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To learn more about how to make an 

accessible telephone call, please visit 

https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/ 

telecommunications-relay-service-trs. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice supersedes a similar notice 

published in the Federal Register on 

July 5, 2016, at 81 FR 43629. The 

Computer Matching program seeks to 

set forth the terms and conditions 

governing disclosures of records, 

information, or data (collectively 

referred to herein as ‘‘data’’) made by 

DOJ to HUD. This data is obtained by 

DOJ and pertains to delinquent debt that 

individuals owe to DOJ. The purpose of 

its transmittal is to update the Credit 

Alert Verification Reporting System 

(CAIVRS), which is a computer 

information system maintained by HUD. 

The data match will allow for the 

prescreening of applicants for Federal 

direct loans or federally guaranteed 

loans, for the purpose of determining 

the applicant’s credit worthiness, by 

ascertaining whether the applicant is 

delinquent or in default on a loan owed 

directly to or guaranteed by the Federal 

Government. The terms and conditions 

of this Agreement ensure that DOJ 

makes such disclosures of data, and that 

HUD uses such disclosed data, in 

accordance with the requirements of the 

Privacy Act of 1974, as amended by the 

Computer Matching and Privacy 

Protection Act (CMPPA) of 1988, 5 

U.S.C. 552a. 

Participating Agencies 

HUD is the recipient agency, and DOJ 

is the source agency. 

Authority for Conducting the Matching 

Program 

• The Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 

552a), as amended by the Computer 

Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 

1988 (Pub. L. 100–503) and the 

Computer Matching and Privacy 

Protection Amendments of 1990 (Pub. L. 

101–508) (Privacy Act); 

• The Debt Collection Act of 1982, 

Public Law 97–365 (5 U.S.C. 5514; 31 

U.S.C. 3701 et. seq.), as amended; 

• The Debt Collection Improvement 

Act of 1996, Public Law 104–134 (5 

U.S.C. 5514; 31 U.S.C. 3701 et. seq.); 

• The Deficit Reduction Act of 1984, 

Section 2653 of Public Law 98–369 (26 

U.S.C. 6402; 31 U.S.C. 3720a; and 3721); 

• The Federal Credit Reform Act of 

1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et. seq.), as amended; 

• The Federal Debt Collection 

Procedures Act of 1990, Public Law 

101–647 (28 U.S.C. 3001 et. seq.); 

• The Chief Financial Officers Act of 

1990, Public Law 101–576 (31 U.S.C. 

901 et. seq.), as amended; 

• The Cash Management 

Improvement Act of 1990 (CMIA), 

Public Law 101–453, as amended by the 

Cash Management Improvement Act of 

1992, Public Law 102–589; The Cash 

Management Improvement Act 

Amendments of 1992, Public Law 102– 

589; 

• Executive Order 8248, ‘‘Establishing 

the divisions of the Executive Office of 

the President and defining their 

functions and duties,’’ Sept. 8, 1939; 

• The Federal Information Security 

Management Act of 2002 (FISMA) (44 

U.S.C. 3541, et seq.), as amended, and 

related National Institute of Standards 

and Technology (NIST) guidelines, 

which provide the requirements that the 

Federal Government must follow with 

regard to use, treatment, and 

safeguarding of data. 

• Pre-existing common law authority 

to charge interest on debts and to offset 

payments to collect debts 

administratively (31 U.S.C. 3701,3711– 

3720E, 3721); and 24 CFR 17.60 through 

17.170. 

• The Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) Final Guidance 

Interpreting the Provisions of Public 

Law 100–503, the Computer Matching 

and Privacy Protection Act of 1988, 54 

FR 25818 (June 19, 1989). 

• DOJ Order 0904: Cybersecurity 

Program. 

Purpose(s) 

This agreement sets forth the 

respective responsibilities of HUD and 

DOJ in effecting the transfer of DOJ post 

judgment debtor data to CAIVRS. The 

CAIVRS debtor file contains the Social 

Security numbers (SSNs) of HUD’s 

delinquent debtors and defaulters, and 

the delinquent and defaulted debtor 

records of other federal agencies 

including the identification of the type 

of delinquent or defaulted loan. The 

objective of CAIVRS is to give program 

agencies and their authorized financial 

institutions access to a system that 

allows them to prescreen applicants for 

loans made or guaranteed by the Federal 

Government to ascertain if the applicant 

is delinquent in paying a debt owed to 

or insured by the Federal Government. 

