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

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

taylori).

Oregon ............................... Harass by captive propagation, transport, and release.Amend.

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. 

Next Steps 

If we decide to issue a permit to any 

of the applicants listed in this notice, 

we will publish a notice in the Federal 

Register. 

Authority 

We publish this notice under section 

10(c) of the Endangered Species Act of 

1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et 

seq.). 

Jesse D’Elia, 

Acting Regional Program Manager for 

Restoration and Endangered Species 

Classification, Pacific Region. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R8–ES–2024–0160; 

FXES11140800000–256–FF08ECAR00] 

Incidental Take Permit Application for 

the Desert Tortoise; Draft Habitat 

Conservation Plan and Draft 

Environmental Assessment; Overnight 

Solar Energy Project, San Bernardino 

County, CA 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for public comments. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), have received 

an application from Overnight Solar, 

LLC for an incidental take permit under 

the Endangered Species Act. The permit 

would authorize take of the federally 

threatened desert tortoise (Gopherus 

agassizii) incidental to otherwise lawful 

activities associated with construction, 

operation, maintenance, and 

decommissioning of the Overnight Solar 

Energy Project. We invite comments on 

the applicant’s draft habitat 

conservation plan and the draft 

environmental assessment, which we 

have prepared pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act. We will take 

comments into consideration before 

deciding whether to issue an incidental 

take permit. 

DATES: Submitting Comments: We must 

receive any written comments on or 

before February 20, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Obtaining Documents: The 

application, application supporting 

materials, and any comments and other 

materials that we receive will be 

available for public inspection at 

https://www.regulations.gov in Docket 

No. FWS–R8–ES–2024–0160. 

Submitting Written Comments: You 

may submit your written comments 

using one of the following methods: 

• Online: http://www.regulations.gov. 

Follow the instructions for submitting 

comments on Docket No. FWS–R8–ES– 

2024–0160. 

• U.S. Mail: Public Comments 

Processing, Attn: Docket No. FWS–R8– 

ES–2024–0160; U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, MS: PRB/3W, 5275 Leesburg 

Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041–3803. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Richard Tung, Fish and Wildlife 

Biologist, by email at richard_tung@

fws.gov or via phone at 760–322–2070. 

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 have 

received an application from Overnight 

Solar, LLC (applicant) for an incidental 

take permit under the Endangered 

Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA; 

16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). The application 

addresses the potential take of the 

federally threatened desert tortoise 

(Gopherus agassizii), incidental to 

otherwise lawful activities at the 

Overnight Solar Energy Project (project), 

as described in the applicant’s draft 

habitat conservation plan. The proposed 

project would be located north of the 

town of Hinkley in San Bernardino 

County, California. 

Background 

Section 9 of the ESA (16 U.S.C. 1538) 

and Federal regulations promulgated 

pursuant to section 4(d) of the ESA (16 

U.S.C. 1533) prohibit the take of 

endangered and threatened animals 

without special exemption. Under 

section 10(a)(1)(B) of the ESA (16 U.S.C. 

1539), we may issue permits to 

authorize take of listed fish and wildlife 

species that is incidental to, and not the 

purpose of, carrying out an otherwise 

lawful activity. Regulations governing 

permits for endangered and threatened 

species are set forth in title 50 of the 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at 

part 17, sections 17.22 and 17.32. 

The National Environmental Policy 

Act (NEPA; 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) 

requires Federal agencies to analyze 

their proposed actions to determine 

whether the actions may significantly 

affect the human environment. In the 

NEPA analysis, the Federal agency will 

identify the effects, as well as possible 

mitigation for effects on environmental 

resources, that could occur with the 

implementation of the proposed action 

and alternatives. The Federal action in 

this case is the Service’s proposed 

issuance of an incidental take permit for 

the federally threatened desert tortoise. 

Permit Application 

The applicant has submitted a draft 

habitat conservation plan that describes 

the activities proposed to be covered by 

the permit, such as the construction of 

a solar field. To minimize the risk of 

incidental take, the applicant would 

employ qualified biologists to 

translocate desert tortoises to a safe 

location off site. To mitigate the impact 

of the incidental take, the applicant 

proposes to fund the preservation of 

desert tortoise habitat through new 

acquisition of suitable habitat or 

purchase of applicable mitigation 

credits from a Service approved 

mitigation bank. 

The draft conservation plan and the 

draft environmental assessment 


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consider alternatives to the proposed 

action, including a no action alternative. 

The Service prepared a draft 

environmental assessment to evaluate 

the impacts of issuing the proposed 

incidental take permit on the human 

environment, consistent with the 

purpose and goals of NEPA and 

pursuant to the Council on 

Environmental Quality’s implementing 

NEPA regulations at 40 CFR parts 1500 

through 1508. Additionally, the draft 

environmental assessment was prepared 

consistent with the Department of the 

Interior NEPA regulations (43 CFR part 

46); longstanding Federal judicial and 

regulatory interpretations; and 

Administration priorities and policies, 

including Secretary’s Order No. 3399. 

Public Comments 

If you wish to comment on the draft 

conservation plan and draft 

environmental assessment, you may 

submit comments by one of the methods 

in ADDRESSES. 

Public Availability of Comments 

All comments and materials we 

receive in response to this request will 

become part of the decision record 

associated with this action. 

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 

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 hardcopy 

document to withhold your personal 

identifying information from public 

review, we cannot guarantee that we 

will be able to do so. 

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 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). 

Scott Sobiech, 

Field Supervisor, Carlsbad Fish and Wildlife 

Office, Carlsbad, California. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Geological Survey 

[GX20EG31DW50100; OMB Control Number 

1028–0129] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Hydrography 

Addressing Tool 

AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, the U.S. Geological Survey 

(USGS) is proposing to renew an 

information collection with revisions. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before February 

20, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection request (ICR) by 

selecting ‘‘Currently under Review— 

Open for Public Comments’’ or by using 

the search function. Please provide a 

copy of your comments by mail to U.S. 

Geological Survey, Information 

Collections Officer, 12201 Sunrise 

Valley Drive MS 159, Reston, VA 20192: 

or by email to gs-info_collections@

usgs.gov. Please reference OMB Control 

Number 1028–0129 in the subject line of 

your comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Tinker by email at mdtinker@

usgs.gov or by telephone at 303–202– 

4476. 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 http://

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the PRA of 1995 (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 October 

1, 2024, 89 FR 79945. 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 the agency might 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 personally identifiable 

information (PII) in your comment, you 

should be aware that your entire 

comment—including your PII—may be 

made publicly available at any time. 

While you can ask us in your comment 

to withhold your PII from public review, 

we cannot guarantee that we will be 

able to do so. 

Abstract: This 30-day notice is a 

renewal, with revisions, for the 

Hydrography Addressing Tool 

(HydroAdd), a website developed by the 

USGS National Geospatial Program, 

National Geospatial Technical 

Operations Center (NGTOC). 

HydroAdd supports users by 

providing a mechanism for addressing 

(or referencing) diverse external datasets 

to the National Hydrography Dataset 

(NHD). For example, a user can utilize 

HydroAdd to reference the geographic 

locations of field observations of fish 

presence to the NHD. HydroAdd 

provides a framework for the 


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