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fair opportunity for the expression and 

consideration of various positions and 

for public participation. 

The MHCC is deemed an advisory 

committee not composed of Federal 

employees. 

Public Comment 

Citizens wishing to make comments 

on the business of the MHCC are 

encouraged to register by or before 

Monday, February 5, 2024, by 

contacting the Administering 

Organization (AO), Home Innovation 

Research Labs; Attention: Kevin 

Kauffman, 400 Prince Georges Blvd., 

Upper Marlboro, MD 20774, or email to 

mhcc@homeinnovation.com or call 1– 

888–602–4663. Written comments are 

encouraged. All written comments must 

be provided to mhcc@

homeinnovation.com no later than 

Monday, February 12, 2024. Advance 

registration for both meetings is strongly 

encouraged. 

Please note, written comments 

submitted will not be read during the 

meeting but will be provided to the 

MHCC members prior to the meeting. 

The MHCC will also provide an 

opportunity for oral public comments 

on specific matters before the MHCC at 

each meeting. The total amount of time 

for oral comments will be 30 minutes, 

in two 15-minute periods, with each 

commenter limited to two minutes to 

ensure pertinent Committee business is 

completed and all public comments can 

be expressed. The Committee will not 

respond to individual written or oral 

statements; however, it will take all 

public comments into account in its 

deliberations. The MHCC strives to 

accommodate citizen comments to the 

extent possible within the time 

constraints of the meeting agenda. 

Noting the complexity of the 

Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Energy 

Conservation Rule as it works to align 

energy conservation standards with its 

Manufactured Housing Construction 

and Safety Standards, HUD is 

scheduling two meetings of the MHCC 

to allow robust discussion, analysis, and 

consideration of the notice of proposed 

rulemaking, Energy Conservation 

Program: Energy Conservations 

Standards for Manufactured Housing; 

Enforcement published by DOE on 

December 23, 2024 at 88 FR 88844 (the 

‘‘DOE NPR’’). These meetings are 

scheduled for two days to provide 

sufficient time for thorough 

consideration. HUD, therefore, strongly 

encourages active participation by 

committee members, stakeholders, and 

other interested parties. 

Tentative Agenda for the February 2024 

Meetings 

Day 1, Thursday, February 15, 2024 

11:00–11:05 a.m. Call to Order—Chair, 

Vice Chair, and Teresa Payne, 

Designated Federal Officer (DFO) 

11:05–11:15 a.m. Welcome and 

Opening Remarks 

A. Roll Call—Kevin Kauffman, 

Administering Organization (AO) 

a. Introductions 

b. Manufactured Housing Consensus 

Committee (MHCC) Members 

c. U.S. Department of Housing and 

Urban Development (HUD) Staff 

B. Administrative Announcements— 

Teresa Payne, DFO, and Kevin 

Kauffman, AO 

11:15–11:20 a.m. Approve Draft 

Minutes from October 18–20, 2022, 

and November 15–17, 2022, 

Manufactured Housing Consensus 

Committee (MHCC) Meetings 

11:20–11:50 a.m. Public Comment 

Period (Public Encouraged to Sign 

Up with AO) 

11:50 p.m.–1:30 p.m. Review and 

consider the DOE NPR and prepare 

recommendations to HUD. 

1:30–1:45 p.m. Break 

1:45–2:15 p.m. Public Comment 

Period (Public Encouraged to Sign 

Up with AO) 

2:15–3:50 p.m. Continued review and 

consideration the DOE NPR and 

prepare recommendations to HUD. 

3:50–4:00 p.m. Daily Wrap Up–DFO 

and AO 

4:00 p.m. Adjourn for the Day 

Day 2, Friday, February 16, 2024 

11:00–11:05 a.m. Call to Order— 

Chairperson, Vice Chairperson, and 

Teresa Payne, Designated Federal 

Officer (DFO) 

11:05–11:15 a.m. Welcome and 

Opening Remarks 

A. Roll Call—Kevin Kauffman, 

Administering Organization (AO) 

a. Introductions 

b. Manufactured Housing Consensus 

Committee (MHCC) Members 

c. U.S. Department of Housing and 

Urban Development (HUD) Staff 

B. Administrative Announcements— 

Teresa Payne, DFO, and Kevin 

Kauffman, AO 

11:15–11:30 a.m. Public Comment 

Period (Public Encouraged to Sign 

Up with AO) 

11:30 a.m.–12:45 p.m. Continued 

review and consideration of the 

DOE NPR and prepare 

recommendations to HUD. 