Categories of Individuals 

The categories of individuals whose 

information is involved in the matching 

program are delinquent federal debtors. 

Categories of Records 

The categories of records used in the 

matching program are the categories of 

records used in the matching program 

are debtor’s SSN, Agency, Program 

Code, Case number and Contact 

information. 

System(s) of Records 

HUD and DOJ SORNs used for 

purpose of the subject data exchanges 

include: 

• Debt Collection Enforcement 

System, JUSTICE/DOJ–016. The notice 

for this system of records, including a 

routine use permitting this disclosure, 

was published in the Federal Register 

on March 25, 2017, (82 FR 24151, 154). 

The DOJ debtor files contain 

information on individuals or 

corporations with unsatisfied 

judgments. 

• Credit Alert Verification System, 

HUD/HOU–04. The notice for this 

system of records, including a routine 

use permitting this disclosure, was 

published in the Federal Register on 

August 28, 2023 (88 FR 58595). CAIVRS 

is as a shared database of defaulted 

Federal debtors and enables processors 

of applications for Federal credit benefit 

to identify individuals who are in 

default or have had claims paid on 

direct or guaranteed Federal loans or are 

delinquent or other debts owed to 

Federal agencies. 

• Financial Data Mart (FDM), A75R. 

The notice for this system of records, 

including a routine use permitting this 

disclosure, was published in the 

Federal Register on August 17, 2022 (87 

FR 50640). FDM is a warehouse of data 

extracted from various HUD systems 

and is supported by several query tools 

for improved financial and program data 

reporting. 

Bradley S. Jewitt, 

Senior Agency Official for Privacy, Office of 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2024–21113 Filed 9–16–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R1–ES–2024–0119; 

FXES11140100000–245–FF01E00000] 

Receipt of Incidental Take Permit 

Application and Proposed Habitat 

Conservation Plan for Olympia Pocket 

Gopher; Tumwater Operations and 

Maintenance Facility, Thurston County, 

WA; Categorical Exclusion 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, have received an 

application from the City of Tumwater 

Transportation and Engineering 

Department (applicant) for an incidental 


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take permit (ITP) pursuant to the 

Endangered Species Act. The ITP would 

authorize the applicant’s take of the 

federally threatened Olympia 

subspecies of the Mazama pocket 

gopher (Thomomys mazama pugetensis) 

(‘‘covered species’’), incidental to their 

otherwise lawful construction and 

infrastructure improvements at two 

locations in the City of Tumwater, 

Thurston County, Washington. 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 categorical exclusion 

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: Please submit written comments 

by October 17, 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 on Docket No. 

FWS–R1–ES–2024–0119 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–R1–ES–2024–0119. 

• U.S. Mail: Public Comments 

Processing, Attn: Docket No. FWS–R1– 

ES–2024–0119; U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service Headquarters, MS: PRB/3W; 

5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 

22041–3803. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kevin Connally, Washington Fish and 

Wildlife Office, by email at kevin_

connally@fws.gov, or by telephone at 

360–753–9440. 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), 

received an incidental take permit (ITP) 

application from the City of Tumwater 

pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(B) of the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

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

The ITP, if issued, would authorize the 

incidental take of the Olympia pocket 

gopher (Thomomys mazama pugetensis) 

(covered species), resulting from 

otherwise lawful construction and 

infrastructure improvements at two 

locations in the City of Tumwater, 

Thurston County, Washington. 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 

permitting action 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 

categorical exclusion screening form, 

both of which are also available for 

public review. 

Background 

Section 9 of the ESA prohibits the 

taking of fish and wildlife species listed 

as endangered or threatened. The ESA 

defines ‘‘take’’ means 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(19)). The term ‘‘harm,’’ as defined 

in our regulations, includes significant 

habitat modification or degradation that 

results in death or injury to listed 

species by significantly impairing 

essential behavioral patterns, including 

breeding, feeding, or sheltering (50 CFR 

17.3). 

