Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 124 / Wednesday, June 27, 2018 / Notices 30191 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R4–ES–2018–N046; 

FXES11130400000EA–123–FF04EF1000] 

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 

and Plants; Availability of Proposed 

Low-Effect Habitat Conservation Plan 

for the Sand Skink, Lake, County, FL 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for comment/information. 

SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife 

Service (Service), have received an 

application for an incidental take permit 

(ITP) under the Endangered Species Act 

of 1973, as amended. The City of 

Groveland is requesting a 10-year ITP 

for take of the sand skink. We request 

public comment on the permit 

application, which includes the 

proposed habitat conservation plan, as 

well as on our preliminary 

determination that the plan qualifies as 

low-effect under the National 

Environmental Policy Act. To make this 

determination, we used our 

environmental action statement and 

low-effect screening form, which are 

also available for review. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, please 

send your written comments by July 27, 

2018. 

ADDRESSES: If you wish to review the 

application, including the HCP, as well 

as our environmental action statement 

or low-effect screening form, you may 

request the documents by email, U.S. 

mail, or phone. These documents are 

also available for public inspection by 

appointment during normal business 

hours at the office below. Send your 

comments or requests by any one of the 

following methods. 

Email: northflorida@fws.gov. Use 

‘‘Attn: TE69161C–0.’’ 

Fax: Field Supervisor, (904) 731– 

3191, ‘‘Attn: TE69161C–0.’’ 

U.S. mail: Field Supervisor, 

Jacksonville Ecological Services Field 

Office, Attn: TE69161C–0, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, 7915 Baymeadows 

Way, Suite 200, Jacksonville, FL 32256. 

In-person drop-off: You may drop off 

information during regular business 

hours at the above office address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin 

M. Gawera, telephone: (904) 731–3121; 

email: erin_gawera@fws.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Section 9 of the Endangered Species 

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

our implementing regulations in the 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at 50 

CFR part 17 prohibit the ‘‘take’’ of fish 

and wildlife species listed as 

endangered or threatened. Take of listed 

fish or wildlife is defined under the ESA 

as ‘‘to harass, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, 

wound, kill, trap, capture, or collect, or 

to attempt to engage in any such 

conduct’’ (16 U.S.C. 1532(19)). 

However, under limited circumstances, 

we issue permits to authorize incidental 

take, i.e., take that is incidental to, and 

not the purpose of, the carrying out of 

an otherwise lawful activity. 

Regulations governing incidental take 

permits for endangered and threatened 

species are at 50 CFR 17.22 and 17.32, 

respectively. In addition to meeting 

other criteria, an incidental take 

permit’s proposed actions must not 

jeopardize the existence of federally 

listed fish, wildlife, or plants. 

Applicant’s Proposal 

The City of Groveland is requesting a 

10-year ITP to take approximately 1.57 

acres (ac) of occupied sand skink 

(Neoseps reynoldsi) foraging and 

sheltering habitat incidental to 

construction of a fire station. The 5.0-ac 

project site is parcel Number 19–22–25– 

000100005200, located within Section 

19, Township 22 South, Range 25 East 

in Lake County, Florida. The project 

includes the clearing, infrastructure 

building, and landscaping associated 

with construction. The applicant 

proposes to mitigate for the take of the 

threatened sand skink by purchasing 

3.14 mitigation credits within Backbone 

Conservation Bank or another Serviceapproved sand skink conservation bank. 

Our Preliminary Determination 

We have determined that the 

applicant’s proposal, including the 

proposed mitigation and minimization 

measures, would have minor or 

negligible effects on the species covered 

in the HCP. Therefore, we have 

determined that the incidental take 

permit for this project would be ‘‘low 

effect’’ and qualify for categorical 

exclusion under the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), as 

provided by 43 CFR 46.205 and 43 CFR 

46.210. A low-effect HCP is one 

involving (1) minor or negligible effects 

on federally listed or candidate species 

and their habitats, and (2) minor or 

negligible effects on other 

environmental values or resources. 

