Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 242 / Tuesday, December 17, 2024 / Notices 102161 

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 

RWLC Development Sub, 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 federally listed sand skinks 

(Neoseps reynoldsi) and bluetail mole 

skinks (Eumeces egregius lividus) 

(skinks), federally listed as threatened 

under the ESA, incidental to the 

construction and operation of a 

commercial development in Polk 

County, Florida. We request public 

comments 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 1.68 acres (ac) of 

occupied nesting, foraging, and 

sheltering skink habitat incidental to the 

construction and operation of a 

commercial development on 12.64 ac on 

Parcel #: 27–26–29–706500–030310 and 

27–26–29–706500–030300 in Section 

29, Township 26 S, Range 27 E, Polk 

County, Florida. The applicant proposes 

to mitigate for take of the skinks by 

purchasing credits equivalent to 3.36 ac 

of skink-occupied habitat within the 

Lake Wales Ridge Conservation Bank or 

another Service-approved conservation 

bank. The Service would require the 

applicant to purchase the credits prior 

to engaging in any 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 skinks 

and the human 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 incidental take 

permit 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 ITP. 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 

PER13163374 to RWLC Development 

Sub, 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. If you submit a 

comment at https://

www.regulations.gov, your entire 

comment, including any personal 

identifying information, will be posted 

on the website. If you submit a 

hardcopy comment that includes 

personal identifying information, such 

as your address, phone number, or 

email address, you may request at the 

top of your document that we withhold 

this information from public review. 

However, we cannot guarantee that we 

will be able to do so. Moreover, 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 

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 

parts 1500 through 1508 and 43 CFR 

part 46). 

Robert L. Carey, 

Manager, Division of Environmental Review, 

Florida Ecological Services Field Office. 

[FR Doc. 2024–29656 Filed 12–16–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4333–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[PO4820000251] 

Wyoming Resource Advisory Council 

Announces 2025 Meetings 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of public meetings. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act of 1976 and the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act of 1972, the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Land Management’s (BLM) Wyoming 

Resource Advisory Council (RAC) is 

announcing its 2025 meeting dates. 

DATES: The Wyoming RAC will meet as 

follows: 

• January 29, 2025, in-person and 

virtually, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 

MT. A speaker presentation will be held 

January 30, 2025, beginning at 8:30 a.m.; 

• April 23, 2025, in-person and 

virtually, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 

MT. A field tour will be held April 24, 

2025, beginning at 8:30 a.m.; 

• July 9, in-person and virtually, from 

8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. MT. A field tour 

will be held July 10, 2025, beginning at 

8:30 a.m.; 

• October 21, in-person and virtually, 

from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. MT. A field 

tour will be held October 22, 2025, 

beginning at 8:30 a.m. 

All meetings and field tours are open 

to the public. The public is responsible 

for their own transportation on field 

tours and to meetings. 

ADDRESSES: The January 29 meeting will 

be held at the BLM Wyoming State 

Office at 5353 Yellowstone Road, 

Cheyenne, WY 82009, as well as 

virtually through the Zoom platform. 

The April 23 meeting will be held at 

a determined Wyoming Field Office, as 

well as virtually through the Zoom 

platform. 


ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1
102162 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 242 / Tuesday, December 17, 2024 / Notices 

The July 9 meeting will be held at a 

determined Wyoming Field Office, as 

well as virtually through the Zoom 

platform. 

The October 21 meeting will be held 

at a determined Wyoming Field Office, 

as well as virtually through the Zoom 

platform. 

Virtual registration information and 

the agenda for all meetings will be 

available 2 weeks in advance of the 

meetings on the Council’s web page at 

https://www.blm.gov/get-involved/ 

resource-advisory-council/near-you/ 

wyoming. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Allegra Keenoo, BLM Wyoming State 

Office, telephone: (307) 775–6318, 

email: akeenoo@blm.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 for 

contacting Allegra Keenoo. Individuals 

outside the United States should use the 

relay services offered within their 

country to make international calls to 

the point-of-contact in the United 

States. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 10- 

member RAC provides 

recommendations to the Secretary of the 

Interior, through the BLM, on a variety 

of public land challenges within the 

State of Wyoming. 