Section 10(a)(1)(B) of the ESA 

contains provisions that authorize the 

Service to issue permits to non-Federal 

entities for the take of endangered and 

threatened species caused by otherwise 

lawful activities, provided the following 

criteria are met: (1) the taking will be 

incidental to, and not the purpose of, 

carrying out an otherwise lawful 

activity; (2) the applicant will, to the 

maximum extent practicable, minimize 

and mitigate the impact of such taking; 

(3) the applicant will ensure that 

adequate funding for the conservation 

plan will be provided; (4) the taking will 

not appreciably reduce the likelihood of 

the survival and recovery of the species 

in the wild; and (5) the applicant will 

carry out any other measures that the 

Service may require as being necessary 

or appropriate for the purposes of the 

HCP. Regulations governing permits for 

threatened species are found at 50 CFR 

17.32. The Service’s general permitting 

regulations are found at 50 CFR part 13. 

Proposed Project 

The applicant proposes to construct 

and maintain seven new buildings, 

parking, access roads, a staging area for 

materials, a park and recreational 

features, a rain garden, landscaping, 

frontage improvements on 79th Avenue 

SE, and a roundabout and storm water 

facilities at the intersection of Old 

Highway 99 SE and 79th Ave. SE, and 

also to carry out other ground-disturbing 

activities described in the HCP. The 

26.2-acre (ac) project site (permit area) 

contains a total of 8.6 ac of occupied 

Olympia pocket gopher habitat. 

The proposed action is anticipated to 

impact up to 8.6 ac of Olympia pocket 

gopher habitat in the permit area. The 

applicant proposes to mitigate for 

unavoidable impacts to Olympia pocket 

gopher by use of 8.6 ac of credits in the 

Service-approved Deschutes Corridor 

conservation site purchased in 2017, 

which is currently occupied by the 

Olympia pocket gopher. The advance 

mitigation credit purchase was 

approved by the Service in 2017. The 

purchase of these credits fully funds the 

permanent management, monitoring, 

and adaptive management on 8.6 ac of 

the Deschutes Corridor conservation 

site. The conservation site will be 

managed for successful Olympia pocket 

gopher feeding, breeding, and 

sheltering. 

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, would 

individually and cumulatively have a 

minor effect on the covered species and 

the human environment. Therefore, we 

have preliminarily determined that the 

proposed ESA section 10(a)(1)(B) permit 

would 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. 

Public Comments 

You may submit your comments and 

materials by one of the methods listed 

in ADDRESSES. We specifically request 


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information, views, and suggestions 

from interested parties regarding our 

proposed Federal action, including, 

without limitation, adequacy of the 

HCP, whether the HCP meets 

requirements for permits at 50 CFR parts 

13 and 17, and adequacy of the EAS 

pursuant to the requirements of NEPA. 

Public Availability of Comments 

All comments and materials we 

receive become part of the public record 

associated with this action. Before 

including your address, phone number, 

email address, or other personally 

identifiable information in your 

comments, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personally identifiable information— 

may be made publicly available at any 

time. While you can ask us in your 

comment to withhold your personally 

identifiable 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 at https://

www.regulations.gov. 

Next Steps 

After the public comment period ends 

(see DATES), we will evaluate the permit 

application, associated documents, and 

any comments received to determine 

whether the permit application meets 

the requirements of section 10(a)(2)(B) 

of the ESA. We will also evaluate 

whether issuance of the requested 

permit would comply with section 7 of 

the ESA by conducting an intra-Service 

consultation under section 7(a)(2) of the 

ESA on the proposed action. The final 

NEPA and permit determinations will 

not be completed until after the end of 

the 30-day comment period and will 

fully consider all comments received 

during the comment period. If we 

determine that all requirements are met, 

we will issue an ITP under section 

10(a)(1)(B) of the ESA to the applicant 

for the take of the covered species, 

incidental to otherwise lawful covered 

activities. 

Authority 

We provide this notice in accordance 

with the requirements of section 10(c) of 

the ESA (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and its 

implementing regulations (50 CFR 

17.32), and NEPA (42 U.S.C. 4321 et 

seq.) and its implementing regulations 

(40 CFR 1500–1508 and 43 CFR 46). 

Bridget Fahey, 

Deputy Regional Director, Pacific Region, U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service. 

