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regulations (40 CFR 1500 through 1508 

and 43 CFR part 46). 

Amy Lueders, 

Regional Director, Southwest Region, U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service. 

[FR Doc. 2025–00566 Filed 1–13–25; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[Docket No. FWS–R4–ES–2024–0190; 

FXES11140400000–256–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 comment. 

SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife 

Service (Service), announce receipt of 

an application from ADH Rollins Court, 

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 (Plestiodon reynoldsi) and bluetailed mole skink (Eumeces egregius 

lividus) 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 February 13, 

2025. 

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–2024–0190 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–2024–0190. 

• U.S. mail: Public Comments 

Processing, Attn: Docket No. FWS–R4– 

ES–2024–0190; U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, MS: PRB/3W, 5275 Leesburg 

Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041–3803. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Al 

Begazo, by U.S. mail (see ADDRESSES), 

by telephone at 772–226–8134, or via 

email at alfredo_begazo@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 

ADH Rollins Court, 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 

the sand skink (Plestiodon reynoldsi) 

and blue-tailed mole skink (Eumeces 

egregius lividus) (skinks), federally 

listed as threatened under the ESA, 

incidental to the construction of a 

residential development in Polk 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 part 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 5.46 acres (ac) of 

occupied nesting, foraging, and 

sheltering skink habitat incidental to the 

construction of a residential 

development on 46 ac on Polk County 

Parcels 27–27–11–735500–000140 and 

27–27–11–734500–030300 within 

Section 11, Township 27 South, Range 

27 East, Polk County, Florida. The 

applicant proposes to mitigate for take 

of skinks through the purchase 10.92 ac 

of conservation credits (in accordance 

with the Service’s 2:1 mitigation ratio 

guidelines) from a Service-authorized 

conservation bank 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 a residential 

development 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 ITP is one that 

would result in (1) minor or 

nonsignificant 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 

PER11450292 to ADH Rollins Court, 

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 


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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 

1500 through 1508 and 43 CFR part 46). 

Robert L. Carey, 

Manager, Division of Environmental Review, 

Florida Ecological Services Field Office. 

[FR Doc. 2025–00568 Filed 1–13–25; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4333–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

[256A2100DD/AAKC001030/

A0A501010.999900; OMB Control Number 

1035–0005] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Tribal Trust Evaluations 

AGENCY: Bureau of Trust Funds 

Administration, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, 

the Bureau of Trust Funds 

Administration (BTFA) are proposing to 

renew an information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before February 

13, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection request (ICR) 

should be sent within 30 days of 

publication of this notice to the Office 

of Information and Regulatory Affairs 

(OIRA) through https://

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRA/

icrPublicCommentRequest?ref_

nbr=202406-1035-001 or by visiting 

https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain and selecting ‘‘Currently 

under Review—Open for Public 

Comments’’ and then scrolling down to 

the ‘‘Department of the Interior.’’ 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this ICR, contact Theresa Powless, 

Bureau of Trust Funds Administrative, 

Program Specialist, 4400 Masthead 

Street NE, Albuquerque, NM 87109; or 

by email to Theresa_Powless@btfa.gov, 

or by telephone at (505) 418–2541. 

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. You may 

also view the ICR at https://

www.reginfo.gov/public/

Forward?SearchTarget=PRA&

textfield=1035-0005. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA, 44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.) and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), we 

provide the general public and other 

Federal agencies with an opportunity to 

comment on new, proposed, revised, 

and continuing collections of 

information. This helps us assess the 

impact of our information collection 

requirements and minimize the public’s 

reporting burden. It also helps the 

public understand our information 

collection requirements and provide the 

requested data in the desired format. 

A Federal Register notice with a 60- 

day public comment period soliciting 

comments on this collection of 

information was published on 

November 6, 2024 (89 FR 88057). No 

comments were received. 

As part of our continuing effort to 

reduce paperwork and respondent 

burdens, we are again soliciting 

comments from the public and other 

Federal agencies on the proposed ICR 

that is described below. We are 

especially interested in public comment 

addressing the following: 

(1) Whether or not the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether or not the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the 

burden for this collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(3) Ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and 

(4) How might the agency minimize 

the burden of the collection of 

information on those who are to 

respond, including through the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of response. 

Comments that you submit in 

response to this notice are a matter of 

public record. 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. 

Abstract: As codified in 25 U.S.C. 

4001 et seq., The American Indian Trust 

Fund Management Reform Act of 1994 

(the Reform Act) makes provisions for 

the Bureau of Trust Funds 

Administration (formerly known as the 

Office of the Special Trustee for 

American Indians) to administer trust 

fund accounts for individuals and 

Tribes. This collection of information is 

required to fulfill the mission of the 

Bureau of Trust Funds Administration 

(BTFA) and the Secretary of the 

Interior’s responsibility for evaluating 

all Public Law 93–638 Compact Tribes 

administering or managing trust 

programs, functions, services, and/or 

activities on behalf of the Secretary of 

the Interior. This responsibility is 

federally mandated pursuant to 25 

U.S.C. 458cc(d) and 25 CFR 1000.350. 

BTFA is responsible under 25 U.S.C. 

4041 for overseeing the implementation 

of trust reforms, trust accounting, and 

coordination of trust policies intrabureau-wide related to the management 

of Indian trust funds and assets. The 

BTFA, Division of Trust Evaluation and 

Review (DTER), formerly the Office of 

Trust Audit and Review (OTRA), is 

responsible for conducting tribal trust 

evaluations on Tribes performing Indian 

trust programs and functions pursuant 

to a Tribal Self-Governance Compact or 

Annual Funding Agreement. In 

addition, DTER has a congressional 

mandate to conduct Annual Tribal Trust 

Evaluations for Tribes that compact 

trust programs, functions, services, and/ 

or activities under Public Law 93–638 


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