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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 160 / Monday, August 23, 2021 / Notices 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 view, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.
Authority We provide this notice under section 10 of the ESA 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.
and NEPA regulations 40 CFR 1506.6.
Stephen P. Henry, Field Supervisor, Ventura Fish and Wildlife Office, Ventura, California.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service Docket No. FWSR8ES2021N027;
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Endangered and Threatened Species;
Receipt of an Enhancement of Survival Permit Application and Safe Harbor Agreement for Bluff Lake, San Bernardino County, California Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability and request for comments.
AGENCY:

The Wildlands Conservancy applicant has submitted a safe harbor agreement SHA and applied to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Service for an enhancement of survival permit pursuant to the Endangered Species Act.
The Service is considering issuance to the applicant of a 30-year permit that would authorize take of the federally endangered mountain yellow-legged frog and unarmored threespine stickleback a fish species. We have prepared a draft environmental action statement EAS for our preliminary determination that the SHA and permit decision may be eligible for categorical exclusion under the National Environmental Policy Act. We invite comments from the public on the aforementioned documents.
DATES: Written comments should be received on or before September 22, 2021.
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SUMMARY:

You may view or download copies of the draft SHA and draft EAS
and obtain additional information on the internet at https www.fws.gov/
carlsbad/, or obtain hard copies by calling the phone number listed below.
You may submit comments or requests
ADDRESSES:

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The Wildlands Conservancy applicant has applied to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Service for an enhancement of survival permit pursuant to section 10a1A of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended ESA; 16
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.. The Service is considering issuance to the applicant of a 30-year permit that would authorize take of the federally endangered mountain yellow-legged frog Rana muscosa and unarmored threespine stickleback a fish species; Gasterosteus aculeatus williamsoni through a safe harbor agreement SHA. The purpose of this SHA is for the applicant to manage habitat for the species at Bluff Lake in San Bernardino County, California. The applicant seeks to provide for the longterm recovery of the species in the wild through the maintenance and/or enhancement of suitable habitat that can accommodate reestablishment of the site from captive populations or other extant locations that may be present within the historic range of the species. We have prepared a draft environmental action statement EAS for our preliminary determination that the SHA and permit decision may be eligible for categorical exclusion under the National Environmental Policy Act NEPA; 42
U.S.C. 4321 et seq..
We invite comments from the public on the permit application, draft SHA, and draft EAS, which are available for review. The SHA describes the proposed project and the measures that the applicant would undertake to avoid and minimize take of the covered species.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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for more information by any of the following methods:
Email: fw8cfwocomments@fws.gov.
Include Bluff Lake SHA in the subject line of the message.
U.S. Mail: Field Supervisor, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service, Carlsbad Fish and Wildlife Office, 2177 Salk Avenue, Suite 250, Carlsbad, CA 92008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jesse Bennett, by telephone at 760431
9440 or by electronic mail at Jesse_
Bennett@fws.gov. If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf TDD, please call the Federal Information Relay Service at 800877
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Background SHAs are intended to encourage private or other non-Federal property owners to implement beneficial conservation actions for species listed under the ESA. SHA permit holders are assured that they will not be subject to increased property use restrictions as a
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result of their proactive actions to benefit listed species. Incidental take of listed species is authorized under a permit pursuant to the provisions of section 10a1A of the ESA. For an applicant to receive a permit through an SHA, the applicant must submit an application form that includes the following:
1. The common and scientific names of the listed species for which the applicant requests incidental take authorization;
2. A description of how incidental take of the listed species pursuant to the SHA is likely to occur, both as a result of management activities and as a result of the return to baseline; and 3. A description of how the SHA
complies with the requirements of the Services Safe Harbor Policy 64 FR
32717, June 17, 1999.
For the Service to issue a permit, we must determine that:
1. The take of listed species will be incidental to an otherwise lawful activity and will be in accordance with the terms of the SHA;
2. The implementation of the terms of the SHA is reasonably expected to provide a net conservation benefit to the covered species by contributing to its recovery, and the SHA otherwise complies with the Services Safe Harbor Policy;
3. The probable direct and indirect effects of any authorized take will not appreciably reduce the likelihood of survival and recovery in the wild of any listed species;
4. Implementation of the terms of the SHA is consistent with applicable Federal, State, and Tribal laws and regulations;
5. Implementation of the terms of the SHA will not be in conflict with any ongoing conservation or recovery programs for listed species covered by the permit; and 6. The applicant has shown capability for and commitment to implementing all of the terms of the SHA.
The Services Safe Harbor Policy and Safe Harbor Regulations 68 FR 53320;
69 FR 24084 provide important terms and concepts for developing SHAs. The policy and regulations are available at http www.fws.gov/endangered/lawspolicies/regulations-and-policies.html.
Proposed Action The applicants permit application includes a draft SHA, which covers 60
acres owned by the applicant in San Bernardino County, California. The proposed term of the permit and the SHA is 30 years. The permit would authorize incidental take of the two species that may occur while pursuing
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