[FR Doc. 2024–20625 Filed 9–16–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4333–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

[Docket No. BOEM–2024–0026] 

Atlantic Wind Lease Sale 11 for 

Commercial Leasing for Wind Power 

Development on the U.S. Gulf of Maine 

Outer Continental Shelf—Final Sale 

Notice 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, Interior. 

ACTION: Final sale notice; request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: This Final Sale Notice (FSN) 

contains information pertaining to the 

areas available for commercial wind 

power leasing during Atlantic Wind 

Lease Sale 11 (ATLW–11) on the U.S. 

Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) in the 

Gulf of Maine. Specifically, this FSN 

details certain provisions and 

conditions of the leases, auction details, 

the lease form, criteria for evaluating 

competing bids, and procedures for 

award, appeal, and lease execution. The 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

(BOEM) will offer eight leases for sale 

using an ascending clock auction with 

multiple-factor bidding: Lease OCS–A 

0562, OCS–A 0563, OCS–A 0564, OCS– 

A 0565, OCS–A 0566, OCS–A 0567, 

OCS–A 0568, and OCS–A 0569 (lease 

areas). The first two lease areas (lease 

areas OCS–A 0562 and OCS–A 0563) 

comprise the North Region, and the 

remaining six lease areas comprise the 

South Region. Bidders are limited to 

bidding on no more than two lease areas 

at a time, and may not include in their 

bid more than one lease area in the 

North Region at a time. BOEM will use 

the BOEM Auction System for the lease 

sale. The lease areas are in the 

previously identified wind energy areas 

located in the Gulf of Maine offshore the 

States of Maine and New Hampshire 

and the Commonwealth of 

Massachusetts. The issuance of any 

lease resulting from this sale will not 

constitute approval of project-specific 

plans to develop offshore wind energy. 

Such plans, if submitted by the lessee, 

will be subject to environmental, 

technical, and public reviews prior to a 

BOEM decision on whether the 

proposed activity should be authorized. 

DATES: BOEM will hold an online mock 

auction for potential bidders starting at 

9:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) 

on October 24, 2024. The monetary 

auction will be held online and will 

begin at 9:00 a.m. EDT on October 29, 

2024. Additional details are provided in 

the section entitled, ‘‘Deadlines and 

Milestones for Bidders.’’ 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Zachary Jylkka, Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, Zachary.Jylkka@boem.gov 

or (978) 491–7732; or Gina Best, Bureau 

of Ocean Energy Management, 

Gina.Best@boem.gov or (703) 787–1341. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

a. Request for Interest (RFI): On 

August 19, 2022, BOEM published an 

RFI for the Gulf of Maine in the Federal 

Register (see 87 FR 51129). BOEM 

received 51 unique comments on the 

RFI. Five developers nominated areas 

for a commercial wind energy lease 

within the RFI Area. 

b. Call for Information and 

Nominations (Call): On April 26, 2023, 

BOEM published a ‘‘Call for Information 

and Nominations for Commercial 

Leasing for Wind Power Development 

on the Gulf of Maine’’ (see 88 FR 

25427). BOEM received 127 unique 

comments on the Call. Seven developers 

nominated areas for a commercial wind 

energy lease within the Call Area. 

c. Area Identification (Area ID): An 

Area ID determination is a required 

regulatory step under the renewable 

energy competitive leasing process used 

to identify areas for environmental 

analysis and consideration for leasing. 

After the close of the Call comment 

period, BOEM initiated the Area ID 

process using information and input 

from stakeholders received up to that 

point. 

BOEM and the National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) 

National Centers for Coastal Ocean 

Science (NCCOS) collaborated in 

employing an ocean planning tool (the 

NCCOS model) to help identify an area 

that appears suitable for floating 

offshore wind energy leasing and 

development in the Gulf of Maine. The 

Area ID process seeks to identify and 

minimize potential conflicts in ocean 

space as well as to mitigate interactions 

with other users and adverse 

interactions with the environment; the 

NCCOS model supports that effort. 

BOEM employed the NCCOS model 

during two distinct steps of the Area ID 

process: first, to model relative 

suitability within the boundaries of the 

Call Area to identify the draft Wind 

Energy Area (WEA); and second, to 


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