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Cruces, New Mexico 88005, (575) 525– 

4300. 

Pecos RAC 

Doug Burger, Pecos District Office, 

BLM, 2909 West Second Street, Roswell, 

New Mexico 88201, (575) 627–0272. 

Certification Statement: I hereby 

certify that the BLM’s New Mexico 

RACs are necessary and in the public 

interest in connection with the 

Secretary’s responsibilities to manage 

the lands, resources, and facilities 

administered by the BLM. 

Linda S.C. Rundell, 

State Director. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R8–ES–2010–N235; 1112–0000– 

81440–F2] 

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 

and Plants; Permit, Santa Barbara 

County, CA 

AGENCY: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), have received 

an application from Pacific Renewable 

Energy Generation LLC (applicant) for 

an incidental take permit under the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (Act). We are considering 

issuing an incidental take permit (ITP) 

that would authorize the applicant’s 

take of the federally endangered El 

Segundo Blue Butterfly incidental to 

otherwise lawful activities that would 

result in the loss of Coast Buckwheat, 

which serves as butterfly habitat. We 

invite comments from the public on the 

application, which includes the 

Geotechnical Boring Project Habitat 

Conservation Plan (HCP), and on our 

preliminary determination that the HCP 

qualifies as a low-effect plan that is 

eligible for a categorical exclusion under 

the National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) of 1969, as amended. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, please 

send your written comments by 

November 26, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: You may download a copy 

of the HCP, draft Environmental Action 

Statement, Low-Effect Screening Form, 

and related documents on the Internet at 

http://www.fws.gov/ventura/, or you 

may request documents by U.S. mail or 

phone (see below). Please address 

written comments to Diane K. Noda, 

Field Supervisor, Ventura Fish and 

Wildlife Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, 2493 Portola Road, Suite B, 

Ventura, CA 93003. You may 

alternatively send comments by 

facsimile to (805) 644–3958. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jen 

Lechuga, HCP Coordinator, at the 

Ventura address above, or by telephone 

at (805) 644–1766 extension 224. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We have 

received an application from Pacific 

Renewable Energy Generation LLC for 

an incidental take permit under the Act 

(16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). We are 

considering issuing an incidental take 

permit (ITP) that would authorize the 

applicant’s take of the federally 

endangered El Segundo Blue Butterfly 

(Euphilotes battoides allyni) incidental 

to otherwise lawful activities that would 

result in the loss of 356 plants of Coast 

Buckwheat, which serves as habitat for 

El Segundo Blue Butterfly near the west 

end of the Santa Ynez Mountains, 7 

miles south of Lompoc, Santa Barbara 

County, California. We invite comments 

from the public on the application and 

associated documents, and on our 

preliminary determination that the HCP 

qualifies as a low-effect plan eligible for 

categorical exclusion under NEPA. 

Background 

The El Segundo Blue Butterfly was 

listed as endangered on June 1, 1976 (41 

FR 22041). The Gaviota Tarplant was 

listed as endangered on March 20, 2000 

(65 FR 14888) and has been listed as 

endangered under the state of 

California’s Endangered Species Act 

(California Fish and Game Code, 

Sections 2050 et seq.) since January 

1990. Section 9 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 

1531 et seq.) and our implementing 

Federal regulations in the Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR 17 

prohibit the ‘‘take’’ of fish or wildlife 

species listed as endangered or 

threatened. Take of listed fish or 

wildlife is defined under the Act as ‘‘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). However, 

under limited circumstances, we issue 

permits to authorize incidental take. 

‘‘Incidental Take’’ is defined by the Act 

as take that is incidental to, and not the 

purpose of, carrying out of an otherwise 

lawful activity. Regulations governing 

incidental take permits for threatened 

and endangered species are, 

respectively, in the Code of Federal 

Regulations at 50 CFR 17.32 and 17.22. 

Issuance of an ITP also must not 

jeopardize the existence of federally 

listed fish, wildlife, or plant species. 