Next Steps 

We will evaluate the HCP and 

comments we receive to determine 

whether the ITP application meets the 

requirements of section 10(a) of the 

ESA. We will also conduct an intraService consultation to evaluate 

whether issuance of the ITP would 

comply with section 7 of the ESA. We 

will use the results of this consultation, 

in combination with the above findings, 

in our final analysis to determine 

whether or not to issue the ITP. If the 

requirements are met, we will issue ITP 

number TE69161C–0 to the applicant. 

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 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 

We provide this notice under section 

10 of the ESA and NEPA regulation 40 

CFR 1506.6. 

Jay B. Herrington, 

Field Supervisor, Jacksonville Field Office, 

Southeast Region. 

[FR Doc. 2018–13799 Filed 6–26–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 43133–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[18X.LLID957000

.L14400000.BJ0000.241A.X.4500121930] 

Filing of Plats of Survey: Idaho 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The plats of survey of the 

following described lands are scheduled 

to be officially filed in the Bureau of 

Land Management, Idaho State Office, 

Boise, Idaho, in 30 days from the date 

of this publication. 

Boise Meridian, Idaho 

T. 3 N., R. 18 E., Sections 10, 15 and 22, 

accepted May 24, 2018 

T. 8 N., R. 5 W., Section 12, accepted May 

24, 2018 

ADDRESSES: A copy of the plats may be 

obtained from the Public Room at the 

Bureau of Land Management, Idaho 

State Office, 1387 S. Vinnell Way, Boise, 

Idaho 83709, upon required payment. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Timothy A. Quincy, 208–373–3981 

Branch of Cadastral Survey, Bureau of 

Land Management, 1387 South Vinnell 


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Way, Boise, Idaho 83709–1657. Persons 

who use a telecommunications device 

for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 

Relay Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339 

to contact the above individual during 

normal business hours. The FRS is 

available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 

to leave a message or question with Mr. 

Quincy. You will receive a reply during 

normal business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A person 

or party who wishes to protest one or 

more plats of survey identified above 

must file a written notice with the Chief 

Cadastral Surveyor for Idaho, Bureau of 

Land Management. The protest must 

identify the plat(s) of survey that the 

person or party wishes to protest and 

contain all reasons and evidence in 

support of the protest. The protest must 

be filed before the scheduled date of 

official filing for the plat(s) of survey 

being protested. Any protest filed after 

the scheduled date of official filing will 

be untimely and will not be considered. 

A protest is considered filed on the date 

it is received by the Chief Cadastral 

Surveyor for Idaho during regular 

business hours; if received after regular 

business hours, a protest will be 

considered filed the next business day. 

If a protest against a plat of survey is 

received prior to the scheduled date of 

official filing, the official filing of the 

plat of survey identified in the protest 

will be stayed pending consideration of 

the protest. A plat of survey will not be 

officially filed until the next business 

day following dismissal or resolution of 

all protests of the plat. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email address, or other 

personal identifying information in a 

protest, you should be aware that the 

documents you submit, including your 

personal identifying information, may 

be made publicly available in their 

entirety at any time. While you can ask 

us to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Timothy A. Quincy, 

Chief Cadastral Surveyor for Idaho. 

[FR Doc. 2018–13796 Filed 6–26–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–AK–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLCA942000 L57000000.BX0000 17X 

L5017AR; MO#4500122014] 

Filing of Plats of Survey: California 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of official filing. 

SUMMARY: The plats of survey of lands 

described in this notice are scheduled to 

be officially filed in the Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM), California State 

Office, Sacramento, California 30 

calendar days from the date of this 

publication. The surveys, which were 

executed at the request of U.S. Forest 

Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Bureau of Reclamation, Department of 

Defense, Bureau of Indian Affairs and 

Bureau of Land Management, are 

necessary for the management of these 

lands. 

DATES: Unless there are protests to this 

action, the plats described in this notice 

will be filed on July 27, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit written 

protests to the BLM California State 

Office, Cadastral Survey, 2800 Cottage 

Way W–1623, Sacramento, CA 95825. A 

copy of the plats may be obtained from 

the BLM, California State Office, 2800 

Cottage Way W–1623, Sacramento, 

California 95825, upon required 

payment. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jon 

Kehler, Chief, Branch of Cadastral 

Survey, Bureau of Land Management, 

California State Office, 2800 Cottage 

Way W–1623, Sacramento, California 

95825; 1–916–978–4323; jkehler@

blm.gov. Persons who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) 

at 1–800–877–8339 to contact the above 

individual during normal business 

hours. The Service is available 24 hours 

a day, 7 days a week, to leave a message 

or question with the above individual. 

