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collecting, validating and verifying 

information, processing and 

maintaining information, and disclosing 

and providing information; to train 

personnel and to be able to respond to 

a collection of information, to search 

data sources, to complete and review 

the collection of information; and to 

transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. 

All written comments will be 

available for public inspection by 

appointment with the Federal 

Consulting Group at the contact 

information given in the Addresses 

section. The comments, with names and 

addresses, will be available for public 

view during regular business hours. If 

you wish us to withhold your personal 

information, you must prominently state 

at the beginning of your comment what 

personal information you want us to 

withhold. We will honor your request to 

extent allowable by law. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid 

Office of Management and Budget 

control number. 

Ron Oberbillig, 

Chief Operating Officer, Federal Consulting 

Group. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4631 Filed 2–27–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–RK–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R4–ES–2012–N013; 

FXES11130400000EA–123–FF04EF1000] 

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 

and Plants; Receipt of Application for 

Modification of Incidental Take Permit; 

Availability of Proposed Low-Effect 

Habitat Conservation Plan; Mosaic 

Fertilizer, LLC, Manatee 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 from Mosaic Fertilizer, LLC 

(applicant), for modification to 

Incidental Take Permit #TE236128–0. 

Mosaic Fertilizer, LLC (applicant), 

requests a 41-year ITP under the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (Act) (ITP; # TE236128–1). We 

request public comment on the permit 

application and accompanying 

proposed habitat conservation plan 

(HCP), as well as on our preliminary 

determination that the plan qualifies as 

low-effect under the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). 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 March 

29, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: If you wish to review the 

application and HCP, you may request 

documents by email, U.S. mail, or 

phone (see below). 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: Permit number TE236128–1’’ as 

your message subject line. 

Fax: David L. Hankla, Field 

Supervisor, (904) 731–3045, Attn.: 

Permit number TE236128–1. 

U.S. mail: David L. Hankla, Field 

Supervisor, Jacksonville Ecological 

Services Field Office, Attn: Permit 

number TE236128–1, 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 Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 

et seq.) and our implementing Federal 

regulations in the Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR 17 prohibit 

the ‘‘take’’ of fish or wildlife species 

listed as endangered or threatened. Take 

of listed fish or wildlife is defined under 

the Act 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). 

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 threatened and endangered 

species are at 50 CFR 17.32 and 17.22, 

respectively. The Act’s take prohibitions 

do not apply to federally listed plants 

on private lands unless such take would 

violate State law. 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 applicant is requesting 

modification of the existing incidental 

take permit #TE236128–0 issued 

September 28, 2010, and made available 

via the Federal Register on January 28, 

2010 (75 FR 4581). The original permit 

is for the take of approximately 75 acres 

(ac) of Florida scrub-jay (Aphelocoma 

coerulescens)—occupied habitat 

incidental to land clearing and 

phosphate mining. The requested 

modifications to this permit are 

increasing the duration of the permit 

from 24 years to 41 years, changing the 

boundary of the conservation easement 

placed on the property used for 

mitigation, and including take of one 

additional species, the threatened 

eastern indigo snake (Drymarchon 

couperi). The applicant requests take of 

no more than 3 threatened eastern 

indigo snakes within each 5-year period 

throughout the 41-year-long duration of 

the permit. The 4,345-ac project is 

located on parcel #45400059, within 

Sections 13, 22–27, and 34, Township 

34 South, Range 22 East, Manatee 

County, Florida. The applicant’s HCP 

describes the mitigation and 

minimization measures the applicant 

proposes to address the effects of the 

project to the Florida scrub-jay and 

Eastern indigo snake. 

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 determined 

that the ITP is a low-effect project and 

qualifies for 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). 

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 Act 

(16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). If we determine 

that the application meets these 

requirements, we will issue ITP # 

TE236128–1. We will also evaluate 

whether issuance of the section 

10(a)(1)(B) ITP complies with section 7 

of the Act by conducting an intraService section 7 consultation. We will 


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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 the 

permit to the applicant. 

Public Comments 

If you wish to comment on the permit 

application, HCP, and associated 

documents, you may submit comments 

by any one of the methods in 

ADDRESSES. 

Public Availability of Comments 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email 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. 

Authority 

We provide this notice under Section 

10 of the Act and NEPA regulations (40 

CFR 1506.6). 

Dated: February 22, 2012. 