Each meeting may include field office 

updates and a time reserved for open 

discussion, followed by a public 

comment period. Depending on the 

number of people who wish to speak, 

the time for individual comments may 

be limited. 

Individuals who plan to attend and 

need special assistance, such as sign 

language interpretation and other 

reasonable accommodations, should 

contact the BLM (see FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT) 2 weeks in 

advance of the meeting. 

Written comments for the Council 

may be sent electronically in advance of 

the scheduled meetings to Public Affairs 

Specialist Allegra Keenoo at akeenoo@

blm.gov, or in writing to BLM Wyoming 

Public Affairs, 5353 Yellowstone Rd. 

Cheyenne, WY 82009. All comments 

received will be provided to the 

Council. Please include ‘‘RAC 

Comment’’ in your submission. 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 ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Detailed minutes for RAC meetings 

will be maintained in the BLM 

Wyoming State Office and will be 

available for public inspection within 

90 days following the meeting. Previous 

minutes and agendas are also available 

on the RAC’s web page listed in the 

ADDRESSES section of this notice. 

(Authority: 43 CFR 1784.4–2) 

Andrew Archuleta, 

BLM Wyoming State Director. 

[FR Doc. 2024–29655 Filed 12–16–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4331–26–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[PO #4820000251] 

Public Meeting for the Missouri Basin 

Resource Advisory Council 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act of 1976 and the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act of 1972, the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM) Missouri 

Basin Resource Advisory Council (RAC) 

will meet as follows. 

DATES: The RAC will meet virtually on 

January 16, 2025, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Mountain Time. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held 

virtually. The meeting will be open to 

the public. Attendees must register with 

the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 

notice at least 7 business days prior to 

the meeting date. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gina 

Baltrusch, Missouri Basin RAC 

Coordinator, BLM North Central 

Montana District, 1220 38th Street 

North Great Falls, MT 59405; telephone: 

406–308–9387; email: rbaltrusch@

blm.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: The 15- 

member council advises the Secretary of 

the Interior, through the BLM, on a 

variety of planning and management 

issues associated with public land 

management in Central and Eastern 

Montana, and North and South Dakota. 

Agenda topics will include NorthCentral Montana and Eastern Montana/ 

Dakotas district reports, Field Office 

manager reports, review of Recreation 

Site Business Plans, a public comment 

period, and other topics the council may 

wish to cover. A final agenda will be 

posted on the RAC’s web page at https:// 

www.blm.gov/get-involved/resourceadvisory-council/near-you/montanadakotas/missouri-basin-rac two weeks 

in advance of the meeting. Written 

comments to the RAC can be emailed in 

advance to the individual listed in the 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section of this notice. 

Depending on the number of persons 

wishing to comment and time available, 

the time for individual oral comments 

may be limited. Before including your 

address, phone number, email address, 

or other personal identifying 

information in your comments, please 

be aware that your entire comment, 

including your personally identifying 

information, may be made publicly 

available at any time. While you can ask 

us in your comment to withhold your 

personally identifying information from 

public review, we cannot guarantee that 

we will be able to do so. 

Please make requests in advance for 

sign language interpreter services, 

assistive listening devices, language 

translation services, or other reasonable 

accommodations. We ask that you 

contact the person listed in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 

this notice at least 14 business days 

prior to the meeting to give the 

Department of the Interior sufficient 

time to process your request. All 

reasonable accommodation requests are 

managed on a case-by-case basis. 

(Authority: 43 CFR 1784.4–2). 

Wendy Warren, 

Eastern Montana/Dakotas District Manager 

and Missouri Basin RAC Designated Federal 

Official. 

[FR Doc. 2024–29658 Filed 12–16–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4331–20–P 


ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1