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INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 

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2023–0872. Comments received will be 

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eRulemaking System of Records notice 

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Pamela Moore, Alternate Designated 

Federal Officer of the National Merchant 

Marine Personnel Advisory Committee, 

telephone 202–372–1361 or email 

pamela.j.moore@uscg.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of 

this meeting is in compliance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. 

L. 117–286, 5 U.S.C., ch. 10). The 

Committee is authorized by section 601 

of the Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard 

Authorization Act of 2018 (Pub. L. 115– 

282, 132 Stat. 4192), and is codified in 

46 U.S.C. 15103. The Committee 

operates under the provisions of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act and 46 

U.S.C. 15109. The Committee advises 

the Secretary of Homeland Security 

through the Commandant, U.S. Coast 

Guard on matters relating to personnel 

in the United States Merchant Marine 

including the training, qualifications, 

certification, documentation, and fitness 

of mariners. 

Agenda 

The National Merchant Marine 

Personnel Advisory Committee will 

meet on Tuesday, December 12, 2023. 

The agenda for the December 12, 

2023, meeting is as follows: 

(1) Introduction. 

(2) Designated Federal Officer Remarks. 

(3) Roll call of Committee members. 

(4) Adoption of the Agenda. 

(5) Acceptance of Minutes from 

Committee Meeting 5. 

(6) U.S. Coast Guard Presentations: 

(a) 2023 Report on Recommendations 

to the U.S. Coast Guard from the 

National Merchant Marine 

Personnel Advisory Committee; 

(b) Presentation of New Merchant 

Mariner Credential. 

(7) Public comment period. 

(8) Closing remarks. 

(9) Adjournment of meeting. 

A copy of all meeting documentation 

will be available at https://

homeport.uscg.mil/missions/federaladvisory-committees/nationalmerchant-marine-personnel-advisorycommittee-(nmerpac) no later than 

December 5, 2023. Alternatively, you 

may contact the individual noted in the 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION section above. 

During the December 12, 2023 

meeting, a public comment period will 

be held immediately after the U.S. Coast 

Guard Presentations, at approximately 

12:30 p.m. EST. Public comments will 

be limited to 3 minutes per speaker and 

limited to one comment per person. 

Please note that the public comments 

period will end following the last call 

for comments. 

Please contact the individual listed in 

the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section to register as a speaker. 

Dated: November 9, 2023. 

Jeffrey G. Lantz, 

Director of Commercial Regulations and 

Standards. 

[FR Doc. 2023–25912 Filed 11–22–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–04–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[Docket No. FWS–R4–ES–2023–0208; 

FXES11140400000–245–FF04EF4000] 

Receipt of Incidental Take Permit 

Application and Proposed Habitat 

Conservation Plan for the Sand Skink; 

Orange 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 the Orange County 

Public Library System (Horizon West 

Library; 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 and operation of a 

public library and related activities in 

Orange 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 26, 

2023. 

ADDRESSES: 

Obtaining Documents: The documents 

this notice announces, as well as any 

comments and other materials that we 

receive, will be available for public 

inspection online in Docket No. FWS– 

R4–ES–2023–0208 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–2023–0208. 

• U.S. Mail: Public Comments 

Processing, Attn: Docket No. FWS–R4– 

ES–2023–0208; 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 

the Orange County Public Library 

System (Horizon West Library; 

applicant) for an incidental take permit 


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(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) (skink) 

incidental to the construction and 

operation of a public library, including 

a shared use area consisting of parking 

infrastructure, a YMCA facility, and 

ancillary improvements, and the 

associated clearing, infrastructure, and 

landscaping, in Orange 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 8.69 acres (ac) of 

occupied nesting, foraging, and 

sheltering skink habitat incidental to the 

construction and operation of a public 

library, including a shared use area 

consisting of parking infrastructure, a 

YMCA facility, and ancillary 

improvements, and the associated 

clearing, infrastructure, and landscaping 

on 12.45 ac on Parcels 16–23–27–0000– 

00–021, 16–23–27–0000–00–009, and 

16–23–27–0000–00–031 in Section 16, 

Township 23 South, Range 27 East, 

Orange County, Florida. The applicant 

proposes to mitigate for take of the 

skinks by purchasing credits equivalent 

to 17.40 ac of skink-occupied habitat 

within the Lake Wales Conservation 

Bank or another 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 

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 or negligible effect on the sand 

skink 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 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 

PER3397936 to Orange County Public 

Library System (Horizon West Library). 

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. 2023–25943 Filed 11–22–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4333–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[Docket No. FWS–R4–ES–2023–0221; 

FXES1114040000–245–FF04EF4000] 

Receipt of Incidental Take Permit 

Application and Proposed Habitat 

Conservation Plan for the Sand Skink 

and Blue-Tailed Mole Skink; Polk 

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 Vistas at Davenport, 

LLC (applicant) for an incidental take 

permit (ITP) under the Endangered 

Species Act. The applicant requests the 

ITP to take the federally listed sand 

skink and blue-tailed mole skink 

incidental to the construction of a 

residential development in Polk 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 26, 

2023. 

ADDRESSES: Obtaining Documents: The 

documents this notice announces, as 

well as any comments and other 

materials that we receive, will be 

available for public inspection online in 

Docket No. FWS–R4–ES–2023–0221 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–2023–0221. 

• U.S. mail: Public Comments 

Processing, Attn: Docket No. FWS–R4– 

ES–2023–0221; U.S. Fish and Wildlife 


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