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fishes was developed to provide

protection to all native fishes in the

Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (Delta)

estuary in Sacramento, San Joaquin,

Contra Costa, and Solano Counties,

California. Species selected in the

recovery plan included ‘‘indicator

species’’ that, if protected, would

provide protection to the entire Delta

estuary. The delta smelt (Hypomesus

transpacificus) is listed as a threatened

species. The Sacramento Splittail

(Pogonichthys macrolepidotus) was

proposed as a threatened species on

January 6, 1994. Longfin smelt

(Spirinchus thaleichthys) and green

sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) are

category 2 species. Spring-run, late fallrun, and San Joaquin fall-run chinook

salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytshcha)

are potential candidates for threatened

or endangered status in the future.

Information is also included on

Sacramento perch (Archoplites

interruptus), a species believed to be

extirpated from the Delta at this time.

The reasons these species have been

listed, or are proposed for listing, are

degradation and loss of estuarine

habitat, entrainment in water

diversions, upstream or reverse flows of

rivers entering the Delta estuary and

upstream encroachment of saline water

which limits the low salinity habitat to

deep-water river channels of the interior

Delta. If the measures in draft recovery

plan for Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta

native fishes are implemented as

proposed, areas including the Delta

estuary and Suisun Marsh will be

protected. The Service is currently

soliciting comments for approval of the

plan.

Public Comments Solicited

The Service solicits written comments

on the recovery plan described. All

comments received by the date specified

will be considered prior to approval of

the plan.

Authority

The authority for this action is section

4(f) of the Endangered Species Act, 16

U.S.C. 1533(f).

Dated: December 29, 1994.

David L. McMullen,

Acting Regional Director.

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Availability of a Revised Environmental

Assessment and Receipt of an New

Application for an Incidental Take

Permit for a Project Called The

Cloisters, a Single Family Residence

Subdivision, in Brevard County,

Florida

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Cavalear Companies

(Applicant), is seeking an incidental

take permit from the Fish and Wildlife

Service (Service), pursuant to Section

10(a)(1)(B) of the Endangered Species

Act of 1973 (Act), as amended. The

permit would authorize the take of two

families of the threatened Florida scrub

jay, Aphelocoma coerulescens

coerulescens, and several of the

threatened Eastern Indigo Snake,

Drymarchon corais couperi, in Brevard

County, Florida, for a period of 5 years.

The proposed taking is incidental to

construction of 266 single family homes

including the necessary infrastructure

on approximately 104 acres (Project),

15.5 acres of which is occupied by

Florida scrub jay habitat to be

permanently altered. The Project is

called The Cloisters, and is located

along State Road A1A, south of the

Terrace Shores subdivision, in the south

beaches area of Brevard County, Florida.

The Service also announces the

availability of a new environmental

assessment (EA) and revised habitat

conservation plan (HCP) for the

incidental take application. Copies of

the EA or HCP may be obtained by

making a request to the Regional Office

address below. This notice also advises

the public that the Service has made a

preliminary determination that issuing

the incidental take permit is not a major

Federal action significantly affecting the

quality of the human environment

within the meaning of Section 102(2)(C)

of the National Environmental Policy

Act of 1969, as amended. The Finding

of No Significant Impact is based on

information contained in the EA and

HCP. The final determination will be

made no sooner than 30 days from the

date of this notice. This notice is

provided pursuant to Section 10(c) of

the Act and National Environmental

Policy Act Regulations (40 CFR 1506.6).

DATES: Written comments on the permit

application, EA and HCP should be

received on or before February 6, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Persons wishing to review

the application, HCP, and EA may

obtain a copy by writing the Service’s

Southeast Regional Office, Atlanta,

Georgia. Documents will also be

available for public inspection by

appointment during normal business

hours at the Regional Office, or the

Jacksonville, Florida, Field Office.

Written data or comments concerning

the application, EA, or HCP should be

submitted to the Regional Office. Please

reference permit under PRT–795856 in

such comments.

Regional Permit Coordinator, U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service, 1875 Century

Boulevard, Suite 210, Atlanta, Georgia

30345, (telephone 404/679–7110, fax

404/679–7081).

Field Supervisor, U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service, 6620 Southpoint

Drive, South, Suite 310, Jacksonville,

Florida 32216–0912, (telephone 904/

232–2580, fax 904/232–2404).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dawn Zattau at the Jacksonville,

Florida, Field Office, or Rick G. Gooch

at the Atlanta, Georgia, Regional Office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice

announces the availability of a revised

HCP and application for the Project.

This notice modifies a previous one

published for the Project in the Federal

Register appearing on October 28, 1994

(Federal Register 59:54207). As a result

of the public comment period on the

original application, 15 comments were

received. The majority of the comments

identified several deficiences in the

original HCP and application.

Subsequent to discussions between the

Service and the applicant, the applicant

withdrew the original application from

consideration. The applicant has

resubmitted a revised HCP and

application to address the identified

deficiences.

The following is a summary of the

revised HCP and application:

• The total acreage of habitat

occupied by the Florida scrub jay is

determined to be 15.5 acres, not 12 acres

as originally stated. Mitigation of 31.5

acres is now proposed in the revised

HCP (versus an original mitigation of 24

acres in fee-simple acquisition).

• The revised HCP has added a

request for incidental take of the

threatened Eastern Indigo Snake on the

Project, and several listed plants are

now included in the Service’s analysis

of biological impacts from the Project.

• The revised HCP is seeking

incidental take of two families of

Florida scrub jays (versus one family of

jays in the original application).

Dated: December 30, 1994.

John T. Brown,

Acting Regional Director.

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