The Act’s take prohibitions do not 

apply to federally listed plant species on 

private lands unless such take would be 

in violation of State law. In addition to 

meeting other criteria, the HCP’s 

proposed actions must not jeopardize 

the existence of federally listed fish, 

wildlife, or plants. The applicant has 

submitted an application to the 

California Department of Fish and Game 

for an incidental take permit pursuant to 

the California Endangered Species Act. 

The applicant proposes to conduct 43 

geotechnical borings about 8 miles 

northwest of Point Conception, near the 

west end of the Santa Ynez Mountains, 

and 7 miles south of Lompoc, Santa 

Barbara County, California. The 

geotechnical borings will provide the 

data necessary to develop and complete 

the design and engineering plans for the 

Lompoc Wind Energy Project. Phase II 

of the Lompoc Wind Energy Project 

would involve the construction and 

operation of wind turbines. Any 

potential impacts to listed species 

caused by the construction and 

operation of the Lompoc Wind Energy 

Project will be addressed through a 

subsequent consultation or permitting 

process under the Act. The geotechnical 

boring project is viewed as a discrete 

action because it does not guarantee that 

Phase II would occur. The proposed 

project would result in temporary direct 

impacts to 0.69 acres of El Segundo Blue 

Butterfly habitat and 0.64 acres of the 

Gaviota Tarplant habitat. 

The applicant proposes to implement 

the following measures to minimize and 

mitigate for the loss of El Segundo Blue 

Butterfly habitat and Gaviota Tarplant 

within the permit area: (1) Establish a 

permanent conservation area that will 

preserve 712 coast buckwheat plants 

through a conservation easement and 

provide for the management of the area; 

(2) restore degraded native Central 

Coastal Scrub and Grassland habitats 

within the conservation area; (3) 

enhance 0.49 acres of Gaviota Tarplant; 

(4) design access routes to boring sites 

to minimize impacts to Gaviota Tarplant 

areas; (5) minimize ground disturbance; 

(6) use silt fencing and soil salvaging 

techniques to minimize impacts to the 

El Segundo Blue Butterfly and Gaviota 

Tarplant; (7) avoid flight season of the 

El Segundo Blue Butterfly; (8) conduct 

dust control, relocation of El Segundo 

Blue Butterflies, staging, and boundary 

delineation to minimize El Segundo 

Blue Butterfly impacts; and (9) conduct 

ongoing monitoring for both species to 

track compliance with the permit, the 

effects of the permitted activities, and 

effectiveness of the mitigation measures. 

In the proposed HCP, the applicant 

considers two alternatives to the taking 


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of the El Segundo Blue Butterfly and 

Gaviota Tarplant. The No Action 

alternative would maintain current 

conditions, the project would not be 

implemented, no impacts to the El 

Segundo Blue Butterfly and Gaviota 

Tarplant would occur, and an incidental 

take permit application would not be 

submitted to the Service. The second 

alternative would involve helicopter 

access to the site, which would 

eliminate the risk of driving over the 

listed plant species. 

We are requesting comments on our 

preliminary determination that the 

applicant’s proposal will have a minor 

or negligible effect on the species 

covered in the plan, and that the plan 

qualifies as a ‘‘low-effect’’ HCP as 

defined by our Habitat Conservation 

Planning Handbook (November 1996). 

We base our determination that the HCP 

qualifies as a low-effect HCP on the 

following three criteria: (1) 

Implementation of the applicant’s 

project description in the HCP would 

result in minor or negligible effects on 

federally listed, proposed, and 

candidate species and their habitats; (2) 

implementation of the HCP would result 

in minor or negligible effects on other 

environmental values or resources; and 

(3) impacts of the HCP—considered 

together with the impacts of other past, 

present, and reasonably foreseeable 

similarly situated projects—would not 

result, over time, in cumulative effects 

to the environmental values or resources 

that would be considered significant. 

Based upon our analysis of these 

criteria, we have made a preliminary 

determination that the approval of the 

HCP and issuance of an ITP qualify for 

categorical exclusions under the NEPA 

(42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), as provided by 

the Department of Interior Manual (516 

DM 2 Appendix 2 and 516 DM 8). Based 

upon our review of public comments 

that we receive in response to this 

notice, this preliminary determination 

may be revised. 