12:45–1:00 p.m. Break 

1:00–1:15 p.m. Public Comment 

Period (Public Encouraged to Sign 

Up with AO) 

1:15–1:50 p.m. Continued review and 

consideration of the DOE NPR and 

prepare recommendations to HUD. 

1:50–2:00 p.m. Daily Wrap Up–DFO 

and AO 

2:00 p.m. Adjournment 

Julia R. Gordon, 

Assistant Secretary for Housing, Federal 

Housing Commissioner. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[Docket No. FWS–R6–ES–2021–0056; 

FF06E21000 245 FXES11140600000] 

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 

and Plants; Proposed Amendment to 

Programmatic Safe Harbor Agreement 

and Candidate Conservation 

Agreement With Assurances for 

Kansas Aquatic Species 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), are 

announcing the availability of 

documents associated with an 

application to amend an enhancement 

of survival permit (permit) under the 

Endangered Species Act. The Kansas 

Department of Wildlife and Parks has 

applied to amend the existing 

Programmatic Safe Harbor Agreement 

and Candidate Conservation Agreement 

with Assurances for 15 Aquatic Species 

in Kansas (SHA/CCAA) by adding 6 

additional covered species: Lake 

sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens), 

sicklefin chub (Macrhybopsis meeki), 

sturgeon chub (Macrhybopsis gelida), 

snuffbox mussel (Epioblasma triquetra), 

spectaclecase (Cumberlandia 

monodonta), and Ouachita kidneyshell 

(Ptychobranchus occidentalis). The 

documents available for review and 

comment are the applicant’s proposed 

amended programmatic SHA/CCAA, 

which is part of the permit amendment 

application, and our draft 

environmental action statement and 

low-effect screening form, which 

support a categorical exclusion for the 

amendment under the National 

Environmental Policy Act. We invite 

comments from the public and Federal, 

Tribal, State, and local governments. 

DATES: We will accept comments 

received or postmarked on or before 

March 4, 2024. Comments submitted 

online at https://www.regulations.gov 


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(see ADDRESSES) must be received by 

11:59 p.m. eastern time on March 4, 

2024. 

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– 

R6–ES–2021–0056 at https://

www.regulations.gov. 

Submitting Comments: To submit 

written comments, please use one of the 

following methods, and note that your 

information request or comments are in 

reference to the Kansas Aquatic SHA/ 

CCAA amendment. 

• Online: https://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments 

on Docket Number FWS–R6–ES–2021– 

0056. 

• U.S. Mail: Public Comments 

Processing, Attn: Docket No. FWS–R6– 

ES–2021–0056; U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service Headquarters, MS: PRB/3W; 

5275 Leesburg Pike; Falls Church, VA 

22041–3803. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gibran Suleiman, by phone at 785–539– 

3474, extension 114, or by email at 

gibran_suleiman@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), 

have received an application from the 

Kansas Department of Wildlife and 

Parks (KDWP, applicant) to amend their 

existing 50-year enhancement of 

survival permit (permit) under the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

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

The amendment requests the addition of 

6 species to the 15 species already 

covered by the applicant’s approved 

programmatic safe harbor agreement 

(SHA) and candidate conservation 

agreement with assurances (CCAA) on 

non-Federal lands in the State of 

Kansas. The documents available for 

review and comment are the applicant’s 

proposed amended programmatic SHA/ 

CCAA, which is part of the permit 

amendment application, and our draft 

environmental action statement and 

low-effect screening form for the 

amendment request, which support a 

categorical exclusion under the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA; 42 

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). We invite 

comments on documents from the 

public and Federal, Tribal, State, and 

local governments. 