You will receive a reply during normal 

business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The lands 

surveyed are: 

Mount Diablo Meridian, California 

T. 34 N, R. 9 W, dependent resurvey and 

subdivision of section 31, accepted 

August 2, 2017. 

T. 25 S, R. 22 E, dependent resurvey, 

accepted August 7, 2017. 

T. 26 N, R. 9 E, dependent resurvey, accepted 

August 15, 2017. 

T. 33 N, R. 10 W, dependent resurvey and 

metes-and-bounds survey, accepted 

August 23, 2017. 

T. 2 N, R. 26 E, metes-and-bounds survey, 

accepted August 30, 2017. 

T. 2 N, R. 17 E, corrective dependent 

resurvey, dependent resurvey and 

subdivision, accepted August 30, 2017. 

T. 8 S, R. 9 E, dependent resurvey, 

subdivision of section 13 and metes-andbounds survey, accepted September 6, 

2017. 

T. 2 S, R. 26 E, dependent resurvey and 

subdivision of sections, accepted 

September 25, 2017. 

T. 23 N, R. 13 E, dependent resurvey and 

subdivision of sections, accepted 

September 27, 2017. 

T. 12 S, R. 22 E, dependent resurvey, 

subdivision of sections and metes-andbounds survey, accepted December 5, 

2017. 

T. 28 S, R. 42 E, dependent resurvey, survey 

and metes-and-bounds survey, accepted 

January 19, 2018. 

T. 29 S, R. 42 E, dependent resurvey and 

metes-and-bounds survey, accepted 

January 19, 2018. 

T. 29 S, R. 43 E, dependent resurvey, 

accepted January 19, 2018. 

T. 19 S, R. 29 E, dependent resurvey and 

subdivision of section 9, accepted 

February 21, 2018. 

T. 30 S, R. 44 E, dependent resurvey, survey 

and metes-and-bounds survey, accepted 

February 26, 2018. 

T. 42 N, R. 16 E, dependent resurvey, 

subdivision and metes-and-bounds 

survey, accepted March 12, 2018. 

T. 30 S, R. 42 E, dependent resurvey, 

subdivision and metes-and-bounds 

survey, accepted April 30, 2018. 

T. 30 S, R. 43 E, dependent resurvey and 

metes-and-bounds survey, accepted 

April 30, 2018. 

T. 31 S, R. 43 E, dependent resurvey and 

subdivision, accepted April 30, 2018. 

T. 19 N, R. 1 W, dependent resurvey, metesand-bounds survey, meander survey and 

informative traverse, accepted May 14, 

2018. 

T. 8 S, R. 33 E, dependent resurvey and 

subdivision, accepted May 17, 2018. 

San Bernardino Meridian, California 

T. 5 N, R. 3 E, metes-and-bounds survey, 

accepted December 22, 2017. 

T. 5 N, R. 5 E, dependent resurvey and metesand-bounds survey, accepted December 

22, 2017. 

T. 3 S, R. 23 E, supplemental plat of the SE 1⁄4 of section 35, accepted April 19, 2018. 

T. 4 S, R. 23 E, supplemental plat of section 

2, accepted April 19, 2018. 

T. 4 S, R. 23 E, supplemental plat of section 

11, accepted April 19, 2018. 

A person or party who wishes to 

protest one or more plats of survey must 

file a written notice of protest within 30 

calendar days from the date of this 

publication at the address listed in the 

ADDRESSES section of this notice. Any 

notice of protest received after the due 

date will be untimely and will not be 

considered. A written statement of 

reasons in support of a protest, if not 

filed with the notice of protest, must be 

filed within 30 calendar days after the 

notice of protest is filed. If a protest 

against the survey is received prior to 

the date of official filing, the filing will 

be stayed pending consideration of the 

protest. A plat will not be officially filed 

until the day after all protests have been 

dismissed or otherwise resolved. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 


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