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Service, MS: PRB/3W, 5275 Leesburg 

Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041–3803. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Alfredo Begazo, by U.S. mail (see 

ADDRESSES), by telephone at 772–469– 

4234, or via email at afredo_begazo@

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 

Vistas at Davenport, LLC (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 

the federally listed sand skink (Neoseps 

reynoldsi) and blue-tailed mole-skink 

(Eumeces egregius lividus) (skinks) 

incidental to the construction and 

operation of a residential development 

in Polk 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 15-year ITP 

to take skinks via the conversion of 

approximately 6.71 acres (ac) of 

occupied nesting, foraging, and 

sheltering skink habitat incidental to the 

construction and operation of a 

residential development on a 56.5-ac 

parcel in Sections 23 and 24, Township 

26 South, Range 27 East in Polk County, 

Florida. The applicant proposes to 

mitigate for take of the skinks by 

purchasing credits equivalent to 13.42 

ac of skink-occupied habitat from a 

Service-approved conservation bank. 

The Service would require the applicant 

to purchase the credits prior to engaging 

in any construction phase of the project. 

Our Preliminary Determination 

The Service has made a preliminary 

determination that the applicant’s 

project, including the construction of 

multiple single-family residences, 

driveways, parking spaces, green areas, 

stormwater pond, and associated 

infrastructure (e.g., electric, water, and 

sewer lines), would individually and 

cumulatively have a minor or negligible 

effect on the 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 skinks 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 negligible 

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 

PER5062905 to Vistas at Davenport, 

LLC. 

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. 

[FR Doc. 2023–25949 Filed 11–22–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Geological Survey 

[GX24EB00A181100; OMB Control Number 

1028–0101] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; The William T. Pecora 

Award Application and Nomination 

Process 

AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey, 

Department of the Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), the U.S. Geological Survey 

(USGS) is seeking to extend an 

information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before January 

23, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Send your comments on 

this information collection request (ICR) 

by mail to USGS, Information 

Collections Clearance Officer, 12201 

Sunrise Valley Drive, MS 159, Reston, 

VA 20192; or by email to gs-info_

collections@usgs.gov. Please reference 

OMB Control Number 1028–0101 The 

William T. Pecora Award Application 

and Nomination Process in the subject 

line of your comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this ICR, contact Sarah Cook by email at 

scook@usgs.gov or by telephone at 703– 

648–6136. 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: In 

accordance with the PRA (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.) and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), all 

information collections require approval 

under the PRA. We may not conduct or 

sponsor, nor are you required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. 


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82396 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 225 / Friday, November 24, 2023 / Notices 

As part of our continuing effort to 

reduce paperwork and respondent 

burdens, we invite the public and other 

Federal agencies to comment on new, 

proposed, revised, and continuing 

collections of information. This helps us 

assess the impact of our information 

collection requirements and minimize 

the public’s reporting burden. It also 

helps the public understand our 

information collection requirements and 

provide the requested data in the 

desired format. 

We are especially interested in public 

comment addressing the following: 

(1) Whether or not the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether or not the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the 

burden for this collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(3) Ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and 

(4) How the agency might minimize 

the burden of the collection of 

information on those who are to 

respond, including through the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of response. 

Comments that you submit in 

response to this notice are a matter of 

public record. Before including your 

address, phone number, email address, 

or other personally identifiable 

information (PII) in your comment, you 

should be aware that your entire 

comment—including your PII—may be 

made publicly available at any time. 

While you can ask us in your comment 

to withhold your PII from public review, 

we cannot guarantee that we will be 

able to do so. 

Abstract: The William T. Pecora 

Awards are presented annually to 

individuals or teams using satellite or 

aerial remote sensing who make 

outstanding contributions toward 

understanding the Earth (land, oceans, 

and air), educating the next generation 

of scientists, informing decisionmakers, 

or supporting natural or human-induced 

disaster response. The award is 

sponsored jointly by the Department of 

the Interior (DOI) and the National 

Aeronautics and Space Administration 

(NASA). The award was established in 

1974 to honor the memory of Dr. 

William T. Pecora, former Director of 

the U.S. Geological Survey and Under 

Secretary, Department of the Interior. 

Dr. Pecora was a motivating force 

behind the establishment of a program 

for civil remote sensing of the Earth 

from space. His early vision and support 

helped establish what we know today as 

the Landsat satellite mission. The 

purpose of the award is to recognize 

individuals or groups working in the 

field of remote sensing of the Earth. 

National and international nominations 

are accepted from public and private 

sector individuals, teams, organizations, 

and professional societies. 

The nomination packages include 

three sections: a cover sheet, a summary 

statement, and supplemental materials. 

The cover sheet includes professional 

contact information. The summary 

statement is limited to two pages and 

describes the nominee’s achievements 

in the scientific and technical remote 

sensing community, contributions 

leading to successful practical 

applications of remote sensing, and/or 

major breakthroughs in remote sensing 

science or technology. The 

supplemental materials section is 

limited to 12 pages (resume, 

publications list, letters of endorsement, 

etc.) which highlights the specific 

individual or group’s achievements 

which should be peer-reviewed and 

documented in industry-recognized and 

scientifically credible publications. 

Title of Collection: The William T. 

Pecora Award Application and 

Nomination Process. 

OMB Control Number: 1028–0101. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Extension of an 

existing collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals, businesses and other 

academic and non-profit institutions; 

State, local and Tribal governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 10–15. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 10–15. 

Estimated Completion Time per 

Response: 6 hours. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 90 hours. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Frequency of Collection: Annually. 

Total Estimated Annual Nonhour 

Burden Cost: None. 

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 OMB 

control number. 

The authority for this action is the 

PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

Timothy Newman, 

Program Coordinator, National Land Imaging 

Program, USGS. 

[FR Doc. 2023–25944 Filed 11–22–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4338–11–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Geological Survey 

[GX23BA000AD0100; OMB Control Number 

1028–0103] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; USA National 

Phenology Network—The Nature’s 

Notebook Plant and Animal Observing 

Program 

AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey, 

Department of the Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), the U.S. Geological Survey 

(USGS) is proposing to extend an 

information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before 

December 26, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments on 

this information collection request (ICR) 

to the Office of Management and 

Budget’s Desk Officer for the 

Department of the Interior by email at 

OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov; or via 

facsimile to (202) 395–5806. Please 

provide a copy of your comments to the 

USGS, Information Collections 

Clearance Officer, 12201 Sunrise Valley 

Drive MS 159, Reston, VA 20192; or by 

email to gs-info_collections@usgs.gov. 

Please reference OMB Control Number 

1028–0103 Nature’s Notebook in the 

subject line of your comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this ICR, contact Melanie J. Steinkamp 

by email at msteinkamp@usgs.gov or by 

telephone at 703–261–3128.You may 

also view the ICR at http://

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the PRA, (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.) and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), all 

information collections require 

approval. We may not conduct or 

sponsor, nor are you required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. 

A Federal Register notice with a 60- 

day public comment period soliciting 

comments on this collection of 

information was published on August 4, 

2023 (88 FR 51851). No comments were 

received. 

As part of our continuing effort to 

reduce paperwork and respondent 

burdens, we invite the public and other 

federal agencies to comment on new, 


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