David L. Hankla, 

Field Supervisor, Jacksonville Field Office, 

Southeast Region. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4624 Filed 2–27–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLMT926000–L19100000–BJ0000– 

LRCS42800800] 

Notice of Filing of Plats of Survey; 

Montana 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of filing of plats of 

survey. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) will file the plat of 

survey of the lands described below in 

the BLM Montana State Office, Billings, 

Montana, on March 29, 2012. 

DATES: Protests of the survey must be 

filed before March 29, 2012 to be 

considered. 

ADDRESSES: Protests of the survey 

should be sent to the Branch of 

Cadastral Survey, Bureau of Land 

Management, 5001 Southgate Drive, 

Billings, Montana 59101–4669. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Blaise Lodermeier, Cadastral Surveyor, 

Branch of Cadastral Survey, Bureau of 

Land Management, 5001 Southgate 

Drive, Billings, Montana 59101–4669, 

telephone (406) 896–5128 or (406) 896– 

5009, bloderme@blm.gov. Persons who 

use a telecommunications device for the 

deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 

1–800–877–8339 to contact the above 

individual during normal business 

hours. The FIRS 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: This 

survey was executed at the request of 

the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 

Omaha District, and was necessary to 

determine federal interest lands. 

The lands we surveyed are: 

Principal Meridian, Montana 

T. 23 N., R. 43 E. 

The plat, in five sheets, representing the 

supplemental plat of sections 18, 19, and 30, 

showing the amended lottings created by the 

segregation of various parcels, Township 23 

North, Range 43 East, Principal Meridian, 

Montana, was accepted February 17, 2012. 

We will place a copy of the plat, in 

five sheets, and related field notes we 

described in the open files. They will be 

available to the public as a matter of 

information. If the BLM receives a 

protest against this survey, as shown on 

this plat, in five sheets, prior to the date 

of the official filing, we will stay the 

filing pending our consideration of the 

protest. We will not officially file this 

plat, in five sheets, until the day after 

we have accepted or dismissed all 

protests and they have become final, 

including decisions or appeals. 

Authority: 43 U.S.C. Chap. 3. 

Steve L. Toth, 

Acting Chief Cadastral Surveyor, Division of 

Resources. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4609 Filed 2–27–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–DN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLMT926000–L19100000–BJ0000– 

LRCME1R02060] 

Notice of Filing of Plats of Survey; 

Montana 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of filing of plats of 

survey. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) will file the plat of 

survey of the lands described below in 

the BLM Montana State Office, Billings, 

Montana, on March 29, 2012. 

DATES: Protests of the survey must be 

filed before March 29, 2012 to be 

considered. 

ADDRESSES: Protests of the survey 

should be sent to the Branch of 

Cadastral Survey, Bureau of Land 

Management, 5001 Southgate Drive, 

Billings, Montana 59101–4669. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Marvin Montoya, Cadastral Surveyor, 

Branch of Cadastral Survey, Bureau of 

Land Management, 5001 Southgate 

Drive, Billings, Montana 59101–4669, 

telephone (406) 896–5124 or (406) 896– 

5009, Marvin_Montoya@blm.gov. 

Persons who use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) may call the 

Federal Information Relay Service 

(FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 to contact the 

above individual during normal 

business hours. The FIRS 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: This 

survey was executed at the request of 

the Regional Director, Bureau of Indian 

Affairs, Rocky Mountain Region, 

Billings, Montana, and was necessary to 

determine boundaries of trust or tribal 

interest lands. 

The lands we surveyed are: 

Principal Meridian, Montana 

T. 4 S., R. 36 E. 

The plat, in one sheet, representing 

the dependent resurvey of a portion of 

the subdivisional lines, and the 

subdivision of sections 27 and 28, 

Township 4 South, Range 36 East, 

Principal Meridian, Montana, was 

accepted February 16, 2012. 

We will place a copy of the plat, in 

one sheet, and related field notes we 

described in the open files. They will be 

available to the public as a matter of 

information. If the BLM receives a 

protest against this survey, as shown on 

this plat, in one sheet, prior to the date 

of the official filing, we will stay the 

filing pending our consideration of the 

protest. We will not officially file this 

plat, in one sheet, until the day after we 

have accepted or dismissed all protests 

and they have become final, including 

decisions or appeals. 

Authority: 43 U.S.C. Chap. 3. 

Steve L. Toth, 

Acting Chief Cadastral Surveyor, Division of 

Resources. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4611 Filed 2–27–12; 8:45 am] 

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