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grantees to implement the HOTMA final 

rule, CPD grantees may not be able to 

comply with the requirements of the 

HOTMA final rule. Even after the 

necessary guidance and system updates 

are made, CPD grantees will still need 

additional time to incorporate this 

information into their program policies 

and procedures and update their 

systems and software. In recognition of 

these operational issues and challenges, 

HUD will allow CPD grantees to set 

their own compliance date for the 

applicable HOTMA final rule 

provisions. This compliance date may 

be as early as January 1, 2024, and no 

later than January 1, 2025. CPD grantees 

may continue to implement the 

requirements of the prior version of 

their program regulations and 

regulations in 24 CFR 5.603, 24 CFR 

5.609, 24 CFR 5.611, and 24 CFR 5.617, 

as applicable, until the CPD grantee’s 

compliance date. 

III. Instructions for CPD Programs 

HUD provides the below instructions 

and guidance for CPD programs. Before 

implementing the HOTMA final rule, 

CPD grantees must comply with all 

applicable HOTMA requirements to 

establish policies and procedures, 

including establishing hardship policies 

for programs implementing the hardship 

provisions contained in 24 CFR 

5.611(c)–(e), policies prescribing when 

and under what conditions a family 

must report a change in family income 

or composition in accordance with 24 

CFR 574.310(e)(4)(iv), and/or policies 

describing income verification when 

using the safe harbor provisions in 24 

CFR 5.609(c). In addition, CPD grantees 

must perform the following, as 

applicable, to implement the HOTMA 

final rule: 

• Conduct any public process 

necessary to comply with the 

consolidated plan requirements. 

• Update program guidelines, policies 

and procedures, templates, income and 

asset forms, and applications. 

• Conduct internal and external 

system and software updates. 

• Update income and asset regulatory 

citations and requirements in written 

agreement templates. 

• Require owners to send notices to 

tenants of any expected changes to 

leases or rents required by the HOTMA 

final rule. 

• Train staff, subrecipients, and 

contractors on the new income 

requirements and perform outreach to 

housing partners (e.g., project owners) 

to implement the HOTMA final rule. 

To assist CPD grantees in 

implementing these requirements, HUD 

intends to issue supplemental guidance 

to HOME participating jurisdictions and 

HTF grantees, including guidance on 

obtaining income eligibility 

determinations made by PHAs, owners, 

and providers of HUD rental assistance 

or subsidy programs. HUD also intends 

to publish, through a Federal Register 

notice, guidance on implementing 

HOTMA standards applicable to the 

HOPWA program. 

IV. Conclusion 

Accordingly, HUD revises the January 

1, 2024 compliance date for the changes 

made to 24 CFR parts 5, 92, 93, 570, and 

574 for the CPD programs described in 

this notice to January 1, 2025, at which 

time CPD grantees subject to these parts 

must comply with the HOTMA final 

rule. Until January 1, 2025, CPD 

grantees subject to these parts may 

instead choose to comply with these 

parts as they existed prior to January 1, 

2024. 

Marion McFadden, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Community Planning and Development. 

[FR Doc. 2023–27026 Filed 12–7–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R4–ES–2023–0198; FWS–R4–ES– 

2023–0194; and FWS–R4–ES–2023–0193; 

FXGO16621010010–245–FF10G13300] 

Three Incidental Permit Applications 

and Proposed Habitat Conservation 

Plans; Lake, Volusia, and Orange 

Counties, FL; Reopening of Comment 

Periods 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; reopening 

of public comment periods. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, are reopening the 

comment periods on notices 

announcing three incidental take permit 

applications, three proposed habitat 

conservation plans, and related 

documents. We are taking this action 

because of a disruption in the public’s 

access to regulations.gov as a means of 

viewing documents and submitting 

comments when the three notices were 

initially published. We invite comments 

from the public and local, State, Tribal, 

and Federal agencies. If you already 

submitted a comment, you do not need 

to resubmit it. 

DATES: The comment periods on the 

three notices, all of which published 

October 23, 2023 (88 FR 72774, 88 FR 

72775, and 88 FR 72776), are reopened. 

We will accept comments received or 

postmarked on or before January 8, 

2024. 

ADDRESSES: 

Obtaining Documents: You may 

obtain copies of documents for review, 

and view received public comments, at 

http://www.regulations.gov. Please see 

the table in SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

to ensure that you are look in the 

desired docket. 

Submitting Comments: Please make 

sure you are commenting on the desired 

docket. See the table in SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION for docket information. 

You may submit written comments by 

one of the following methods: 

• Online: https://

www.regulations.gov. Search for and 

submit comments on the desired docket. 

