure, and landscaping 

precludes retention of scrub-jay habitat 

on this lot. In order to minimize take 

onsite the Applicants propose to 

mitigate for the loss of 0.31 acre of 

scrub-jay habitat by contributing a total 

of $36,106.98 to the Florida Scrub-jay 

Conservation Fund administered by The 

Nature Conservancy. Funds in this 

account are ear-marked for use in the 

conservation and recovery of scrub-jays 

and may include habitat acquisition, 

restoration, and/or management. 

The Service has determined that the 

Applicants’ proposal, including the 

proposed mitigation and minimization 

measures, will have a minor or 

negligible effect on the species covered 

in the HCP. Therefore, the ITP is a ‘‘loweffect’’ project and qualifies as a 

categorical exclusion under the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), as 

provided by the Department of the 

Interior Manual (516 DM 2, Appendix 1 

and 516 DM 6, Appendix 1). This 

preliminary information may be revised 

based on our review of public comments 

that we receive in response to this 

notice. Low-effect HCPs are those 

involving (1) minor or negligible effects 

on federally listed or candidate species 


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and their habitats, and (2) minor or 

negligible effects on other 

environmental values or resources. 

The Service will evaluate the HCP 

and comments submitted thereon to 

determine whether the application 

meets the requirements of section 10(a) 

of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). If it 

is determined that those requirements 

are met, the ITP will be issued for the 

incidental take of the Florida scrub-jay. 

The Service will also evaluate whether 

issuance of the section 10(a)(1)(B) ITP 

complies with section 7 of the Act by 

conducting an intra-Service section 7 

consultation. The results of this 

consultation, in combination with the 

above findings, will be used in the final 

analysis to determine whether or not to 

issue the ITP. 

Authority: This notice is provided 

pursuant to section 10 of the Endangered 

Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and 

NEPA regulations (40 CFR 1506.6). 

Dated: April 24, 2007. 

Paul Souza, 

Field Supervisor, South Florida Ecological 

Services Field Office. 

[FR Doc. E7–8159 Filed 4–27–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Draft Safe Harbor Agreement and 

Application for an Enhancement of 

Survival Permit for the Attwater’s 

Prairie Chicken, Northern Aplomado 

Falcon, Whooping Crane, and Black 

Lace Cactus for Activities on Private 

Lands in All or Portions of Aransas, 

Austin, Colorado, Galveston, Goliad, 

Refugio, and Victoria Counties, TX 

(Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative) 

AGENCY: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; receipt of 

application. 

SUMMARY: The Coastal Prairie Coalition, 

Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative 

(GLCI) (Applicant) has applied to the 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) 

for an enhancement of survival permit 

pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(A) of the 

Endangered Species Act (Act) of 1973, 

as amended. The requested permit, 

which is for a period of 99 years, 

includes a draft Safe Harbor Agreement 

(Agreement) for the endangered 

Attwater’s prairie chicken 

(Tympanuchus cupido attwateri), the 

endangered Northern aplomado falcon 

(Falco femoralis septentrionalis), the 

endangered Whooping crane (Grus 

Americana), and the endangered black 

lace cactus (Echinocereus reichenbachii 

var. albertii) in all or portions of 

Aransas, Austin, Colorado, Galveston, 

Goliad, Refugio, and Victoria counties, 

Texas. We invite public comment. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, written 

comments must be received on or before 

May 30, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Persons wishing to review 

the application may obtain a copy by 

writing to the Regional Director, U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service, P.O. Box 

1306, Room 4102, Albuquerque, New 

Mexico 87103. Persons wishing to 

review the draft Agreement or other 

related documents may obtain a copy by 

written or telephone request to the Field 

Supervisor, Corpus Christi Ecological 

Services Field Office, c/o Texas A&M 

University at Corpus Christi, 6300 

Ocean Drive, Unit 5837, Corpus Christi, 

Texas 78412–5837, (361) 994–9005. The 

documents will also be available for 

public inspection, by appointment only, 

during normal business hours (8 a.m. to 

4:30 p.m.) at the Service’s Corpus 

Christi office. Comments concerning the 

draft Agreement or other related 

documents should be submitted in 

writing to the Field Supervisor at the 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Corpus 

Christi Ecological Services Field Office, 

c/o Texas A&M University at Corpus 

Christi, 6300 Ocean Drive, Unit 5837, 

Corpus Christi, Texas 78412–5837. 

Please refer to permit number TE–

151746–0 when submitting comments. 

All comments received, including 

names and addresses, will become a 

part of the official administrative record 

and may be made available to the 

public. 

Public Availability of Comments 

Before including your address, phone 

number, e-mail 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mary Orms at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, Corpus Christi Ecological 

Services Field Office, c/o Texas A&M 

University at Corpus Christi, 6300 

Ocean Drive, Unit 5837, Corpus Christi, 

Texas 78412–5837 (361–994–9005; Fax 

361–994–8262, or Mary_Orms@fws.gov) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Applicant has applied to the Service for 

a section 10(a)(1)(A) enhancement of 

survival permit for the endangered 

Attwater’s prairie chicken, the 

endangered Northern aplomado falcon, 

the endangered Whooping crane, and 

the endangered black lace cactus in all 

or portions of Aransas, Austin, 

Colorado, Galveston, Goliad, Refugio, 

and Victoria counties, Texas for a period 

of 99 years. 

Background 

The Applicant plans to implement 

conservation measures designed to 

promote the recovery of covered species 

on enrolled private lands located in the 

counties listed above. The conservation 

measures will improve and maintain 

healthy productive grasslands, reduce 

brush canopy, modify plant 

composition, promote growth of or 

enhance the detection and/or 

palatability of desired foods, increase 

prey base, facilitate the accumulation of 

fine fuels for prescription burning, 

provide additional habitat, provide 

upland freshwater supplies, and aid in 

dispersal of covered species among 

various protected habitats, providing a 

measure of insurance against losses due 

to demographic or genetic factors and 

catastrophic events. The Agreement is 

expected to provide a net conservation 

benefit for the Attwater’s prairie 

chicken, Northern aplomado falcon, 

Whooping crane, and black lace cactus. 

Due to the programmatic nature of this 

Agreement, baseline conditions will be 

determined at the time of enrollment. 

Baseline conditions for most properties 

enrolled under the Agreement are 

anticipated to be zero. Where 

participating properties are determined 

to have an environmental baseline 

greater than zero, these areas shall be 

described in the Certificate of Inclusion 

(CI) and Prairie Management 

Agreement, with detailed descriptions 

and/or maps showing the locations of 

existing habitat or populations attached 

to the CI and Prairie Management 

Agreement. 

The Agreement will provide certainty 

to the Applicant relative to future 

property-use restrictions in the event 

that any of the covered species should 

be taken on their land as a result of 

implementation of the proposed 

conservation measures. 

Under a Safe Harbor Agreement, 

participating property owners 

voluntarily undertake management 

activities on their property to enhance, 

restore, or maintain habitat benefiting 

species listed under the Act. Safe 

Harbor Agreements encourage private 

and other non-Federal property owners 

to implement conservation efforts for 

listed species by assuring property 

owners they will not be subject to 

increased property use restrictions if 


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