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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 160 / Monday, August 23, 2021 / Notices
based on the following criteria: 1
Implementation of the SHA would result in minor or negligible adverse effects on federally listed, proposed, and candidate species and their habitats; 2
implementation of the SHA would result in minor or negligible adverse effects on other environmental values or resources; and 3 impacts of the SHA, considered together with the impacts of other past, present, and reasonably foreseeable similarly situated projects, would not result, over time, in cumulative adverse effects to environmental values or resources which would be considered significant.
To make this determination, we used our EAS and low-effect screening form, which are also available for public review.

amended. The ITP would authorize take of the federally endangered Mount Hermon June beetle incidental to activities associated with the Encore Development Project. The applicant developed the draft HCP as part of their application for an ITP. The Service prepared a draft low-effect screening form and environmental action statement in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act to evaluate the potential effects to the natural and human environment resulting from issuing an ITP to the applicant. We invite public comment on these documents.
DATES: Written comments should be received on or before September 22, 2021.

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 commentincluding your personal identifying informationmay be made available to the public. While you may request that we withhold your personal identifying information, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.

To obtain documents: You may download a copy of the draft habitat conservation plan and categorical exclusion screening form, which includes the environmental action statement, at http www.fws.gov/
ventura/, or you may request copies of the documents by U.S. mail below or by electronic mail see FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT.
To submit written comments: Please send us your written comments using one of the following methods:
U.S. mail: Stephen P. Henry, Field Supervisor, Ventura Fish and Wildlife Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 2493 Portola Road, Suite B, Ventura, CA
93003.
Electronic mail: chad_mitcham@
fws.gov.

Authority The Service provides this notice under section 10c 16 U.S.C. 1539c of the ESA and NEPA regulation 40 CFR
1506.6 and 43 CFR 46.305.
Jay Herrington, Field Supervisor, Jacksonville Field Office.
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Habitat Conservation Plan for the Mount Hermon June Beetle;
Categorical Exclusion for the Encore Development Project; Santa Cruz County, California Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.
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We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Service, announce the availability of a draft habitat conservation plan HCP and draft categorical exclusion CatEx for activities associated with an application for an incidental take permit ITP under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as
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Chad Mitcham, Fish and Wildlife Biologist, by phone at 8056441766, via email at chad_mitcham@fws.gov, or by U.S. mail to the Ventura Fish and Wildlife office see ADDRESSES.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Service, announce the availability of a draft habitat conservation plan HCP and draft low-effect screening form and environmental action statement for activities associated with an application for an incidental take permit ITP under section 10a1B of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended ESA;
16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.. The applicant has developed a draft habitat conservation plan HCP that includes measures to minimize, avoid, and mitigate impacts to the federally endangered Mount Hermon June beetle Polyphylla barbata. The permit would authorize take of the Mount Hermon June beetle incidental to otherwise lawful activities associated with the draft HCP for the Encore Development
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Project. The Service prepared a draft low-effect screening form and environmental action statement in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
NEPA; 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. to evaluate the potential effects to the natural and human environment resulting from issuing an ITP to the applicant. We invite public comment on these documents.
Background The Service listed the Mount Hermon June beetle as endangered on January 24, 1997 62 FR 3616. Section 9 of the ESA 16 U.S.C. 1538 prohibits the take of fish or wildlife species listed as endangered; by regulation, the Service may extend the take prohibition to fish or wildlife species listed as threatened. Take is defined under the ESA to include the following activities:
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 section 10a1B of the ESA 16
U.S.C. 1539a1B, we may issue permits to authorize incidental take of listed wildlife species. Incidental take is take that is incidental to, and not the purpose of, carrying out an otherwise lawful activity. Regulations governing incidental take permits for endangered wildlife are in the Code of Federal Regulations CFR at 50 CFR 17.22.
Issuance of an incidental take permit also must not jeopardize the existence of federally listed fish, wildlife, or plant species.
Proposed Project Activities Chris Perri has applied for a permit for incidental take of the Mount Hermon June beetle. The take would occur in association with activities including the construction of 16 apartments and associated infrastructure within a 1.487acre project area. The entire 1.487-acre project area consists of suitable habitat for the Mount Hermon June beetle. The HCP includes avoidance and minimization measures for the Mount Hermon June beetle and mitigation for unavoidable loss of suitable habitat through the purchase of conservation credits at a Service-approved conservation bank.
Public Comments If you wish to comment on the draft HCP and categorical exclusion screening form, you may submit comments by one of the methods in ADDRESSES.
Before including your address, phone number, email address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that
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