• U.S. mail: Public Comments 

Processing, Attn: [insert correct docket 

number]; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

5275 Leesburg Pike, MS: PRB/3W, Falls 

Church, VA 22041–3803. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin 

Gawera, by telephone at 904–404–2464 

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 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), 

are reopening the comment periods on 

notices announcing three incidental 

take permit applications, three proposed 

habitat conservation plans, and related 

documents. We are taking this action 

because of a disruption in the public’s 

access to regulations.gov when the three 

notices were initially published. If you 

previously submitted a comment, you 

need not resubmit it. The three notices 

for which we are reopening the 

comment periods are in the table below. 


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Notice subject Federal Register citation Docket No. 

Receipt of Incidental Take Permit Application and Proposed Habitat Conservation 

Plan for the Florida Scrub-Jay and Sand Skink; Lake County, FL; Categorical 

Exclusion Applicants: Founders Ridge Development, LLC and Founders Ridge 

Development II, LLC.

88 FR 72774; October 23, 

2023.

FWS–R4–ES–2023–0198 

Receipt of Incidental Take Permit Application and Proposed Habitat Conservation 

Plan for the Florida Scrub-Jay; Volusia County, FL; Categorical Exclusion Applicant: Hector Aponte.

88 FR 72775; October 23, 

2023.

FWS–R4–ES–2023–0194 

Receipt of Incidental Take Permit Application and Proposed Habitat Conservation 

Plan for the Sand Skink; Orange County, FL; Categorical Exclusion Applicant: 

Orange County Parks and Recreation Division.

88 FR 72776; October 23, 

2023.

FWS–R4–ES–2023–0193 

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, U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service. 

[FR Doc. 2023–26977 Filed 12–7–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4333–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R1–ES–2023–N097; 

FXES11130100000–234–FF01E00000] 

Endangered Species; Receipt of 

Recovery Permit Applications 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit 

applications; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, have received 

applications for permits to conduct 

activities intended to enhance the 

propagation and survival of endangered 

species under the Endangered Species 

Act. We invite the public and local, 

State, Tribal, and Federal agencies to 

comment on these applications. Before 

issuing the requested permits, we will 

take into consideration any information 

that we receive during the public 

comment period. 

DATES: We must receive your written 

comments on or before January 8, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: 

Document availability and comment 

submission: Submit a request for a copy 

of the application and related 

documents and submit any comments 

by one of the following methods. All 

requests and comments should specify 

the applicant name and application 

number (e.g., Dana Ross, ES001705): 

• Email: permitsR1ES@fws.gov. 

• U.S. Mail: Marilet Zablan, Regional 

Program Manager, Restoration and 

Endangered Species Classification, 

Ecological Services, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, Pacific Regional 

Office, 911 NE 11th Avenue, Portland, 

OR 97232–4181. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karen Colson, Regional Recovery Permit 

Coordinator, Ecological Services, (503) 

231–6283 (telephone); permitsR1ES@

fws.gov (email). 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 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite 

the public to comment on applications 

for permits under section 10(a)(1)(A) of 

the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

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

The requested permits would allow the 

applicants to conduct activities 

intended to promote recovery of species 

that are listed as endangered under the 

ESA. 

Background 

With some exceptions, the ESA 

prohibits activities that constitute take 

of listed species unless a Federal permit 

is issued that allows such activity. The 

ESA’s definition of ‘‘take’’ includes such 

activities as pursuing, harassing, 

trapping, capturing, or collecting, in 

addition to hunting, shooting, harming, 

wounding, or killing. 

A recovery permit issued by us under 

section 10(a)(1)(A) of the ESA 

authorizes the permittee to conduct 

activities with endangered or threatened 

species for scientific purposes that 

promote recovery or for enhancement of 

propagation or survival of the species. 

These activities often include such 

prohibited actions as capture and 

collection. Our regulations 

implementing section 10(a)(1)(A) for 

these permits are found in the Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR 

17.22 for endangered wildlife species, 

50 CFR 17.32 for threatened wildlife 

species, 50 CFR 17.62 for endangered 

plant species, and 50 CFR 17.72 for 

threatened plant species. 

Permit Applications Available for 

Review and Comment 

Proposed activities in the following 

permit requests are for the recovery and 

enhancement of propagation or survival 

of the species in the wild. The ESA 

requires that we invite public comment 

before issuing these permits. 

Accordingly, we invite local, State, 

Tribal, and Federal agencies and the 

public to submit written data, views, or 

arguments with respect to these 

applications. The comments and 

recommendations that will be most 

useful and likely to influence agency 

decisions are those supported by 

quantitative information or studies. 

Application No. Applicant, city, state Species Location Take activity Permit action 

PER0008917–2 ..... Institute for Applied Ecology, Corvallis, OR.Taylor’s checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas editha 

taylori).

Oregon ................. Harm and harass by pursuit, capture, 

handle, identify, release; capture gravid adult females in the wild and transport to a captive propagation facility; 

transport larvae and pupae from a 

captive propagation facility to the wild; 

and salvage.

Amend. 


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