Background 

Via a Federal Register notice 

published on September 15, 2021 (86 FR 

51366), we announced the availability 

of KDWP’s original application for an 

enhancement of survival permit with a 

50-year term, which included a 

proposed programmatic SHA/CCAA for 

14 aquatic species in Kansas, and our 

draft environmental action statement 

and low-effect screening form, which 

supported a categorical exclusion under 

NEPA. The comment period was open 

until October 15, 2021. After 

considering the application, associated 

materials, and the 15 public comments 

received, we issued the requested 

permit. On October 12, 2022, we 

announced via a Federal Register notice 

(87 FR 62114) the availability of 

KDWP’s subsequent application to 

amend their enhancement of survival 

permit to include one additional 

covered species, the western fanshell 

(Cyprogenia aberti). The comment 

period for the amendment was open 

until November 14, 2022, and we issued 

the requested amended permit after 

considering the application, associated 

materials, and the three public 

comments received. To provide 

background information, we have made 

the original 2021 proposed 

programmatic SHA and CCAA, and the 

2022 amendment, along with related 

documents and comments, available for 

review in https://www.regulations.gov 

under Docket No. FWS–R6–ES–2021– 

0056. However, we will not be taking 

further comments on those documents. 

Safe Harbor Agreements and Candidate 

Conservation Agreements With 

Assurances 

An SHA is an agreement between the 

Service, partners, and landowners for 

voluntary management of non-Federal 

lands to contribute towards recovery of 

ESA-listed species in a manner that is 

consistent with the Service’s policy on 

SHAs (64 FR 32717, June 17, 1999) and 

applicable regulations. A CCAA is an 

agreement between the Service, 

partners, and landowners for voluntary 

management of non-Federal lands to 

remove or reduce key threats to species 

that may become listed under the ESA, 

in a manner that is consistent with the 

Service’s policy on CCAAs (81 FR 

95164, December 27, 2016) and 

applicable regulations. In return for 

implementing conservation measures in 

a SHA/CCAA, the Service gives 

participants assurances that the Service 

will not impose land, water, or resource 

use restrictions or conservation 

requirements on ESA-listed species, or 

those that may become listed, beyond 

those agreed to in the SHA/CCAA. 

Applicant’s Proposed Amendment to 

Programmatic Safe Harbor Agreement/ 

Candidate Conservation Agreement 

With Assurances 

KDWP’s purpose in amending its 

programmatic SHA/CCAA is to add the 

lake sturgeon, sicklefin chub, sturgeon 

chub, snuffbox mussel, spectaclecase, 

and Ouachita kidneyshell, to facilitate 

the reintroduction and implementation 

of conservation measures for the species 

on non-Federal lands in Kansas. The 

documents available for review and 

comment are the proposed amended 

programmatic SHA/CCAA, which is 

part of the permit application, and our 

draft environmental action statement 

and low-effect screening form, which 

support a categorical exclusion under 

NEPA. 

To enroll in the programmatic SHA/ 

CCAA, a non-Federal landowner would 

enter into a landowner agreement with 

KDWP to enroll all or a portion of their 

property under the SHA and/or CCAA. 

Upon signature by both parties, KDWP 

would issue a certificate of inclusion to 

the non-Federal landowner, extending 

assurances and take authorization to the 

participating landowner for the 

appropriate covered species. The 

requested permit duration is for 50 

years, starting on December 15, 2021 

(the date of original permit issuance). 

Proposed conservation measures 

include the introduction, 

reintroduction, augmentation (release of 

individuals to supplement an existing 

population), or translocation of the 

covered species, and protection or 

enhancement of aquatic, wetland, 

riparian, or adjacent upland habitats for 

the covered species. Conservation 

measures would be site specific, and 

would be developed by the participating 

landowner and KDWP. Incidental take 

of covered species may occur as a result 

of the implementation of conservation 

measures or ongoing land management 

activities on the enrolled lands. 

Covered Species 

The addition of the 6 species to the 

15 species in the existing agreement 

would bring the total number of species 

covered under the CCAA/SHA to 21. All 

21 species are in the table below. 


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Species name Scientific name Federal listing status Federal Register listing citation 

Safe Harbor Agreement Covered Species 

Fishes: 

Arkansas River shiner ............ Notropis girardi ............................. Threatened ................................... 63 FR 64772; November 13, 

1998. 

Neosho madtom ..................... Noturus placidus ........................... Threatened ................................... 55 FR 21148; May 22, 1990. 

Neosho mucket ....................... Lampsilis rafinesqueana ............... Endangered .................................. 78 FR 57076; September 17, 

2013. 

Peppered chub ....................... Macrhybopsis tetranema .............. Endangered .................................. 87 FR 11188; February 28, 2022. 