Next Steps 

We will evaluate the HCP and 

comments we receive to determine 

whether the ITP application meets the 

requirements of section 10(a)(1)(B) of 

the Act and implementing regulations 

(50 CFR 17.22). We will also evaluate 

whether issuance of a section 10(a)(1)(B) 

permit would comply with section 7 of 

the Act by conducting an intra-Service 

section 7 consultation. We will use the 

results of this consultation, in 

combination with the above findings, in 

our final analysis to determine whether 

or not to issue an ITP. If the 

requirements are met, we will issue the 

ITP to the applicant for the incidental 

take of the El Segundo Blue Butterfly. 

We will make the final permit decision 

no sooner than 30 days after the date of 

this notice. 

Public Comments 

If you wish to comment on the permit 

application, HCP, and associated 

documents, you may submit comments 

by any one of the methods in 

ADDRESSES. 

Public Availability of Comments 

Before including your address, phone 

number, e-mail 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. 

Authority 

We provide this notice under section 

10 of the Act (U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and 

NEPA regulations (40 CFR 1506.6). 

Dated: October 19, 2010. 

Diane K. Noda, 

Field Supervisor, Ventura Fish and Wildlife 

Office, Ventura, California. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

National Register of Historic Places; 

Notification of Pending Nominations 

and Related Actions 

Nominations for the following 

properties being considered for listing 

or related actions in the National 

Register were received by the National 

Park Service before October 2, 2010. 

Pursuant to section 60.13 of 36 CFR Part 

60, written comments are being 

accepted concerning the significance of 

the nominated properties under the 

National Register criteria for evaluation. 

Comments may be forwarded by United 

States Postal Service, to the National 

Register of Historic Places, National 

Park Service, 1849 C St., NW., MS 2280, 

Washington, DC 20240; by all other 

carriers, National Register of Historic 

Places, National Park Service, 1201 Eye 

St., NW., 8th floor, Washington, DC 

20005; or by fax, 202–371–6447. Written 

or faxed comments should be submitted 

by November 10, 2010. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, e-mail 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. 

J. Paul Loether, 

National Register of Historic Places/National 

Historic Landmarks Program. 

AMERICAN SAMOA 

Western District 

Governor H. Rex Lee Auditorium, Rte. 1, 

William McKinley Memorial HWY,Utulei, 

10000888 

CALIFORNIA 

Humboldt County 

Hoopa Valley Adobe, Campus St, Hoopa, 

10000893 

CONNECTICUT 

Hartford County 

Oxford—Whitney Streets Historic District, 

Fern, Oxford, and Whitney Sts, Hartford, 

10000896 

Underwood Computing Machine Company 

Factory, 56 Arbor St, Hartford, 10000895 

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 

District of Columbia 

Atlas Theater and Shops, 1313–33 H Street, 

NE., Washington, DC, 10000909 

Dahlgreen Courts, (Apartment Buildings in 

Washington, DC, MPS) 2504–2520 10th St, 

NE., Washington, 10000901 

IOWA 

Jasper County 

Fred Maytag Park Historic District, 301 S 

22th Ave., W, Newton, 10000917 

Polk County 

Hubbell Warehouse, 340 SW 5th St, Des 

Moines, 10000894 

Story County 

Delta Upsilon Chapter House, 117 Ash Ave., 

Ames, 10000919 

Webster County 

Fort Dodge Downtown Historic District, 1st 

Ave N, Central Ave, and 1st Ave., S from 

3rd St., on West to 12th St., on East, Fort 

Dodge, 10000918 

KENTUCKY 

Breathitt County 

Morris Fork Presbyterian Church and 

Community Center, 908 Morris Fork Rd, 

Morris Fork, 10000908 

Fayette County 

Headley, Hal Price, Sr., House, 1236 Standish 

Way, Lexington, 10000907 


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