Topeka shiner ......................... Notropis topeka ............................ Endangered .................................. 63 FR 69008; December 15, 

1998. 

Mussels: 

Rabbitsfoot .............................. Quadrula cylindrica cylindrica ....... Threatened ................................... 78 FR 57076; September 17, 

2013. 

Western fanshell ..................... Cyprogenia aberti ......................... Threatened ................................... 88 FR 41724; June 27, 2023. 

Snuffbox mussel ..................... Epioblasma triquetra ..................... Endangered .................................. 77 FR 8631; February 14, 2012. 

Spectaclecase ........................ Cumberlandia monodonta ............ Endangered .................................. 77 FR 14914; March 13, 2012. 

Candidate Conservation Agreement With Assurances Covered Species 

Reptiles: 

Alligator snapping turtle .......... Macrochelys temminckii ............... Proposed Threatened ................... 86 FR 62434; November 9, 2021. 

Fishes: 

Hornyhead chub ..................... Nocomis biguttatus ....................... Unlisted ......................................... N/A. 

Plains minnow ......................... Hybognathus placitus ................... Unlisted ......................................... N/A. 

Silver chub .............................. Macrhybopsis storeriana .............. Unlisted ......................................... N/A. 

Lake sturgeon ......................... Acipenser fulvescens .................... Unlisted ......................................... N/A. 

Sicklefin chub .......................... Macrhybopsis meeki ..................... Unlisted ......................................... N/A. 

Sturgeon chub ........................ Macrhybopsis gelida ..................... Unlisted ......................................... N/A. 

Mussels: 

Butterfly mussel ...................... Ellipsaria lineolata ......................... Unlisted ......................................... N/A. 

Cylindrical papershell .............. Anodontoides ferussacianus ........ Unlisted ......................................... N/A. 

Flat floater ............................... Anodonta suborbiculata ................ Unlisted ......................................... N/A. 

Fluted shell ............................. Lasmigona costata ....................... Unlisted ......................................... N/A. 

Ouachita kidneyshell ............... Ptychobranchus occidentalis ........ Unlisted ......................................... N/A. 

Public Availability of Comments 

Written comments we receive become 

part of the administrative record 

associated with this action. 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 request in your comment 

that we withhold your personal 

identifying information from public 

review, we cannot guarantee that we 

will be able to do so. All submissions 

from organizations or businesses, and 

from individuals identifying themselves 

as representatives or officials of 

organizations or businesses, will be 

made available for public disclosure in 

their entirety. 

Authority 

We provide this notice under section 

10(c) of the ESA (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) 

and its implementing regulations (50 

CFR 17.22 and 17.32) and NEPA (42 

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and its 

implementing regulations (40 CFR 

1500–1508 and 43 CFR 46). 

Marjorie Nelson, 

Acting Assistant Regional Director, Ecological 

Services, Mountain-Prairie Region. 

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BILLING CODE 4333–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R8–ES–2024–0002; 

FXES11140800000–245–FF08EVEN00] 

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 

and Plants; Proposed Safe Harbor 

Agreement and Proposed Categorical 

Exclusion; Los Robles Ranch, Santa 

Barbara County, CA 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; receipt of 

permit application. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), announce the 

availability of an application for an 

enhancement of survival permit 

pursuant to the Endangered Species Act. 

As part of the application, the applicant 

submitted a proposed safe harbor 

agreement. The Service prepared a draft 

screening form in accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act to 

evaluate the potential effects of the 

specific project to the natural and 

human environment. We invite the 

public and local, State, Tribal, and 

Federal agencies to comment on these 

documents. Before issuing the requested 

permit, we will take into consideration 

any information that we receive during 

the public comment period. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before March 4, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: 

Obtaining Documents: You may 

obtain copies of the documents, and any 

comments and other materials that we 

receive, in Docket No. FWS–R8–ES– 

2024–0002 at https://

www.regulations.gov. 

Submitting Comments: You may 

submit comments on the documents, 

and any comments and other materials 

that we receive, by one of the following 

methods: 

• Online: https://

www.regulations.gov. Search for and 

submit comments on Docket No. FWS– 

R8–ES–2024–0002. 

• U.S. mail: Public Comments 

Processing, Attn: Docket No. FWS–R8– 


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